Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 73 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Wednesday morning 15 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! In rugby union – the best players from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Papua New Guinea will play a game against the British and Irish Lions under a plan for their 2025 Australian tour. The Lions will play the Pacific Islands XV as well as an Anzac XV, featuring All Blacks and Wallabies, and one game each against the Waratahs, Reds and Brumbies, plus three Tests against the Wallabies. Fiji beat the British Lions in their only game to date in the Islands, in 1977 in Suva. In rugby league – NRL Round 3 starting Thursday: Manly Sea Eagles vs Parramatta Eels at 4 Pines Park, 8pm AEDT and on Friday Newcastle Knights vs the Dolphins at McDonald Jones Stadium at 6pm, followed by the Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium at 8pm. In Sportsbiz – Real Madrid has announced it will participate in the trial against Barcelona, alleging that they bribed referees for several years after Spanish prosecutors completed their investigation and filed charges of corruption last week. Barcelona has admitted that they paid a company owned by former La Liga refereeing committee member, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira at least US$7.4Million — but say it was all for legitimate purposes like consulting and video analysis. Yeah right! Meanwhile, in real football news – our world famous UEFA Champions League tips for the Last 16 Round 2 games today: Manchester City to ziggymarley Leipzig and Inter Milan to portaloo Porto. Meanwhile, FIFA has announced that the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by the US, Mexico and Canada, will feature 104 games, up from 64, with the expanded format of 48 participating teams, up from the 32-team tournament in Qatar in 2022. Ka-ching goes the FIFA cash register overflowing with roubles, sterling, euros, pesos whatever! For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea - Mahalo, vina’a and thank you – please hit the subscribe button below if you would like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. And tank you all too mas for all your love and support. #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji