Declan Byrne

After making a big impression at her debut Paralympics, 19-year-old Fijian Irene Mar is keen to change people's preconceived ideas in her homeland about people living with a disability. Mar talks us through her historic para-taekwondo victory and Paralympics experience as well as the hurdles she had to overcome to get there.Bobby Macumber is also joined by Patricia Keamo to keep us across all the latest Papua New Guinea news plus Tongan Kalo Manu-Moli chats local news and plenty from across the islands.

Glasgow have scored an abridged, no frills Commonwealth Games paid for by Victorians, Lavender left the footy with the Lions 44 points down, Graham Arnold is goooone and Wallaby Len Ikitau joins us to chat ahead of the Bledisloe.

Melbourne Storm star Eli Katoa lived in Tonga until his late teens and everything he does is for his family and his country. We hear from the man who'd played 13 games of Rugby League before he debuted for the Warriors and he touches on providing for his family, why the Storm are such an incredible club and his dreams to play in Tonga in front of his family.It's finals time in the NRLW and Kiana Takairangi drops by to tell us what to look out for and what improvements can still be made. There's four teams left in the NRL finals, Fiji wins the Pacific Nations Cup and the Hopoate Otai is tasting good.

One has been playing for the Cook Islands for decades and the other is in the green jersey as a 16-year-old. Jordina Katu has turned her mind to coaching while her daughter Meiya Lemafa is a player on the rise and both attended the FIBA high performance camp on the Gold Coast alongside 12 other Pacific Island nations. We hear about their learnings in the camp, why Jordina didn't want to cry in front of Meiya and what their coaching and playing dreams are for the future.Bobby Macumber is joined by Indra Singh from Fiji to discuss plenty of sports news there including the glory and controversy of Fiji rugby. And Lulu Laris from Bougainville is our other co-host with plenty of PNG news and interviews.

While Sam is away in Japan, Tinirau and Will Hopoate dive straight into all things NRL as the finals kick off tonight. Toutai joins us for his last episode on Nesian Footy for the year to talk about the Pacific Nations Cup. Sala reflects on her NRLW season with the Tigers after ending on a high note.

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Being coached by your dad in a team of boys just meant Pani Hopoate had to go harder and with footy in her blood, that wasn't a problem. The NRLW star and Grand Final bound Roosters player chats about fitting footy and training around work, sleeping on couches in the chaotic Hopoate house and why she was the favourite child.Tinirau is joined by Will Hopoate again this week and they look at the NRL finals and Dally M team of the year nominees. Plus Kiana Takairangi runs through the NRLW semis and the training challenges for her Cook Islands Moana team in the upcoming Pacific Championships.

Papi Alaalatoa's Samoa team just went through the Oceania Netball Youth World Cup qualifiers without losing a match and will head to Gibraltar next year to try bring home some silverware. Alaalatoa speaks about her pride in wearing the blue dress, how they dealt with their limited preparation and why she was nervous to be captain.Bobby Macumber is also joined by Finau Vulivuli from Fiji and Jamie Haro from Papua New Guinea to discuss all the sport taking place across the Pacific.

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The biggest weekend of the year in the NRL and NRLW worlds is upon us and Tinirau and Sam give us everything we need to know about each game with a big focus on the Nesian stars set to shine. Sala Togatuki drops by as well to help run her eye over the women's GF. There's Dally M news, Super W rugby lost another team and Sam has some stories from his Japan trip.