Catch my chat with MMA fighter Lio Ilalio who along with the rest of Team Tonga is preparing to represent The Kingdom at the upcoming GAMMA World Championships in Jakarta.

Please support Team Tonga if you are able to at the link below: https://www.mycause.com.au/p/350770/tongan-mma-team-gamma-worlds-2024
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Oliver MMA South Auckland

Eastside Grapplers

NZSDC Tonga Wrestling

Supreme Plumbing

Willie Dreamhigh Clothing

Combat Sports Federation of Tonga

My Guest in The Bure this episode is legendary sports caller Greg Clark who has given some of his time to chat about his time commentating The Fijian Drua home games and his recently released book "The Rise of The Drua: How a Rugby Dream Captivated a Nation".

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⁠The Rise of the Drua | Fijian Drua Rugby Shop⁠ Please follow Greg Clark on Instagram:

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My Guest in The Bure this week is Will Helu, a former Tongan international representative in rugby union who now works in the education sector. Hear Will share his incredible story of not only playing rugby at an incredibly high level, but also taking the lessons from his sporting career into his "second" career in the education industry.

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This episode features our first returning guest,

Jason Lemusu who least featured on the very first episode of the Coconut Wireless.

Listen to our chat about the development of his passion project, The Pasifika Youth Cup rugby competition as well as the state of grassroots rugby in general in NSW.

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Samoa: @nswsamoajru

Fiji: @nswfijianjuniors

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Cook Islands: @cookislandsrunsw

Indigenous Australia: @koorirugby

Maori: @maorisca

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My guest in The Bure this episode is a former Ikale Tahi (Tongan International Rugby team) representative, current head coach of the Tongan Women's Rugby Union team and co-founder of the Youth in Union foundation, Eddie Aholelei.

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YIU: @youthinunion

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My guest this episode is Eastern Suburbs and NSW Waratahs front rower Lewis Ponini who shares his story of travelling the world in pursuit of his rugby union dream.

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My guest in The Bure for a very special episode is Mr Alan Latu who amongst a rang of accomplishments currently sits as one of the Directors of Rugby Victoria and has kindly agreed to share his story of his professional journey and how he was affected by Rugby Australia's decision to cut the Melbourne Rebels from Super Rugby next year.

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This episode I am joined by Fiji Bati legend James Storer who shares his story about growing up in Mogo, NSW and going on to represent Fiji at the highest level of rugby league.

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My guest in The Bure this episode is Fijian Drua legend Baden Kerr. Hear his story of growing up in South Auckland and eventually finding himself representing The Fijian Drua in their inaugural season.

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This episode I'm joined in The Bure by Jordan Thompson, a TikToker who is documenting his amazing journey of reconnecting with his Māori culture through learning Te Reo and other parts of his culture.

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This week I'm joined in the Bure by NSW Waratahs forwards coach, Pauli Taumoepeau.

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Catch my chat with MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) competitor Nick Kepu and hear about his journey within the sport.

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This episode I am joined in The Bure by social media sensation Havea 676 who shares the story of his journey towards building one of the most successful social media platforms in the in the Pasifika space.

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My guest in The Bure this episode is Jeremiah Tauamiti, a gifted witer, actor and film maker who was good enough to join me to speak about his latest project, a documentary titled "Faith, Family and Footy: A Pasifika Rugby Story".

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Website: www.malosipictures.com

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