Coco Sports Talk with Tongan Heavyweight boxers - Junior Fa & Hemi Ahio

Coco Sports Talk with Penina and Ashley - covering all things sports from a Pasifika female lens!

#CocoSportsTalk looks at the many stories of Pasifika people involved in sports of all kinds, and the trials and tribulations of the talented athletes from all sectors of our community.

This episode we cover recent sporting headlines, we speak to Junior Fa and Hemi Ahio who have just been announced on the George Kambosos Jnr & Devin Haney card, Ash is back with another Round of Reckons and we look at what's coming up! 

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Watch the whole show or pick and choose the sports you're interested in below - 

00:00 Intro 

00:38 Coco Headlines: - Sevens circuit has started back up again

01:08 Heavyweight boxers Junior Fa & Hemi Ahio chat 

05:55 Round of Reckons with Ashley Stanley:  "Underneath everything (in relation to the Black Ferns Culture & Environment Review) we need to treat athletes as people and look at well being models being the core of high performance and development programs"

07:45 Did you Know?  The Womens FIFA football world cup is going to be co-hosted by NZ and Australia next year. 

08:10 Did you Know?  We have a Fijian in the Football Ferns

08:40 Did you Know?  A Samoan is the Chief Womens Football Officer for FIFA 

09:35 What's coming up in the sports calendar?  Women headlining a fight night in Auckland and PFL starts again in May

Join us to learn a little bit more for your sport fix!

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Catch up on Episode 1 here:

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Director/Editor & Sound - Sefa Taouma 

Camera Operator - Mary Raela 

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