Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 09 Episode 48 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a sunny and bright Saturday morning 25 May 2024. Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the blue continent. In Rugby: As we tipped it, the Brumbies thrashed the Melbourne Rebels 17-53 last night. It’s up to the Fijian Drua now to take their game to the Highlanders in Dunedin tomorrow afternoon and cement their place in Super Rugby Pacific’s Top 8. Meanwhile, World Rugby is delighted to announce the 25 inspiring female leaders from around the world that will participate in the “Capgemini Women in Rugby Leadership Programme” 2024 and 2025, driving visibility of female leaders from within the rugby family and helping to accelerate the development of the women and girls’ game, on the road to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.The 25 scholars on the programme will be granted access to the best learning programmes from the Capgemini University.They will also be eligible to apply for an additional discretionary grant of up to £5000 to help aid their development and learning.The five scholarship winners from the Pacific are:    Harriet Kate Tuara (Cook Islands)    Matilda K. Tigilai (Papua New Guinea)    Lailanie Burnes (Fiji)    Pauline-Jean Henrietta Luyten (New Zealand)    Fiona Brady (Australia)In rugby league: Manly Sea Eagles season is back on track after a 26-20 win over the Storm at 4 Pines Park in a shock upset last night. Manly led 26-14 with nine minutes left after Reuben Garrick knocked over a penalty goal, but had to survive a frenetic Storm comeback.Melbourne scored to make it 26-20 and then had three straight sets on the Sea Eagles line, but the home side held their nerve to record a deserved win.In Football: Barcelona has fired Spanish Head Coach Xavi Hernandez. He will leave his role after Sunday's final game of the season."FC Barcelona wishes to thank Xavi for his work as Coach, as well as for his inimitable career as a player and as team Captain, and wishes him every future success in the world," the Club said.Xavi's Barcelona on 82 points, with a game against Seville to go, will finish second in their LaLiga campaign, already won by rivals Real Madrid, with 94 points in 37 matches won the domestic title in previous weeks.Besides LaLiga, this season Barcelona failed in the UEFA Champions League, Spain's Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup.In SportsBiz: The WTA entered into a five-year partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) that will see the PIF become the first-ever title sponsor of the WTA Rankings system - now the PIF ATP Rankings, and sponsorship across a bevy of events, such as joint ATP/WTA Masters tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid and Beijing’s WTA 1000 tournament and ATP 500 tournaments.The World Tennis Association is slated to host its year-end finals in Riyadh for the next three seasons in a move that, in 2024, will see the event offer a record US$15.25Million in prize money, up from US$9M in 2023. In combat sports: Undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Oleksandr Usyk will appear in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's new movie. The film, ‘The Smashing Machine’ is based on the life of Mark Kerr and will star Johnson as the lead role.Usyk will play MMA legend Igor Vovchanchyn. This will be Usyk's first time acting in a movie and was announced just days after he defeated Tyson Fury. No release date for the film has been revealed yet. And that’s a wrap! Please hit the like and subscribe buttons below if you want to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites. Mahalo and Ka kite; for TEIVOVOdigital.com, I’m Culden Kamea tanking you all too mass for all your love and support. #TEIVOVORugby  #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugb