Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 09 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Tuesday morning 10 October 2023. Happy Fiji Day!Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the RWC2023 in France:· Australia· Portugal· Tonga· Romania· Japan· Scotland· Samoa· Georgia· Italy and· Uruguayhave all gone home, so with the exception of Australia, Samoa and Japan, shouldn’t they form the basis of a global Tier Two comp?You could group the Europeans together in one pool – Portugal, Romania, Georgia and Italy with Scotland, and have Tonga, Uruguay pooled with Chile, Canada and USA.Meanwhile, Australia, Samoa and Japan join Fiji, Argentina and New Zealand in one pool, while Ireland, Wales, France, England and South Africa play in another pool in a Tier One comp.The top two from each pool clash in the semi-finals and the bottom pool finishers each year are relegated from Tier One and the Tier Two pool winners are promoted. Come on World Rugby – how about it?In rugby league: Panthers co-captain Isaah Yeo beat a red-hot field of premiership teammates to win the club’s best-and-fairest award on Wednesday night. Yeo won the Merv Cartwright Medal ahead of fellow co-captain Nathan Cleary, star centre Stephen Crichton and gun fullback Dylan Edwards.The Best and Fairest Award Winners at the Storm: Xavier Coates won the Cameron Smith Medal, at the New Zealand Warriors - Shaun Johnson won the Simon Mannering Medal, Newcastle Knights - Kalyn Ponga took home the Danny Buderus Medal and at the Sharks – Blayke Brailey won the Paul Gallen Medal.In Football: It took nearly three months – and they made plenty of magic in that time – but their bubble finally burst and it turns out Inter Miami can in fact lose with Lionel Messi on the field.After missing four games with a muscular issue, Messi returned to face FC Cincinnati at home, logging 35 minutes off the bench, but for the first time since he donned their pink kit back in late July, Messi could not hustle up any magic, and watched on helplessly as Cincy won 1-0.And with that, the Inter Miami long-shot quest to qualify for the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs ground to an inglorious end on a rainy South Florida night.In Combat sports: “This is my time and my division now,” says undefeated Aussie Champion, Tim Tszyu, as he finally gets a chance to claim and officially get his hands on the WBO Super Welterweight World title, fighting against American Brian Mendoza on the Gold Coast this Sunday afternoon.In SportsBiz: Paul Pogba – remember his crazy hairstyles at Man U?Well he was suspended in September by Juventus after returning a doping test with unusually high levels of testosterone in August.Pogba requested for the sample to be analysed again in the hope there had been an error, but the secondary analysis also returned a positive result.So Mr. Pogba is now facing a four-year ban and the cancellation of his Juventus contract. Following his initial suspension, his salary had been cut to US$44,500 from US$10.5Million a year - now that’s what I call a haircut!And that’s a wrap!For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea – please hit the like and subscribe buttons below if you want to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites.Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support.#TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji