Bula and welcome to TEIVOVOsports "Breakfast Bites" – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights this beautiful Thursday morning 30 June 2022 - coming to you from Fiji on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby - Bundee Aki's young Irish lads were simply too ill-disciplined in the first half, allowing the fired-up Maori to score 32 points before halftime for a 22-point lead. Even though the Irish were the better side most of the second half they couldn't close the gap, losing 17-32.   MONEY TALKS in the NRL - Despite the protestations of Wayne Bennett, NRL CEO Andrew Abdo has confirmed the death of mid-season internationals so that some players are not forced to choose between their heritage or their State of Origin. As Bennett says this is only a handful of players. The real reason the NRL has confirmed the death of mid-season internationals, is so that the NRL can fulfill the wishes of their TV bosses and not lose some State of Origin stars to their national teams for Rep Round. But as Wayne Bennett says, so another 120 players not involved in ORIGIN from New Zealand, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Fiji along with their hundreds of thousands of fans must sit around and what – play marbles? In football - Spain are hot favourites to win a first UEFA Women's EURO 2022 Championship which starts next month in England. In fact, England could face Spain in the quarterfinals – if they make it that far. And ONLY IN AMERICA: The Stanley Cup is headed to Denver after the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Sunday night to clinch their third NHL title in franchise history. I only raise this because Ice Hockey is a sport I think us Pasifika peeps can gain traction in very fast – I can just see some of my 175Kg plus Tongan cousins, plus similar plus-sized Samoans and Fijians skating at full speed with no helmets and war clubs in their hands to bash fleeing opponents right? For TEIVOVOsports.com – I'm Culden Kamea, Malo, vina'a and thank you! Please hit the "subscribe" button below if you'd like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji