Ma’lelei, talofa, bula and Welcome to Season 05 Episode 44 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on another cloudy, warm and bright Wednesday morning 17 May 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby: Super Rugby Pacific Round 12 games this weekend: Starting on Friday, Moana Pasifika host the Crusaders and the Reds host the Blues. On Saturday, the Highlanders host the Rebels, the Chiefs host the Hurricanes and the New South Wales Waratahs host the Fijian Drua in Sydney, while on Sunday the Force host the Brumbies.In rugby league: So Saint George Dragons sacked Head Coach, Anthony Griffin yesterday.The biggest losers are their loyal fans, who once again miss out this season with their finals chances all but gone after it took Dragons bosses 11 rounds to make the obvious decision.Make no mistake, Saint George Dragons Captain, Ben Hunt will be looking at alternative options after Anthony Griffin’s sacking.The champion no.7 is contracted until the end of 2025 with the Red V, but there will be rival clubs eyeing Hunt as a halfback.The Bulldogs perfectly fit the bill.In football: Milan have it all to do against rivals Inter Milan in their local Italian derby, while Manchester City hope to banish memories of last season's painful semi-final exit to Real Madrid in their UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg clashes starting today.We tip Inter Milan and Man City to go through to the grand-final.In the NBA: All-Star Laker, D’Angelo Russell again attempted to promote Coco5 sports drink at an NBA media conference yesterday.This comical second attempt only adds to the already growing promotion of Coco5, thanks to Russell, with 3.1 million views already.Gatorade is the NBA’s official sports drink sponsor, and they’re not happy.Russell and the Lakers begin their western conference finals series against the Denver Nuggets today in Denver.p.s. The Philadelphia 76ers have parted ways with Head Coach Doc Rivers following their NBA Eastern Conference Series loss to the Boston Celtics.Bye bye Doc.In SportsBiz: Behind another clutch performance from Aussie star, Sam Kerr Chelsea defeated Man U for its third consecutive Women’s FA Cup title — and it’s part of a much bigger victory for women’s football.The Blues won in front of a record 77,390 fans at Wembley Stadium — setting a world record for a Women’s domestic Club game.It continues a promising trend of increasing attendances for the women’s game: In April 2022, 91,648 fans packed into Camp Nou to watch Barcelona beat Wolfsburg in the Women’s UEFA Champions League semi-final.And that momentum is expected to continue in the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.More on Women’s sports in my new background buzz segment at the end.Finally in boxing: In an opinion piece for The New York Post yesterday, British media celebrity, Piers Morgan compares Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to “The Greatest” - Muhammad Ali who came back to knock out George Foreman in 1974 to win the World Heavyweight boxing title."Foreman duly unloaded his relentless bombs on Ali who spent most of the time leaning on the ropes, soaking up the fearsomely powerful assault," Morgan wrote."Nobody could understand this apparently suicidal rope-a-dope strategy other than Ali himself, who had deliberately planned it to exhaust his opponent."According to Morgan, Ali didn't beat Foreman because he was the stronger man. He won because "he had the smarter tactics, and the courage to execute them" -- all attributes that Morgan thinks DeSantis can use to beat Donald Trump should he run against him in 2024.Er okay, if you say so Piers. I wonder how much he got paid for that?Okay sports fans, on “Background Buzz” today, I take a closer look at how World Rugby is playing catch up with the phenomenal growth of mainstream Women’s sports like football, professional basketball, rugby league and boxing.World Rugby