Malo and welcome to Episode 40 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful Tuesday morning 09 August 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We start with rugby – The All Blacks have dropped to fifth in the World Rugby rankings following their 26-10 defeat to the Springboks in their Rugby Championship opener in Nelspruit on Saturday. New Zealand’s fifth loss in only six Tests drops them below England. In the NRL - Kiwi international forward and Eels star, Isaiah Papali'i delivered another dominant performance, this time against the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval, to move past Raiders prop Joseph Tapine and reclaim top spot on the VB Hard Earned Index leader board after Round 21. To our Commonwealth Games 2022 Pasifika news – CONGRATULATIONS Samoa finishing 19th in the Commonwealth Games and numero uno from the Pacific with 1 x gold and 4 x silver medals including a new Games record lift of a total 381Kg in the Mens 96Kg weightlifting category for Don Opeloge. Fiji won 2 x silver in rugby 7s and 2 x bronze medals in weightlifting and para-athlete Naibili Vatunisolo in the Women’s discuss. Papua New Guinea, Nuie and Nauru all won one bronze medal each. Finally a special shout out to those two hot Vanuatu chics – Miller Pata and Sherysyn Toko for winning a bronze medal in beach volleyball. Go girls go! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Mahalo, 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 love and support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji