Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula and Welcome to Season 08 Episode 33 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Friday morning 02 February 2024. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. In rugby union: Rugby World Cup 2023 in France was the most viewed rugby event of all time, achieving 1.33 billion viewing hours across all programming on linear & non-linear broadcast. This was 30 per cent more viewership than England 2015 and 19 per cent more than Japan 2019. In rugby league: Cameron Smith has quit as Billy Slater’s Assistant Coach for the 2024 State of Origin series to be replaced by former Maroons hooker Matt Ballin. AAP reported Smith has stepped down after two victorious series as Slater’s assistant coach, with Ballin to join Josh Hannay and Jonathan Thurston in the hunt for a three-peat. “I don’t know if there’s anyone who has contributed more to the Queensland Origin team than Cam Smith,” Slater said. In Football: Liverpool remain on course to send Jurgen Klopp off as a Premier League winner after Chelsea were thrashed 4-1 at Anfield. The win restores a five-point lead at the top of the EPL table for Klopp’s men over Manchester City, who have a game in hand. In Boxing: Australia’s Tim Tszyu has been described as a “slow Mexican” by American superstar Keith Thurman, who warned he will also be sending the WBO super welterweight king “tail tucked and head down, back to his daddy in Australia”. The undefeated 29-year-old Aussie and Thurman – once the world’s undisputed welterweight champ – squared off in a fiery press conference to launch their Las Vegas blockbuster on Sunday 31 March. In SportsBiz: More Taylor Swift Effect on the NFL: L’Oreal’s NYX Professional Makeup will make its Super Bowl debut with a new 30-second commercial celebrating the “power of women” in the “traditionally male-dominated” football industry. e.l.f. Cosmetics will air its first ever national Super Bowl commercial featuring singer Meghan Trainor, actor Gina Torres, and others. And Dove will advertise in the Big Game for the first time in 18 years with a new #KeepHerConfident commercial promoting body confidence in girls “to keep them playing the sports they love.” Thanks to Taylor Swift, these advertisers and others will fork over around US$7Million for their 30-second Ads. And that’s a wrap Swiftees! 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