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Go inside Moana Pasifika's sacred kava ceremony to find out what this team means to the players, former players and the pacific nations they represent.

Moana Pasifika take on the Māori All Blacks tonight at 7.05pm at FMG Stadium Hamilton.

CREDIT: Sky Sport

The Super Samoan Mark Hunt sat down with the Submission Radio boys and discussed his upcoming fight against Paul Gallen, what he's been doing since his last UFC fight, whether he'd consider taking on Mike Tyson and more 

After it was confirmed last week Junior Fa had to withdraw from the December 12 fight due to medical reasons, both Junior Fa and Joseph Parkers camps came together for a press conference yesterday to reveal a new date for the bout which has been delayed until February or March 2021.

It's a move Fa's fired-up trainer Eugene Bareman says is just the latest installment in "the Higgins Show"

Watch the full statement from Eugene and responses from fight promoter & Joseph Parker's manager David Higgins and Parkers Coach Kevin Barry in the video above.

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Video Credit:  GladrapChannel

Samoan NFL player Juju Smith-Schuster shares how he grew up sleeping on the floor most of his childhood and didn't get his own room until he got to the NFL.  

He surprised his family earlier this year buying them a new house.

“Rugby, it’s the game played in heaven”

The future stars of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga participated in the 2020 Pacific Combine for a chance to showcase their talents and learn new skills to help them become complete rugby players.

Find out what happened over the three day event earlier this year.

Tua Tagovailoa gets another big win in Arizona, finishing with 248 passing yards and 2 touchdowns during Week 9 of the 2020 NFL season.

Go behind the scenes with Carlos Ulberg, Israel Adesanya and Brad Riddell as they travel to Las Vegas, Nevada in preparation for Ulberg's Contender Series fight against Bruno Oliveria.

Ulberg and Oliveria will be headlining the show with the opportunity for a UFC contract should Carlos win!  

"When I was younger I looked up to Joe Rocs, the fast Fijian winger who scored all the tries with the big dive ... something I tried to do at school, yeah I ended up winding myself" 

Hear from Hoskins Sotutu, as he delves into his idols, his father Waisake and his motivation for his outstanding 2020 season.

Over 500 Pacific Island ballers got together to play in the inaugural 1st Nations Polynesian Basketball Youth Tournament.

The tournament covered both Boys & Girls teams ranging from U13s through to U21s games with with 52 teams from all Pasifika communities - Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue and more.

Check out some of the highlights in the video above.

The biggest boxing event to be held in Sydney for more than a decade was confirmed today after leading promoters No Limit Boxing announced Bankwest Stadium as the venue for an historic Double Header on December 16, 2020.

Alongside Australian boxing star Tim Tszyu who will be fighting Kiwi boxer Bowyn Morgan, the 'Super Samoan' Mark Hunt makes his return to the ring against former NRL star Paul Gallen in what will be the first co-main event to be held in Australia and the first Sydney stadium fight since Mundine vs Green in 2006. 

Paul Gallen and Mark Hunt is a rare match-up set to attract the interest of all sports fans, excited to see two big men with big mouths finally go toe-to-toe after a previously scheduled contest for April was cancelled due to COVID-19.…more