Switching sports isn't easy but for two Pasifika men, trying to make it in the NFL via a 10 week trial camp is a challenge and a chance worth taking. With backgrounds in rugby league and union, we chat to Samoan Laki Tasi and Fijian Jeneiro Wakeham who have given American Football a shot via the NFL International Player Pathway Program and will soon find out their fate.

Priestley Habru gives us plenty of news from the Solomon Islands as well as across the Pacific and from Kiribati, Teitirake Kabaua does the same to help keep you in the loop.

New Caledonian footballer Mickaël Partodikromo is lining up for some of the biggest matches in the Pacific nation's history this week in the World Cup qualifiers and chats to Sam Wykes about his journey from the islands to English football. We hear why his father wears Mickaël's jerseys to the shops, what it's like playing around the world and what food he misses from home.

Fiji's Lailanie Burnes also has news in football, basketball and a win for Fijian rugby players and Tonga's Kalo Manu-Moli chats rugby, local school sports, hockey and a big result for the U-19 women's footballers.

The Ikale Tahi had a disappointing campaign in 2024 on the field but with another year after the reset, TRU CEO Aisea Aholelei believes 2025 should see more positive results. Regular co-host Marian Kupu chats to Aholelei about coaching, player recruitment, home internationals and more.

Melissa Fare chatted to Ni-Van beach volleyball legend Miller Pata plus Jamie Haro talks to Nicky van de Bos about the WISA project supporting women in sport across the Pacific. There's also news in netball, cricket, darts, rugby union, football and more!

Without Pauline Dean, much of the football across the Pacific and in particular in the Cook Islands, wouldn't run as smoothly as it does. Dean recently helped host OFC fixtures in her homeland for the first time in nearly a decade, which saw Tupapa FC qualify for the Men's Champions League. We hear her story plus what it was like working at the Paris 2024 Olympics sharing her home with the world.

Indra Singh brings us all the latest from Fiji including a new football star on the rise, Tonga's Marian Kupu has news in rugby, netball and a table tennis story and Sam Wykes helps fill in the rest of the big news from across the Pacific.

After their undefeated run and victory in the PacificAus netball series in Brisbane this week, Tifa Moana veteran Auteletoa Tanimo talks about the big dreams the Samoan team has for the future. We hear about their strength of connection, why head coach Natalie Mathews was so vital to their success and how great the crowd were.

Sam is also joined by Patricia Keamo from PNG who chats to their Olympic Committee president Emma Waiwai as well as Fiji's Lailanie Burnes who sat down with trailblazer taekwondo Olympian Venice Traill.

As always 'Fresh Off The Field' is covering more sports than you've got aunties with some huge netball results, athletics firing up, tennis, football, rugby and more. Plus Cynthia Seda from the Solomon Islands brings in a chat about surfing programs in the Pacific and Finau Vulivuli speaks to a fellow Fijian giving vital Oceania representation in world basketball.

Natalie Mathews' ultimate dream is to coach the Tifa Moana netball team and at the PacificAus Netball Series in Brisbane she'll achieve that goal. Mathews knows Samoa have a challenge ahead of them but she's ready to help them rise up the rankings.

Sam is also joined by PNG's Jamie Haro and Tonga's Kalo Manu-Moli to discuss sporting news from across the Pacific including football, rugby league, tennis, cricket, rugby union, swimming and more.

It's jam packed today with Sam Wykes joined by Melissa Fare who chats to fellow Ni-Van cricketer Rachel Andrew, plus Lailanie Burnes speaks to the head coach and president of Fiji weightlifting. 

There's also tennis in Samoa, new blood in the Fijian Pearls, football and the start of the Super Rugby Pacific competition just over a week away.

From representing Fiji as a 14-year-old to becoming a first-time mother at 19, Fijian basketballer Letava Kenny has made incredible sacrifices to pursue her dream. At 32, she secured her first professional contract - proving that determination knows no timeline.

Priestley Habru and Patricia Keamo join Sam Wykes to touch on all things sports across the Pacific and, of course, come ready to tell some new facts about themselves.

Papua New Guinea and Australian woman Zimmie Farquharson plays in the AFLW with the Western Bulldogs and is one of only a handful of Pacific Island women to have ever played in the competition. Her mother is from the Western Province in PNG and when Zimmie visited her village everything in life and footy was put in perspective. We hear about her success and struggles on the field and about her role as a multicultural ambassador for AFL in the Pacific. 

Also, Indra Singh and Melissa Fare from Fiji and Vanuatu join Sam Wykes to discuss all the latest sport happening around the Pacific including results from the Coral Coast Sevens, Oceania Chess Championships and the latest football signings.