This week, the All Blacks great Jonah Lomu has died, another Fiji Rugby CEO calls it quits, good news for Pacific Rugby World Cup hopes, Australia and Fiji sevens teams are headed for Rio, rivalries to resume in the Oceania Champions League and Guam's Football World Cup hopes come to an end.

This week; Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are to get seats on an expanded World Rugby Council; Oceania Sevens teams put their Olympic hopes on the line; Vanuatu football mourns the death of a former international; some of the world's top judoka are headed down under; And more gold for Vanuatu's beach volleyball team.

The Solomons women withdraw from OFC U17 comp; The Flying Fijians coach wants to take the team to the next world cup; A Tahitian tennis player looks to improve his career in New Zealand; Baseball in Fiji marks 15 years.

This week, Fiji Football is stepping up preparations for Rio after New Zealand failed in its bid to overturn its disqualification from Olympic qualifying, Joseph Parker prepares for a Samoan homecoming, Pacific learnings from the Oceania Cup hockey tournament and a shake-up in the Samoa women's sevens scene.

This week, Manu Samoa coach Stephen Betham steps down; World Rugby boss to hear concerns from second tier nations; The Cook Islands miss out as Tonga qualify for the Rugby League World Cup; Guam remains upbeat about their chances in Football World Cup qualifying; And US golfer Matt Kuchar wins in Fiji.

This week, Papua New Guinea has been confirmed to host three matches at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup; Cook Islands and Tonga's Rugby League World Cup hopes go on the line; Pacific teams sign off from the Rugby World Cup; The golfing world returns to Fiji; And Fiji-born boxer Kali Meehan opens up about his career and fighting Joseph Parker.

This week, Pacific teams bomb out of contention for the Rugby World Cup knockout rounds; Another milestone for Niue Rugby League; And we talk to Penrith Panthers coach Ivan Cleary about his club's close links with Papua New Guinea.

This week, playoff hopes are looking shaky for Pacific teams at the Rugby World Cup action; A big boost for youth football in Oceania as a leading New Zealand official quits over the Olympic eligibility saga; Papua New Guinea's cricketers search for answers; And the Cook Islands rugby league team back in the spotlight.

This week, mixed results for Pacific nations as Japan stuns South Africa during the opening weekend of Rugby World Cup action ; The Papua New Guinea Hunters season is over following another defeat; And we talk with sprinter Jeremy Dodson about his first year running for Samoa and competing at the Olympics.

This week, we look at Fiji, Samoa and Tonga's hopes on the eve of the Rugby World Cup, the Commonwealth Youth Games come to a close in Samoa and the Vanuatu and Fiji

cricket teams come up short.