Save a Prayer: My 26th blog of the year 2025

Well, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger but first in the Six Nations rugby as France win the title after their emphatic victory against Scotland (For whom I was rooting for due to our family being of Scottish descent) in that epic round 5 finale with French second five Yoram Moefana scoring both tries at the Stade de France in Paris that set the tone of going into their 3 match test series against the All Blacks in July, with a Six Nations championship for the first time since 2022 (While Ireland & England win both of their matches against Italy & Wales, but they could not catch France of securing the crown) & for the 7th time overall during the Six Nations era (They joined England with 7 Six Nations titles (France won it in 2002, 2004, 2006-07, 2010, 2022 & this year (2025) while England became champions in 2000-01, 2003, 2011, 2016-17 & 2020) apiece, then Ireland who won it 6 times (2009, 2014-15, 2018, 2023 & last year (2024) along with Wales (2005, 2008, 2012-13, 2019 & 2021), while both Italy & Scotland (Who last became champions way, way back in 1999 which was during the Five Nations era) have none), but they had to do it without one of their main man of Antoine Dupont who was ruled out of that game altogether through injury sustained in the Ireland test (And he could possibly miss that 3 match test series against New Zealand in an effort to take his time of recovering that injury), but there has been similarities between both of the Super Rugby games with last year's Northern Tour & a men's Six Nations matches respectively such as Sam Gilbert having the chance to win the game for the Highlanders against the Hurricanes (Who clinged on to the end, but there was controversy whether Umaga-Jensen's tackle had slipped up or should I say, crept up high on a Highlanders player, but the ref says that there was no foul play to start with, while there was Ngane Punivai who thought he got away with a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Highlanders captain Timoci Tavatavanawai (Who is described by former All Black turned commentator Justin Marshall as Ma'a Nonu on steroids, but he argued with referee Angus Mabey after the game whether he was asking for a yellow card against Umaga-Jensen, but that's not the case even though with the TMO who couldn't afford to intervene about the foul play incident (And during the game that one of New Zealand's best halfbacks of Cam Roigard (The Hurricanes star man) did an evasive pick & go move during the game which is inspired by the Frenchman of Dupont (One of the world's best rugby players as of today) & his maneuvers of sniping past the defence in which he always does that a lot) in which Punivai had asked to leave the field to get checked for a head knock according to the protocols whilst being sin binned in which was one of the most controversial decisions in the history of Super Rugby Pacific, & I believe so) in Dunedin not once, but twice with a missed penalty & a missed drop goal which was shades of Englishman George Ford missing both a penalty & a drop kick against the All Blacks (Who just had to win) last year in November in which me, Pops & Carole were at least holding our breaths according to the previous blogs that I did, while Xavi Taele's missed conversion that sailed wide which would've put the Blues in front against the Chiefs (Who won anyway by a whisker, but the match had taken place after the Crusaders had a convincing win over the Western Force in Christchurch which is during kids round after Marvel Comics had recently signed a partnership with New Zealand Rugby to make superhero type kits that is appealing to the children who watch comics & stuff, with Sevu Reece getting a hat-trick, & Macca Springer becoming the 2nd player to score 5 tries in a Super Rugby game in which he equalled the all-time record along with the late Sean Wainui who was the first Super Rugby player to dot it down, & score 5 tries which was against the Waratahs for the Chiefs in 2021) in Hamilton that was reminiscent of Finn Russell & that unsuccessful conversion that would've put Scotland in the lead against England (Who ended up winning of course) during a Six Nations test in London, meanwhile that there's 11 teams in the Super Rugby Pacific competition now (And is it good for the Aussie teams to start finding their competitiveness? They hope so according to the rugby followers in Australia) since the Melbourne Rebels left last year (Compared to 17 in the NRL since the Dolphins joined the comp since 2023, but me & Pops aren't always league followers because it is stop start (And we're mainly rugby (Which has rucks & mauls) aficionados, but we support 3 teams in Super Rugby Pacific such as the Hurricanes (Our main franchise here because of Whanganui (In which me, Pops, Carole, Dad & Raewyn still live) being part of the Hurricanes region as well as Jansen (Jansi Jans) who still lives in the Hawke's Bay province with Bernard (Bernie), & my biological aunty of Cathey Middelplaats, my cousin Paige Ahearn (Whose birthday is coming up on the 5th of April as she turns 31 & she wasn't married when little Norah was born, even though Paige has since been married to her husband Jarrod, then they went on a honeymoon to Japan like last year (2024) as I saw a picture from Pops phone), & my first cousin once removed of Norah who are living in the Wellington province), the Highlanders (Mainly due to one of Pops old pupils during Aramoho School days of Jona Nareki playing for them, but I have been to Southland & Otago provinces before back in 2019 with Pops, Aunty Tan & Rejean, & I have never been to Dunedin for my entire life (Pops went there once also back in 2014 with the late Nan) & the Blues (Also mainly because of Stephen Perofeta who was an old boy of Whanganui City College here in Whanganui, as well as Pops who once lived in Waiheke Island & of course, Kathryn who currently resides in Northland with Ken as well as Andy who currently lives in the North Harbour province with his wife Kelsey, but they failed to get a new house when they attended the auction because the price was set higher recently), only Dad is since he is a die-hard Warriors fanatic).

And secondly onto the political stuff that things have still gone wrong in the 2020s decade such as COVID first, then the Black Lives Matter protests, followed by the riots on the US Capitol buildings, then that dreadful prolonged invasion that has been going since 2022 that I'm still not mentioning it because of Pops wishing me to keep it clean, followed by there used to be that horrendous war between Israel & Hamas in Gaza which lasted 15 months from October 2023 until January this year (And now the war has been restarted in Gaza between Israeli & Hamas forces with 60 Palestinians being reported as casualties, 60! And I mean, this is disheartening & saddened by it, especially for Carole who always watches Al Jazeera, is getting sick of this invasion (And the 1st Israel - Hamas war is bad, now the 2nd one is about to get worse) just because she's mainly a bit upset about it due to the fact that the war is back on (And the police shooting (Or police shootout I should say) stuff that I mainly do in either the GTA IV or GTA V games that I always play, reminds me of both terrible wars such as the one that has been going since 2022, & the second invasion in Gaza between Israel & Hamas forces (They used to have the first) that they're currently having for, is known as Israeli Protocol 66 which is one of the top-secret contingency orders that identified all Gazans as traitors) since the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu who is dissatisfied of not trusting about Hamas for failing to release the remaining 65 hostages (Who all of them demanded the invasion to stop whilst in Hamas custody), although it looks like the ceasefire deal has been backfired & fallen through), then Trump surviving a certain assassination attempt not once including at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but twice, & now the trade war between the United States that the current president Donald Trump (I think he is still, a flop & a disaster should I say in terms of his leadership about the tariffs had already been in effect as of today (I'm absolutely sick of this tariff stuff because tariff is the word that Trump loves to trend about it especially his right wing supporters, but I still haven't watched CNN (Which is the left wing news channel compared to Fox which is usually a right wing news channel) & Al Jazeera since Trump took charge as the US president again), resulting in a price hike to foreign goods, especially from my point of view, but I'm still voicing my disapproval by cringing about Trump who I described him as a greedy man by mainly criticizing the President of the United States a lot, just that the fact he is an idiot, lame!) is currently using against the rest of the world such as Canada, China & Mexico in a bid to stamp out the immigration & prohibited drug stuff in which thousands protest against the US President, as well as especially his biggest supporter of South African born American Elon Musk (The world's richest person who I thought I once was telling Carole that he only had sons, but he has adoptive children such as girls that he's having) & his Tesla electric car company that he founded in which the stocks had gone down recently due to the protests that they're currently dealing with, had been worked (And Tesla has recently is about to pull out of the auto show in Vancouver, fearing for its safety towards the attendees).

And thirdly in the rock music industry such as legendary NZ rockers Shihad performing their final ever concert at Homegrown in the band's hometown in Wellington before sadly, that they had to retire from then on following that gig (And the first song I heard since their retirement was 'Everything' that I heard on Brian on the 16th of March), but I started to follow Crowded House (Which is an Aussie rock band, but the lead singer is a Kiwi of Neil Finn (Formerly from Split Enz which is easily one of our country's best bands ever, damn that, they do it all) who has his sons Liam & Elroy are in fact band members still) now (However it is not one of my main rock bands & musicians list that I follow because it's still Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, Evanescence, Linkin Park, U2 & last but not least, Nickelback (And it used to be Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as the Foo Fighters, Incubus, A Perfect Circle, Shihad & Filter) because it is my fave New Zealand rock band from now on since Shihad called time on their career which lasted 37 years (And they have released 10 studio albums that they had during their career, but I own 6 out of the 10) while the band had humble beginnings in 1988 where the lead singer Jon Toogood & drummer Tom Larkin were both AC/DC & Metallica fanatics back then (And the highlights of their career were playing in front of 60,000 people opening for AC/DC at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland back in 2010 for which I have not mentioned in my blogs before, up until now compared to changing their band name to Pacifier following the 9/11 tragedy way back in 2002 which was their low point as I twice mentioned a story about it on my blog).

And finally that the brand spanking new Formula One season is underway as the clear favourite to win the world championship this year of McLaren's Lando Norris, has taken the victory to open proceedings down under at the season opening race of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia (And it has been all McLaren so far as they dominated qualifying, then they had converted from a pole, to a certain race win with Norris crossing the line (And it just had to be), to be on the top step as Lando draws first blood of the first Grand Prix of the year, meaning that for the first time since 2012 that a driver racing for McLaren takes the lead of the championship after the season opener, & it was Jenson Button), therefore setting the tone with his chance to dethrone the defending 4 time world champion Max Verstappen on top of the F1 world, is well & truly on (And there has been an update as one of Norris's McLaren teammates of Aussie Oscar Piastri who had taken victory at the most recent Grand Prix in China (While the sprint race went to multiple world champion of Britain's Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari) to go 2 & 0 this year for McLaren who remain undefeated (And it's one wins apiece for both Norris (Australia) & Piastri (Who dominated China), meanwhile our own New Zealander Liam Lawson has lost his race seat at Red Bull after 2 races in which he had a mediocre season that he is having since being promoted to the main team this year (And Dad was telling me about it during our phone conversation on March 27th when Lawson had been given the sack from Red Bull) from RB (It's Racing Bulls as of today).

So that is my 602nd blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 26th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

P.S. And also that the rugby community is in mourning as former New Zealand rugby player & coach Alex 'Grizz' Wyllie (The one who was born during the war which was World War II making him as one of the wartime babies being born (Compared to Pops who was born 2 years following the war had been complete in 1947) who played for both Canterbury & the All Blacks as well as he coached both of these sides that he played as well as he was once the Argentina rugby team coach way, way back at the 1999 men's Rugby World Cup, has passed away, so all thoughts, prayers & condolences to his loved ones for this emotional but difficult, tough time, rest easy.

Alex 'Grizz' Wyllie

1944 - 2025

Execute the Sounds/Find My Way: My 25th blog of the year 2025

Well, hey everyone as always, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And a gigantic shoutout to Pops for wishing him his 78th birthday today on the 5th of July, so best wishes to my fave person in the whole wide world along with Dad) but first in the cricket news department such as the Black Caps are into the final of the Champions Trophy against India (Who had to beat Australia (Who thought that they got their man of Indian captain Rohit Sharma, but the catch was put down by Cooper Connolly (Who was targeted by unhappy Aussie fans on social media after the game) anyway that hurt their chances of reaching the final, & also Glenn Maxwell who tried to get Virat Kohli (Who scored 84 during the semi) out, had dropped a sitter in which the Aussies have been stunned, they'll be gutted that they fell short just like the Blues did in which they didn't get the result against the ACT Brumbies on the 7th of March during Super Rugby Pacific as the men from Canberra brought them home with a match winning penalty goal to break the 12 year Eden Park curse (That was a day before the Drua ended the Chiefs (Who were without the injured Damian McKenzie (Who is one of the Chiefs main players) quest of remaining undefeated in this years competition when the match was played at the Drua's fortress which is Churchill Park in Lautoka (But the Drua-Chiefs match was similar to the ACT Brumbies-Hurricanes one in Canberra last year & the Chiefs-Reds encounter in New Plymouth in 2023) & also Moana Pasifika led by it's inspirational captain Ardie Savea, had caused the biggest upset in this years competition in which they rolled over the Hurricanes (The team that Ardie used to play with) at North Harbour Stadium in Albany for Moana's first win of the season, & the 2nd time that they have beaten New Zealand opposition in history), just a day right before normal service has resumed for the Crusaders as they produced an emphatic win over the Queensland Reds as they gained vengeance following last year's result which had gone in the way of the men from Brisbane, but the latest in the Six Nations as France (Who had beaten Ireland which was marred by Antoine Dupont's horrific injury in which the referee should've checked it for foul play (And the ref said that it was a complete accident meaning that Tadhg Beirne who inadvertently took out & injured Dupont won't get cited by the citing officer) that was shades of Darcy Swain who illegally clobbered Quinn Tupaea's limbs during the 1st Bledisloe Cup test in Melbourne in 2022 which resulted in a yellow card before he got suspended for a lengthy amount of time) lead the standings by a single point ahead of England (Who'll require a win against Wales in the final round should France lose to Scotland, & the Six Nations Championship is theirs) in the other semi in Dubai in the UAE) after beating South Africa in the 2nd semi at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore (In which the venue had been suited for ideal batting conditions compared to the Dubai pitch which suited the spinners, especially the Indian point of view consisting of the spin quartet of Ravindra Jadeja (One of the elder statesman of the Indian bowling attack), Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel & Varun Chakravarthy) after a dominant batting display from both Rachin Ravindra who top scored 108, then Kane Williamson who posted 102 (And there has been an update in the final that India lift the Champions Trophy for the record 3rd time off the back of their dominant performance against the Black Caps (Who narrowly missed out, yet again) in Dubai including the Indian bowlers, especially the spin department who got rid of both our danger men of the New Zealand side such as Rachin Ravindra & Kane Williamson early which was the turning point, along with Indian captain Rohit Sharma's fast start to the Indian innings in which the men in blue (Who took advantage of winning the Champions Trophy mainly for their refusal to play in Pakistan due to political tensions between the 2 countries, & especially for the Dubai pitch which is spin friendly conditions that suited the Indian spinners) dominated from start to finish, for the entirety of the final in which we were stunned but gutted about the result).

And secondly that shots were fired in Castlecliff here in Whanganui on March 12th which resulted in arrests to a couple of perpetrators who caused a certain crime as the school went into lockdown until before 3pm, according to the story from Carole during our roast pork & vegetable dinner at her place that me & Pops went that the cop chopper had arrived, responding to a call along with police K9 units & the AOS (Armed Offenders Squad which is New Zealand's equivalent of America's SWAT) squad being brought in to bring those criminals who are caught red handed to justice, but these dreadful scenes remind me straight out of GTA game that I always play (And I'm now doing the main GTA IV game story mode that I'm playing because I'm attempting to clock the game by completing all missions as possible, but I managed to complete it just before midnight on the 12th of March), duh! That's right sucka! Ugh...As if (And I now have been using the famous line which is inspired by the 1995 coming of age teen comedy film Clueless that featured the likes of Alicia Silverstone (AKA Batgirl from the Batman & Robin movie which came out way, way back in 1997 & from the Brendan Fraser movie released in 1999 called Blast from the Past) who played Cher Horowitz, but was I talking like a Valley girl like that, it's like but it is so like, anything you want right there).

And thirdly that it was on either Tuesday on Wednesday that I brought a Chromebook to start with for I thought that was a laptop (For which I haven't owned for 16 years, but this time I'll never gonna break it just like last time way back in 2009 (That was a year after Dad bought me a laptop at the time) but I got it wrong that they never do PlayStation remote play, before I came back to the Warehouse + Warehouse Stationary with Dad to ask for a refund of getting a replacement laptop that suits me for which was the right one (And I hope that I was going for broke when I bought a new laptop, but Pops said to me that I wasn't, & it is a good idea to spend instead of saving a whole lot) before Pops took me to Momiji where we had a chicken katsu bento box for dinner (And I've gotta start saving money from now on since I read my bank statement lately on the 31st of March).

And finally that there was Cyclone Alfred in Queensland, Australia as many thousands of people are without power while the premier of Queensland was saying that they have a heap of jobs to do as clean up taken from the cyclone continues as they dropped 15 inches of rain which resulted in a coastal erosion on beaches, especially on the Gold Coast as their beloved beaches were washed offshore by gouging millions of cubic metres of sand from 500km gusts of wind (And people before the cyclone have been told to evacuate, but I hope that Hera, Brendon & Willow are OK from the cyclone just like that).

So that is my 601st blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 25th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And it is my biological aunty Cathey Middelplaats (Paige's mum & Norah's grandmother who could be potentially my honorary mum for who I would like to still see her one day along with my honorary sister as well as my dear cuzzie Paige (Whose having her 31st birthday on April 5th) & my honorary niece as well as my first cousin once removed & my possible goddaughter Norah (I once had a god cousin, & her name was Sherylle-Anne) next time I go to Wellington with either Pops (Regardless of his old age as well as the travel costs) or Dad (Unless he retires from his teaching job, but I would have to wait for many longer to have that opportunity before I pass away) who is having her 58th birthday on the 16th of March, but I wanted to give a shoutout to her so best wishes, xoxo.

A Rebellious Hellraiser: My 600th blog special (AKA my 24th blog of the year 2025)

Well, welcome to all of our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu here & you're tuning into my Kiwiavenger blog (And welcome to my 600th special, but it has been 13 years since I started blogging back in 2012 where it was my first one, but now here I am doing my 600th this year), but first as February 24th this year marks 3 years since that brutal invasion began in which I have not fully mentioned since Pops told me not to post stuff on my blogs by still keeping it clean to avoid being deemed objectionable & sensitive to the country who started it, even though with US President Donald Trump is going to be the one that'll stop that dreadful war that has been going since 2022 (And he's not going to since the United States has switched sides by turning into the country who started it, but I heard about the latest update is that about the Ukrainian president got into an argument with US President Donald Trump (Who the British PM Keir Starmer labelled him as by far, a laughing stock worldwide amid a tariff debacle, therefore Trump (Whom he labelled the United States as a disaster & a flop as he blasts 'open borders' & 'weak leadership' in the aftermath of a pair of attacks in New Orleans & Las Vegas) has been humiliated once more on the world stage about himself with foolish statements ill-considered ideas as he made ridiculous comments about Democrats & the FBI following deadly mishaps sent shockwaves in the US following the French president Emmanuel Macron, & I mean, that is embarrassing & disgraceful, nonetheless (And Trump should never serve his third term as President of the United States, this is ridiculous! Come on!) by hurling abuse at him (I don't know that Volodymyr Zelensky had illegally used foul language towards Trump (Who sides with that lunatic who started that unprovoked invasion) during a heated argument that escalated upon which was a shouting match before he got thrown out at the White House by the US Secret Service who escorted Zelensky outta here for showing dissent towards the US President (And why the hell did the US President's security want to boot the Ukrainian president out of the White House like that by asking him to leave? Because of that Zelensky who showed signs of anger by getting aggressive as he misbehaved like a person who has TS & was having a bit of anxiety in front of Trump, if you know what I mean,).

And secondly in the Six Nations news department so here are the results that they had in round 3 of northern hemisphere's biggest rugby competition around:

Ireland 27 - 18 Wales

England 16 - 15 Scotland

& Italy 24 - 73 France

And continuing onto the rugby stuff in Super Rugby Pacific as here are the results that they had in round 2 of the southern hemisphere's biggest club rugby competition around:

Chiefs 49 - 24 Crusaders

Queensland Reds 56 - 36 Moana Pasifika

Hurricanes 38 - 34 Fijian Drua

Highlanders 29 - 21 Blues

& ACT Brumbies 42 - 45 Western Force

Bye: NSW Waratahs

And thirdly in the gaming department as Jonah Lomu Rugby had arguably by far, had the best commentary in the video game so far compared to other rugby games according to Dad who alluded to me as revealed on a comment that he made on the 23rd of February, including digging like a demented mole there according to one of the announcers of the late Bill McLaren while my fave commentary line would have to be the Ward 4 one where I always say the famous quote every time a player does a big thumping tackle during a rugby game shown on TV as Bill would say "Mercy me, that could've put him in Ward 4!", then one of the English rugby announcers of former rugby player as well as ex-president of World Rugby (And grandfather of current player Josh), Bill Beaumont responding "I hope not Bill, that's a maternity ward", but there was once a story about the late Jonah Lomu that he endured a tragic life as a professional sportsman as he escaped the clutches of gang violence when he was young just like 2023 men's Rugby World Cup winning Springbok player of Canan Moodie that he went to Wesley College to establish himself of learning the game of rugby, & he did, then after he left school that he signed a NPC contract with Counties Manukau where he was a relatively unknown at the time before making the AB's at 19 years of age for the 2 match test series against France way, way back in 1994, then he was dropped from the test side until he was impressed by the selectors during a North-South game in 1995 to make the men's Rugby World Cup squad for New Zealand before scoring his first 2 tries against Ireland in a pool game before beating both Wales & Japan (In which Lomu didn't play) in a record comprehensive score, then embarrassed Scotland in the quarterfinal scoring a try, then something happened in the semifinal as he would race in to score four tries, including running over the top of Mike Catt by trampling him, all the way to the try line in one of the men's RWC most iconic moments (Then we narrowly missed out against the Springboks (The team that Lomu had never ever scored a try against throughout his entire career) in the final therefore uniting the host country under the late president of Nelson Mandela who was in charge as I mentioned in my previous blogs), a year before he had a decent Super 12 for the Blues during the inaugural season in which they triumphed, then a year later in 1997 that he was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome which is a rare & serious kidney disorder which kept him out of the game, before a year later that he made a comeback to the sport (Although his appearances for the Blues had been limited due to chronic health issues) as he secured a gold medal in rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, then in 1999 (He played just the one season for the Chiefs) which came around during the World Cup as he scored tries against Tonga, England & Italy in the pools, then Scotland in the quarters before eventually falling short against France in the semi despite a double from him, then in 2000 (The year that he joined the Hurricanes until he left in 2003) as he scored the winning try against the defending world champions at the time of the Wallabies in Sydney in front of a world record crowd in Sydney during a Bledisloe test, then he won an NPC crown with Wellington in which he joined from Counties Manukau where he played the likes of Tana Umaga, Christian Cullen, Rodney So'oialo & the late Jerry 'JC' Collins in which the 4 of them were great players, then a year later that he was a men's Rugby Sevens World Cup winning player when the All Blacks Sevens triumphed in La Plata in Argentina when he got called up as an injury replacement for his good mate on & off the field of Eric 'Rushy' Rush, a year before his international rugby career had ended in which the Wales test, was his 63rd & last game (His last test try was against England in which he crossed over for his 2nd try (His 37th of his career) after scoring the 1st which was his penultimate of his test career), then 13 years later, he passed away due to a cardiac arrest relating to his kidney disease that he had been haunted throughout his life (And Lomu to me was one of rugby's greatest ever players of all time so he was like a complete package to start with if not one of the best operators & iconic legends of the sport in which he was established as the first true global superstar of rugby (But no other rugby players would emulate them of course, but Lomu (Who terrorised his opponents trying to tackle him every time he got the ball left, right & centre as well as his skills that he endured such as scoring tries, line breaks, big tackles, fends & bump offs but he was big for his size because mainly he was a power winger just like the late Inga Tuigamala & now Caleb Clarke, but boy he can run) was once my rugby idol since I was mainly a Michael Schumacher (The highly controversial German Formula One legend who was a multiple world champion just like Britain's Lewis Hamilton) fanboy back then according to the previous blogs that I did), but they recently remade a rugby computer game called Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 4 as a tribute to the late humble man to rival against Rugby 25 which performed poorly in terms of the gameplay), but I have revealed a news report that he was broke mainly due to financial problems meaning that Lomu (Who is survived by his wife Nadene & his 2 sons of Brayley & Dhyreille (His middle name is Jonah which is named after his famous father while his nickname is 'Frenchie' due to him being born in France) who wished to play for a Six Nations team of France because he was born there whilst his famous dad spent time playing for Marseille therefore due to his eligibility criteria) ran out of money just right before he passed away at age 40 back in 2015 (The year that the All Blacks last triumphed at a men's Rugby World Cup just coming up to a decade ago by retaining it after our victory in 2011, right before the Springboks had their turn of dominating the last 2 Rugby World Cups in also back in 2019 in Japan & the most recent one in 2023 in France in which they became the most successful with 4 (And every time they appeared in the final, is that South Africa would always going to win, but at least our own Emirates Team New Zealand had dominated the last 3 America's Cups such as the one in Bermuda in 2017 (Once again! The America's Cup is, New Zealand's Cup!) where we emulated our 1995 triumph in San Diego, then Auckland 2021 where COVID had been around (The America's Cup, remains, New Zealand's Cup!), in a repeat of the successful 2000 defence & last year in Barcelona, Spain that we produced a Mediterranean masterclass (The threepeat is complete! And Emirates Team New Zealand, win, the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup!) to finally win 3 America's Cups in a row in modern history), especially the Bomb squad that made them the difference of winning the World Cup which is their main WMD (Weapons of mass destruction) in order to terrorise opponents as I also mentioned in my previous blogs last year (And the Springboks employing the Bomb squad, is like La Furia Roja doing their tiki-taka that they once had to win both Euros in 2008 & 2012, & a single Football/Soccer men's World Cup in 2010 for the Spain men's national football team), but the South Africans (Who became just the 2nd side to defend the men's Rugby World Cup in 2023 after our own All Blacks did it back in 2015) have always been tough to beat in rugby against from our NZ point of view according to the comment that Pops alluded to me on the 20th of March this year (Compared to in the sailing that Team New Zealand who beat the Americans (Who ran with the all-Aussie crew) first, then the Italians (With an Aussie helmsman) next time round followed by the British the last time we raced against (And at least our Taihoro boat was reliable last year, compared to NZL 82 in 2003 in which was unreliable, therefore we suffered our loyal defeat in the hands of the Swiss syndicate of Alinghi which lured key Team New Zealand personnel prior to the Cup which was the most controversial ever according to the previous blog that I did, statistically speaking).

And finally in the Champions Trophy cricket as New Zealand got off to a flying start against hosts Pakistan at National Stadium in Karachi with a 60-run victory all thanks to a ton scored by Tom Latham who posted 118 not out & did get player of the game openers while Black Caps opening batter Will Young got a century as he scored 107 (And there has been an update as the Black Caps march on to the semis of the Champions Trophy following our win against Bangladesh for which I thought was a tough side to start with, but our next match is against India (Who haven't got Jasprit Bumrah who is by far the best bowler in world cricket through injury, but they have a danger man in the Indian pace attack of Mohammed Shami (Which is going to be a gigantic problem for the Black Caps (Who are still sweating on the fitness of the injured 'Chinny' Ravindra (The one who got a ton against Bangladesh) who hasn't played since he badly hurt his eye whilst attempting to make a catch during the Tri-Series match), especially our batters point of view facing him) who won of course in which we did not get the result after the Indian spinners who were overwhelmingly dominant from start to finish who had embarrassed our batters in which we struggled to contain against even though we had encountered the toughest of matches to start with, therefore we avoided Australia by squaring off against South Africa in the semi instead (And are we reminiscing about 10 years ago that Grant 'Jav' Elliott's heroics with the bat which put us through to our historic first ever men's Cricket World Cup final following our victory in the semi against Elliott's country of birth of South Africa who posted a bigger score? But it became low when rain shortened the innings, especially the target score (And I remember that now that it would be impossible to win should rain had not happen, it would've been a bigger score anyway) while India lock horns with the Aussies in the 1st semifinal of the Champions Trophy taking place in Dubai (And facing off against South Africa (Who haven't been to a final since 1998 during the inaugural competition that they've won) could even be tougher than India (Who are seeking their 3rd straight appearance in the final (A win against England back in 2013, then a loss against their rivals Pakistan also back in 2017) in which we haven't reached a final since 2009 (In which the last time Australia had contested a Champions Trophy final in which they were successful against us to claim the white jacket) who returned from injury when he missed the Border-Gavaskar series which resulted in a series win for Australia, but they still have the most followed cricketer in the world of Virat Kohli (Just like both Kapil Dev first, then Sachin Tendulkar who were both India's iconic cricket legends before Kohli) who retired from the T20 format last year when his country triumphed for the 2nd time in the men's T20 World Cup against South Africa in the final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, therefore ending a long overdue wait of winning ICC sanctioned tournaments after 11 years where they became title winners of the Champions Trophy 2 years after winning their 2nd men's Cricket World Cup back in 2011 (That was 4 years after winning the inaugural men's T20 World Cup way back in 2007), to add to their title long ago in 1983) in Dubai, UAE which is going to be a much tougher assignment than both the host nation Pakistan & Bangladesh).

So that is my 600th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 24th of this year, viva Ukraine (On behalf of myself, bye for now).

P.S. And there has been an update in the rugby department as here are the results that they had in round 3 of the southern hemisphere's biggest club rugby competition around:

Moana Pasifika 29 - 31 Highlanders

NSW Waratahs 29 - 24 Fijian Drua

Chiefs 49 - 24 ACT Brumbies

Hurricanes 29 - 33 Blues

& Western Force 24 - 28 Queensland Reds

Bye: Crusaders

The Fly/Elevation: My 23rd blog of the year 2025

Well, hi & welcome back to another blog, but welcome to all of our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu here & you're tuning into my Kiwiavenger blog (And a shoutout to Carole (Who I first met her back in 2017, a year before she would move here to Whanganui also way back in 2018 (That was 2 years before COVID in 2020 where they once had the pandemic), & she has been here since) for her belated 73rd birthday on the 17th of June this month, so best wishes but we've already headed to Mint Cafe like yesterday for lunch 3 days after her actual birthday), but first in there was once a motor racing related story as 2001 wasn't even a great year in terms of motorsport standards such as the tragic passing of NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Sr (AKA the Intimidator who was Dale Jr's dad & was a champion long ago in 1980, 1986-87, 1990-91 & 1993-94 as well as a Daytona 500 winner way, way back in 1998 as well as he won 76 NASCAR races, his last was in Talladega way back in 2000) in Daytona Beach, Florida during the Great American race of the Daytona 500 (The pinnacle event of the NASCAR Cup Series) earlier in the year in which the HANS device had been mandated following the tragedy, then twice CART Champ Car champion from 1997-98 of Italian Alessandro 'Alex' Zanardi (Who had to win gold in the hand cycling event in London during the Paralympic Games back in 2012) had lost both limbs that ended his open wheel racing career in a huge accident during a CART race in Lausitzring, Germany which took place after the 9/11 tragedy (Even though with the 2001 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course marked the first time an major international sporting event had to be held within American boundaries in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11th according to the Grand Prix circuits book that I bought from the Warehouse in Palmerston North back in 2017 in which they gave them their seal of approval, compared to 2005 where it was a farce 20 years ago where the constructors ran with Michelin tyres opted to pull out following an accident by Ralf Schumacher (The one who got injured before Brazilian Ricardo Zonta drafted in as replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher before all hell had broken loose as Zonta was one of the 14 runners alongside the eventual champion Fernando Alonso (Who was a Renault driver at the time) & one of the championship contenders of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen withdrew as 6 cars lined up on the grid were racing just like in the old Gran Turismo games from the 1st one until the 4th, & it was during the Grand Prix that Michael Schumacher won the most controversial race in F1 history which was an unpopular victory for the multiple world champion while one of his teammates of Rubens Barrichello finished in 2nd ahead of a Jordan driver of Portugal's Tiago Monteiro who was the only driver of his country to appear on the podium as he celebrated with a champagne spray in the aftermath of Michael & Barrichello leaving the podium early much to the disapproval of the race fans who were supporters of the constructors who ran with Michelin tyres such as Renault (Currently Alpine), McLaren, Toyota (Who departed after the 2009 season), Williams, BAR (Now Mercedes-AMG), Red Bull & Sauber (Kick Sauber as of today) in the Toyota during Friday practice by allowing the constructors fitted with Bridgestone tyres ran the whole 73 lap race meaning that the crowd were stunned by giving them raspberries according to the story that I did on my blog in 2023), & then the Champ Car movie called Driven starring Sylvester 'Sly' Stallone (AKA that Rambo & Rocky Balboa guy who played that legendary race car driver as well as former champion of Joe Tanto who tempted to come out of retirement to help by mentoring a young hotshot rookie named Jimmy Bly (Played by American actor Kip Perdue) in order to beat Beau Brandenburg (With German film star Til Schweiger portraying the role of him) of winning the championship, just like British racing legend who was the 1992 Formula One world champion of Nigel 'Nige the Lion' Mansell who beat his main challenger of 2 time Indy 500 winner who is also a motor racing legend of Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi (The man who was a twice Formula One world champion way long ago in 1972 (In which he claimed the then record as the youngest driver to achieve the feat before Spain's Fernando Alonso took over 2 decades ago) & 1974 who dominated the Indy 500 twice long ago in 1989 then way, way back in 1993 in which he beat Mansell who embarrassedly got beaten by Fittipaldi (Who had to retire in 1996 due to injuries sustained in an accident) during the restart in which he struggled) did way, way back in 1993 where he won the IndyCar title as well as the rookie of the year honours, followed by a Colombian driver who was a future twice Indy 500 winning driver of Juan Pablo 'JPM' Montoya also way, way back in 1999 who did the same as Mansell, win the championship when he outperformed his main challenger of future 4 time IndyCar champion & twice Indy 500 winner just like Montoya, British driver Dario Franchitti (Whose career ended with serious injuries sustained in a wreck in an Indycar race on the streets of Houston back in 2013), then become the best performing rookie for the entire season) that came out in cinemas which was considered the worst Hollywood sports movies ever made, mainly because of the use of computer generated imagery (CGI), but they're about to release the F1 movie starring Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Troy, Mr & Mrs Smith) & featuring Spanish actor Javier Bardem (3:10 to Yuma, Skyfall) which is due in cinemas this month in June this year & the F1 movie is about a ageing former driver named Sonny Hayes who competes in IMSA as he mentors a young gun named Joshua 'Noah' Pierce (Played by British actor Damson Idris) who is willing to win the Formula 1 World Championship crown in a backmarker team called APX GP Team which is the 11th team on the F1 grid & it is set during the 2023 season, but the plot is similar to Driven & other motor racing related movies such as the 1990 NASCAR movie starring Tom Cruise (Of both Top Gun & Mission Impossible fame), Days of Thunder as well as the 1970's Formula One film about the Hunt-Lauda rivalry called Rush that came out in 2013 (And I've seen the movie like twice before which features the likes of Aussie Chris Hemsworth (The one who played the Norse god of thunder of Thor in the Marvel comics movies such as both Thor & the Avengers) who played the famous racer of the late James Hunt & the movie that came out in 2023 that I've got on Blu-ray, but never seen the whole movie of it of Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story which is about Jann Mardenborough's pathway from gamer to racer.

And secondly in the cricket that the history of the Champions Trophy (For which I label that tournament as a mini-World Cup with the top 8 teams from the previous men's World Cup, qualify for the Champions Trophy) cricket takes it all back to 1998 where South Africa (Who were fresh off from their Commonwealth Games gold medal triumph in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) triumphed in Bangladesh (Who were once a football playing country until they converted it to cricket as their main popular sport there in the country) to claim their one & only major international cricket tournament, then our own Black Caps of New Zealand went on to become champions of a limited overs tournament for the 1st & only time following our victory against India (Who had Sourav Ganguly scoring a ton during the 1st Indian innings) in Kenya with Chris 'Cairnsy' Cairns (Son of famous cricketer Lance) also scoring an unbeaten century that proved to be the game changer in which he had been awarded player of the game honours by getting the Knockout Trophy final MVP (Most valuable player), but the player of the tournament went to English born who plays for New Zealand of batter Roger Twose (Who after the tournament had decided to move on from representing his adopted country a year later due to a form slump), then fast forward to 2002 where India (Who beat South Africa who should've won in the semi, but a hamstring injury by batter Herschelle Gibbs had derailed South Africa's chances of making the final according to the comment I remember from former South African bowler Shaun 'Polly' Pollock) & hosts at the time of Sri Lanka shared the trophy apiece as co-champions after the final as well as the reserve day got rained out but abandoned without a ball being bowled before the West Indies went on to win the tournament way back in 2004 against hosts at the time of England in the final, then Australia won in 2006 against the defending champions at the time of the West Indies in the final when the tournament was held in India before retaining it in 2009 in South Africa against us (Who had before the final that our own skipper at the time of Daniel 'Dan' Vettori who had to pull out at the last minute which proved to be the turning point even though with the Aussies thinking that they have a better chance of becoming the first & only side to retain the Champions Trophy also according to the comment that I literally remember from former player Shane 'Watto' Watson, & they successfully did to claim the white jacket which is awarded to the winning players of the winning team) in the final in South Africa, then 4 years later in 2013 that hosts at the time of England (Who had their best chance of winning the Champions Trophy which could've gone either way) made their 2nd appearance of a Champions Trophy final, in which they fell short against India who prevailed in the final which was reduced to 20 overs a side because of the rain had fallen at Edgbaston in Birmingham before 4 years later in 2017 where Pakistan (Hosts & defending champions of this year's tournament who won their first major cricket tournament in the ODI format since 1992 (And we already heard that story before according to the previous blogs that I did) eventually triumphed over arch-rivals India (Whose chances of retaining the Champions Trophy proved costly due to a no ball by Jasprit Bumrah who thought he got a wicket of Zaman who eventually survived when he eventually posted 114 which proved to be the winning knock), but there has been an update in the cricket as the Black Caps win the Tri-Series against Pakistan in the final which was marred by a bizarre incident overshadowing Pakistan's last match prior to the mini-World Cup tournament which has taken a dramatic turn when a black cat that stormed onto the field causing chaos, therefore setting the tone before both sides square off once more, in the opening match of the tournament, but I fear it might be an India-South Africa final (Although Australia might not make the semis due to their 3 frontline seamers unavailable such as Mitchell Starc (Who withdrew through personal reasons), Josh Hazelwood (Who is currently out with an injury) & regular captain Pat Cummins (Who is injured just like Hazelwood as Steve Smith assumes the captaincy duties for the whole tournament) according to former South African cricketer JP Duminy, just like last year at the men's T20 World Cup when Suryakumar Yadav took a catch during the last over of the T20 international game that won them the final of course at Kensington Oval in Georgetown, Barbados, in the West Indies that was questionable which broke South African hearts) in the final at the Oval in London courtesy of a ton by Zaman where the tournament was held in England again.

And thirdly in the rugby as the new season of Super Rugby Pacific gets underway with the Crusaders bid of completing the greatest sporting comeback in history starts with the opening win over the Hurricanes (Who had to lead at halftime, but they fell short in the end) all thanks to a hat-trick to Wellington player who plays for the Crusaders of Kyle Preston (The hero of that match who is a relatively unknown but new to the rugby scene as the man who used to back the Hurricanes as a young kid, played for Wellington in last years National Provincial Championship season that they eventually triumphed, but he could be the next big thing in New Zealand rugby as he was called up to the Crusaders by coming into the squad as replacement for the retirement bound former English international halfback Willi Heinz to join both other halfbacks in the team, fearing that he might not get any game time for the Hurricanes behind Cam Roigard, such as Noah Hotham (Who suffered an injury early during the game, & then hey presto! Enter Kyle Preston) & the wily old veteran who is experienced of Mitch Drummond) before the New South Wales Waratahs break Highlanders hearts with the winning try scored by reserve prop Siosifa Amone, then the ACT Brumbies did the same thing as the Waratahs when they beat the Fijian Drua with starting loose forward Luke Reimer (Who could even be a Wallaby in waiting, in the coming months) providing the match winner when he scored a try off a rolling maul seconds until full time, then the Blues (Who were without Sam Darry for the whole season due to injury suffered during the pre-season) would gone on to lead at halftime, but the bench by the Chiefs (Who were without Wallace Sititi through injury that ruled them out of the entire season just like Darry) made them the difference of securing the win during the battle of the Bombays thanks to a double by one of their star men of Damian McKenzie, & to exact vengeance following last year's result in the final, before the Western Force break Moana hearts with a stunning try at the death to tie the game by Ben Donaldson who would run all the way to the try line then he would gone on to seal the match winning conversion much to the delight of the Force fans who were in a frenzy when Donaldson scored then converted his own try that won them the match.

And finally in the gaming department such as the Rugby 25 game (Which features the internationals (With rugby playing nations making an appearance such as New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, France, England, Australia, Argentina, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Fiji, Japan & others) as well as Super Rugby Pacific (Which features sides from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands), Gallagher Premiership (An English club competition), Top 14 (It's a French domestic competition), URC (United Rugby Championship featuring teams from the 3 Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland & Wales as well as Italy & South Africa) & MLR (Major League Rugby which is an American comp) that came out digitally on the 13th of February (20th for the physical version that I pre-ordered at EB), & the gameplay to me was dreadful but most disappointing & below par (And I should've sticked to Rugby Challenge 4 due to the woeful gameplay that they're having to deal with in the Rugby 25 game), but I manage to unveil my new secret tactic of getting past the defence by utilising the pick & go when I play on the Easiest difficulty until the team that I play scores a try (And I've got to watch the cleanouts from the opposition as they may intend to strip the ball in possession), & man I should really start using that (And an international rugby test is like a war to start with, compared to a domestic rugby game which is similar to a civil war), but I always struggle in the scrums as I would always concede penalties for certainly collapsing the scrum, but I need to improve by working on it in order to win scrums like that (And I always put my blogging skills to the test (And the blogging stuff is like being a news or sports columnist of a news outlet because I'm an expert on this) compared to my computer game skills that I always have, but I've managed to clock GTA V especially all of the 75 missions that I've completed (And I've achieved 20 gold medals in the missions department in the game) but I'm now doing the money investments stuff (And both of the 3 protagonists of the Grand Theft Auto V game of both 'Frankie Frank' of Franklin Clinton & Michael 'Mikey Mike' de Santa (Formerly Michael Townley) are up to a billion dollars except Trev (Trevor Philips) who remains as a multi-millionaire, but I'll still be doing it in both the afternoon & evening sessions on the 27th of February this year (And I got a keep an eye of investing on Merryweather which is a private military & security firm as well as the antagonistic faction in the GTA V game (For which I first played in 2023 (I thought I wasn't so keen on the game, until now), but now I'm starting to master it as of this year as all 3 of the protagonists are now billionaires), but I now establish the passing game as part of my new tactic since the update had already been dropping in.

So that is my 599th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 23rd of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. I went to Palmy with Pops & Carole about going to Palmerston North that we visited Mobility Manawatu to get her new shower chair for her as well as pumping her wheelchair's tyres, then we headed off to the Plaza to get me both $100 PlayStation network cards at EB (I've got lots of them, but I really need to use them up before both Aunty Tan & Rejean get here in possibly December this year), then the 2 Fast 2 Furious (For which I have not seen the film for a very long time which starred the late Paul Walker (AKA that Brian O'Conner guy who tragically passed away in a crash back in 2013 whilst he was in the passenger seat), Tyrese (Roman Pierce) & Eva Mendes (Monica Fuentes), but the first time I watched it was way back in 2004 on Sky Movies (And the entertainment world is in mourning as retired American Hollywood film star of Gene Hackman (Whose last movie appearance was Welcome to Mooseport in which the movie came out way back in 2004 where he starred along with Everybody Loves Raymond star Ray Romano) has tragically passed away at the age of 95 according to the comment that Carole alluded to both me & Pops while we were at Little Savannah restaurant in Palmy so all thoughts, prayers & condolences go to the loved ones of Hackman & his wife who believe that they were eventually murdered by their daughter who is sentenced to life behind bars in this sad, difficult but tough time, RIP) Blu-ray movie that I purchased at JB Hi-fi that I watched late at night on the 3rd of March (A day after 25 years since the America's Cup was still, New Zealand's Cup, in the aftermath of Team New Zealand (Skippered by Dean Barker who raced in race 5 with Russell Coutts opting not to race just before he left TNZ (But he would've in order to break the all-time record for most consecutive wins as an America's Cup skipper in the finals of the Auld Mug because of the current record being set by 9 with Coutts & alongside him, the late American Charlie Barr) which set the tone for the 2003 America's Cup which was embroiled by controversy, therefore we suffered our loyal defeat in the hands of the Swiss syndicate Alinghi (Who lured many of our Team New Zealand personnel, especially Coutts, Brad Butterworth, Simon Daubney & Murray Jones to sail for the Swiss in which they manage to pull off the Auckland heist) of bringing the Auld Mug to Europe for the first time in which our NZL 82 boat wasn't reliable (Compared to Taihoro last year for which was most reliable (Although it had some damages in which we overcame the disaster just like in Bermuda back in 2017 in which we had a frightening pitchpole during the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinal race against Land Rover BAR) compared to NZL 82, in which we successfully completed a America's Cup threepeat in modern day history) pulled off by completing the first successful defence of the Auld Mug outside of the United States against the Prada Challenge of Italy) before heading to Little Savannah's which is a South African-Kiwi hybrid restaurant where I had a prawn pasta, but during that we got back that I thought I lost both of my passport & wallet, & it fell down from my pocket but I found them on the bottom of the seat (Just like Pops left his cell phone behind at the Commercial Motel after he went to the toilet a day earlier until a cop had found it therefore handing it in to him late at night, a day before he got a new purple coloured cellphone cover to replace the old brown/tan one) to end an incredible day it was (And I went to Fielding for the first time just before we went to Palmy).

Gene Hackman

1930 - 2025

Tainted Love/Whatever It Takes/Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)/Natural: My 22nd blog of the year 2025

Well, hello, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whets here & you're tuning in into my Kiwiavenger blog, but first & foremost that the ongoing trade war between the Donald Trump led United States who are implementing tariffs all over the place, & their main opposition which is Canada, China & Mexico is sort of like Brexit (Which is about the UK leaving the EU in 2020 right before the COVID pandemic a year after many Brits wanted that they want to depart from the EU (And this is before party gate during the COVID lockdown that Boris Johnson who was the UK PM at the time illegally threw a party in which they supposed not to do that because of the breach of the use of social distancing which deemed to be an infringement during the pandemic) to start with so that the United States wants to take out both illegal drugs & immigration in what is to be are their biggest issues that they're trying to tackle (And I mean Trump, what a scumbag he is known for his reputation as by far, the worst leader as well as politician in the world during modern day history, & now America is spiralling out of control of these legislations that they're currently having (First abortion in which the supreme court overturned Roe V Wade as the United States declared war on abortion in 2022 under the leadership of Joe Biden who was in charge, & now TikTok this year since America is getting tough on them believing that they think it's a Chinese company & the reason why that the United States is clamping down on TikTok is the Chinese owners who are willing not to sell it as the American users of the banned social media platform should stick to American companies like Instagram (For which has been cracked down in China along with Facebook & X in response to it, unlike that you can't threaten the US President like Donald Trump for example because it is considered a crime just like the US President's security are always assassination stoppers as they stopped Thomas Crooks who almost gunned down Trump was shot dead by the US Secret Service marksmen during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July last year, 4 months right before Trump's election victory against Kamala Harris, then a certain assassination attempt by a gunman who was trying to open fire in front of Trump last year before he got detained & is likely having to deal with a longer sentence just like the Christchurch mosque shooter who is currently serving time behind bars after the judge punished him with an imprisonment for life sentence for murdering 51 innocent people who were mainly people who are in fact Muslims in the act of terrorism back in 2019 before our country changed our gun laws in an effort to keep our country safe such as issuing a clamp down on semi-automatic, high powered rifles used in the tragic but deadly shootings in a bid to stamp out violent gun crime (And Facebook has since stamping out on its live feature that includes violent but gruesome content which is prohibited (They'll deal with a longer sentence if the uploaders fail to remove the illegal stuff), but why did he want to abuse our PM at the time of Jacinda on social media in the leadup to the deadly mosque massacre? Because the reason why that he wanted to is because that he was willing to commit crimes by shooting those Islamic people dead that he bore hatred with in an ethnic cleansing whilst he was a supporter of the far-right wing movement for which far-right extremism is prohibited in Australia since that dreadful shooting had just happened in Christchurch back in 2019 which was inspired by the tragic events in Port Arthur, Australia way, way back in 1996 & the Aramoana Massacre here in our country also way, way back in 1990) starting from the 19th just a day right before the inauguration of the current US President Donald Trump) for example, meanwhile it has been almost 3 years since that horrendous invasion that they always had, begun for which I originally posted stuff about it in 2022, but Pops told me not to since it is sensitive & objectionable to the country who started it about that dreadful war by still keeping it clean because it's prohibited, & there used to be the war in Gaza between Israel & Hamas forces which ended due to a ceasefire agreement deal that Israeli forces have withdrawn allowing all of the remaining hostages to be released from Hamas custody in a conflict that lasted a year & 3 months, & now the US Army have been sent into Gaza in support of a plan of helping displaced Palestinians of rebuilding the entire country as I heard a comment from Dad on the phone on the 7th of February which was a day after New Zealand's national day of Waitangi Day, & unlike the first World War which marked the deadliest conflicts in history with 10 million casualties while more than 20 million had suffered injuries during the war (And I keep talking about of how that is worse than the terrible war that has been going since 2022, & the Gaza conflict between Israel & Hamas that they used to have, but this is like a shootout on police & NOOSE or FIB units for which is Call of Duty-esque that I always do on the GTA IV game that I always play on the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Series X console, for which the Israel-Hamas war being referred to is a time in Gaza where the Israeli & Hamas fighters were pretty much at war with each other with both in addition attacking Gaza in acts of terrorism. Rafah during that time was pretty much a warzone with the Israeli military battling (But there'll be a resumption of the Israel-Hamas war if Hamas fails to release the 3 remaining Israeli hostages in exchange of multiple Palestinian prisoners as I heard from a news report online lately for which is shocking (And Carole is heartbroken & sad about the Gaza situation that they used to have because of her being of Middle Eastern descent).

And secondly in the cricket that I have revealed that if the White Ferns (Who had the 3 elder stateswomen in their team who are labelled as grandmothers are like such as Suzie 'Suze' Bates, captain Sophie 'Soph' Devine & Lea Tahuhu) lost to South Africa in the final of the T20 Women's World Cup last year in the UAE, I would not have watched it, but that was lucky that we've won of course especially that we shocked the cricket world as we created history, even though with Mellie Kerr (Who played the young part of the New Zealand team that triumphed & emulated our success in 2000 when we won the women's Cricket World Cup at our home patch against our Trans-Tassie rivals Australia, unlike the Black Caps who failed to win the men's Cricket World Cup in 2015 (First Australia) & 2019 (Then England) & the T20 World Cup in 2021 (It was Australia who dominated) then making a semifinal appearance in 2023 in which we fell short against hosts at the time of India) being named one of by far, New Zealand's best female cricketers for her outstanding tournament that she's having (And she mad her first-class cricket debut for Wellington at the age of 15 back in 2014, then scored a unbeaten double ton as she posted 232 not out against Ireland at 17 years of age, therefore becoming the youngest to score a double century male or female also back in 2018 (And I did not know that she was hooked into cricket when she watched the White Ferns play in the 2010 women's T20 World Cup on TV whilst being a schoolgirl back then), including her contribution of being named the most standout player in both the final & the entire competition (And we even went into the tournament off the back of 10 defeats in a row but we managed to beat Pakistan & Sri Lanka before we suffered our defeat against the damn Aussies which was our last straw for our own White Ferns side, then defeated India (Who failed to advance just like another one of the powerhouses of England) to qualify for the semis before we outsmarted the West Indies in the semi to book a date in the final against South Africa who beat the defending champions at the time of Australia, therefore gaining sweet utu after losing to them in the final in 2023 in the other semi (And there is awesome news as Amelia Kerr has been crowned ICC women's cricketer of the year in which she became the first Kiwi to do so, either man or woman, just like Lydia Ko did in which she had been crowned both sportswoman of the year (I thought it had gone to Dame Lisa Carrington so easily, but Ko got the nod instead) & supreme award winner at the recent Halberg awards in February this year).

And thirdly that I heard about my cuzzie of Paige Ahearn had got another child, or at least she has just got one which is her daughter & my first cousin once removed of Norah (I might have to ask her that next time when I see Paige when me & Pops are in Wellington (That is my main focus as part of my planned as well as proposed, future holiday, & I really wanted to go in September this year with Pops just before Aunty Tan & Rejean arrives later this year, or wait until at least they're here in Whanganui with one condition which is only if the weather is decent & if Cathey, Paige & Norah (Who I saw a picture of Pops phone on the 10th of February) are there, but due to the rising costs regarding to the price hike as well as the cost of living crisis meaning that's impossible to travel that far from here in Whanganui) as I told Pops while we were on our way home after going to EB, the Warehouse as well as Woolworths & stuff.

And finally the latest in the Six Nations so here are the results that they had in round 2 of northern hemisphere's biggest rugby competition around:

Italy 22 - 15 Wales

England 26 - 25 France

& Scotland 18 - 32 Ireland

So that is my 598th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 22nd of this year, viva Ukraine.

Step on My Old Size Nines/Local Boy in the Photograph/Feels Just Like It Should: My 21st blog of the year 2025

Well, what's up guys, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whets here (And happy belated 34th birthday to me! 2 days after Dad who just turned 56 (He is 9 years away until retiring from his teaching job, but I'd like to give a gigantic shout out to him for his 56th birthday throughout 2 days ago, & Aunty Tan (Who I have not seen her along with Rejean since 500 days ago which was on the 24th of January last year) over in Quebec, Canada with the now retired Rejean over in Mont Saint-Hilaire for her 57th birthday due on the 10th of June) & you're tuning in into my Kiwiavenger blog, but first & foremost in the gaming stuff that the latest Gran Turismo 7 update features a really cool fictional Formula One car which is inspired by the early 90's (Which took place at the same time that the grunge rock era had been dominated with bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & Stone Temple Pilots as they took over from glam rock/glam metal before the Britpop takeover in the mid 90's, as well as Pakistan led by the legendary Imran Khan winning the 1992 men's Cricket World Cup against England in the final in front of 87,000 people at the G in Melbourne in which the ODI that has made Wasim Akram for his performances with both the bat & mainly the ball, a year after the Wallabies (Which featured the likes of captain Nick Farr-Jones, David Campese, Phil Kearns, Michael Lynagh, Tim Horan & others who ended the reign of the All Blacks in the semifinal that made Campo as he scored a try then set one up for Horan with a blind, no-look pass in which the game had made David Campese) 1st triumphed at the Rugby World Cup against England in the final at Twickenham in London (And it was during the tournament that Samoa (Who were known as Western Samoa at the time) provided the first biggest boil over of the tournament as they upstaged & mesmerized Wales in a historic upset of the ages during the pool stages) way, way back in 1991, a year after West Germany led by the legendary Lothar Matthaeus triumphed at the Football/Soccer World Cup against Argentina (Who were down to 10 players then 9 after Pedro Monzon & Gustavo Dezotti became the first players in history to be red carded in a World Cup final followed by Frenchman Marcel Desailly also way, way back in 1998, then another Frenchman of Zinedine Zidane way back in 2006 & Dutchman Johnny Heitinga back in 2010 who was the last to be sent off during the FIFA World Cup final) in the final in Rome, Italy way, way back in 1990) & I started to love them not only that by far is my favourite car of the game nonetheless (And I bought 10 of them just in case including the one which features a McLaren inspired livery & other liveries like Leyton House March, Jordan, Ligier & the white & blue livery taken from both the F090/S (They appear in both the American & Japanese versions of Gran Turismo 3) & the Formula Gran Turismo that appeared from Gran Turismo 4, right until Gran Turismo 6), while there has been an update as Aussie video game developer Big Ant Studios announced a release date for the new Rugby 25 game (Even though with the early access version being available since late June last year after years of development in which the game had been delayed for so long) which is due to come out on February 13th this year which is during the Six Nations (Which got underway in which France thrashed the useless Welsh side coached by Warren Gatland whose thinking his coaching job wouldn't last long as I heard a comment from Pops just like Eddie Jones during his disastrous 2nd coaching tenure with the Wallabies in 2023, with a comprehensive shut-out win in a game that was marred by one of the most horrific scenes that they have ever seen in rugby union, in recent memory with French first five Romain Ntamack, sent from the field for a high contact by taking Ben Thomas out of commission (For which I thought the dangerous tackle incident involving Ntamack on Ben Thomas was like deemed to be a terrorist (Well, I thought the word is somehow controversial due to the fact that it's being considered offensive towards people who have Muslim beliefs because it is an Islamophobic slur) act as well as an assassination attempt just like the late Shinzo Abe who was fatally shot in Nara, Japan in 2022 in the hands of a suspected gunman during a speech which triggered a serious incident with Japan who had once been on high alert before, unlike what happens if I die, I would be unable to move by laying motionless & have both of my eyes closed) in which New Zealand referee Paul Williams had given him a card under review before the foul play review officer (FPRO) upgraded it to red indicating that it was a high degree of force, but always prohibited (And to me that the illegal head contact in rugby is like war, but without both firearms & explosives, so they already made it tough of stamping out contact above the sternum from the game altogether with World Rugby currently tackling a problem regarding to illegal, dangerous high tackles in which the war on dangerous head contact is still been declared with many Welsh people are turning away from rugby to play other sports like football (In which the Welsh national football team went to a Football World Cup twice in both 1958 (In which they achieved the best result to date as they appeared in the quarters when they fell short against the eventual champions Brazil which featured the likes of the late young teenage sensation at the time, Pele who passed away in 2022) & the most recent one in 2022 in Qatar where they failed to reach the round of 16 which is the 1st phase of the knockout stages, & the Euros also twice in 2016 (In which they reached the semi which was their best result at the European Football Championship in which they got beaten in the toughest of matches against the eventual champions Portugal led by its world famous ultra rich & wealthy footballer who is in fact a multi-millionaire just like Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, Cristiano Ronaldo who were competitive throughout the entirety of the 90 minutes from start to finish (And even though the Welsh were missing Aaron Ramsey through suspension due to the accumulation of bookings or cautions should I say in the quarterfinal win against Belgium) & 2020 which was played in 2021 (In which they appeared in the round of 16 in which they went down to eventual semifinalists Denmark) & cricket (Although Welsh players like Robert Croft & Simon Jones for example, are eligible to play for England) because of the players who want to avoid getting a concussion according to the comment that I remember from Carole during our big lunch at her place on the 2nd of February) meaning that Ntamack is expected to be banned for the next game against England at Twickenham, then it was Scotland who had beaten the much improved Italy side before England had led at halftime against the defending champions Ireland, but couldn't cling on right through at the end (Including the English who scored 2 late consolation tries including the last one that they did have the final say (And there was Ollie Lawrence who had a searing break before the try had been scored (And the line breaks in rugby, is like a counter punch in boxing) in order to snatch a defensive losing bonus point) which resulted victory to the Irish who came from behind to kick start their Six Nations championship defence, & to gain payback after losing to them last year therefore the Grand Slam & Triple Crown that eluded the Irish, in the aftermath of a last minute drop goal from England first five Marcus Smith), & right before the new Super Rugby Pacific (In which they have been included in the upcoming Rugby 25 game for which I'll be getting it digitally on both the PS4 & PS5 versions if a physical copy is unavailable) season starts on Valentine's Day.

And secondly there has been sombre news in the United States, especially in Washington DC as a American Airlines Eagle plane on a flight from Wichita, Kansas that collided in midair into a Black Hawk helicopter which resulted in 67 fatalities, same as a medical jet in a neighbourhood in Philadelphia that killed 7 of them & setting homes on fire near a really busy mall, so I would like to send thoughts, prayers & condolences go to the victims of the 2 dreadful crash that are happening in this sad but tough time, may you RIP (Rest in peace), but I still have not watched CNN since the US president Donald Trump (Who declares a trade war with Canada & the 2 other countries of China & Mexico, by imposing a tariff which is in effect beginning on February 4th for which I'm sick about him leading his country, he is such a moron that he wants immigrants out with the military being dispatched of sending them out of their country (And I finally watched bits on CNN about seeing Trump on TV, but I can't watch anymore from now on, holy hell, it's too much (Get over it), just because I still can't stand him anymore (Just like Carole who doesn't trust with pro-Trump supporter Elon Musk & his Tesla electric vehicle company that he founded) not only that he is a damn hypocrite & liar with Trump (Who is like the late Richard Nixon with his famous remark "Well, I'm not a crook" about the Watergate scandal that erupted in the US in 1972 which was the most shocking political scandal in American history prior to his resignation in 1974) ordering a war on Panama due to the country that had taken a deal with China but totally infringed American rights of taking back the canal as the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Who is sanctioned by China in 2020 for poor, appalling behaviour on Hong Kong-related problems for clampdowns on political freedom in the region as the latest measure taken by the Trump administration in response to China’s imposition of a controversial national security legislation on Hong Kong) visits Panama in his first overseas trip amid violent protests by protesters who were told by cops who fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse) took office once more.

And thirdly that the new Star Wars: New Jedi Order (Which takes place 15 years after the events of the Rise of Skywalker) were thought that they're going to release it next year, but they might change it to 2027 to coincide within the 50th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie that came out in cinemas in 1977 for which the space opera film series franchise was a global but worldwide phenomenon.

And finally that during our big lunch at Carole's that me & Pops memory is working well since I eat both almonds & coffee is good for both the brain & memory according to a research study (And I have no problems whatsoever because I have not lost everything, but Pops has been taken his memory medication & every time he loses his key, phone or wallet, he always finds them, especially me).

So that is my 597th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 21st of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And there has been news straight out of the WWE Universe (For which I haven't heard the news from the wrestling department for a while) as ex-Intercontinental Champion Jey Uso wins this year's edition of the men's Royal Rumble (Oh yeet!) after he last eliminated the bloke of wily old experienced veteran John Cena (Who embraced Jey (Who had by far, his biggest triumph of his WWE career to date which thrilled him, of course) after the event by gradually appreciating him with respect, but Cena will get his second chance at the next WWE pay per view event which is Elimination Chamber) who dominated the wrestling scene for so long (He even attempted to go for the Attitude Adjustment on the eventual Royal Rumble winner, but Jey (Who had caught 'The Cenation Leader' napping during the Royal Rumble match) managed to counter Cena's trademark finisher as he eliminated him before Jey got excited as he didn't know about the news that he got it as Jey won), but now they'll be a changing of the guard as Jey Uso is being propelled into a main event championship match against either the defending WWE World Heavyweight champion of Austrian wrestler Gunther (For which is Jey's likely opponent, but this is because it's true, as it has been confirmed recently in a championship match billed as GUNTHER VS JEY: DECIDER IN SIN CITY), or the reigning Undisputed WWE Universal Champion of 'The American Nightmare' Cody Rhodes) on the Smackdown show even with the WWE has gone on to move into the subscription service of Netflix since the start of this year), at WrestleMania XLI in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, even though one of his relatives of Rikishi is so proud of Jey's achievements of becoming the 4th different member of the famous Anoa'i wrestling family to dominate the Royal Rumble after the late Yokozuna, the Rock & Roman Reigns according to the voice of WWE, Michael Cole on the Pat McAfee Show that I watched on the 4th of February on one of the ESPN channels, while in basketball as Luka Doncic makes the jump to LA to play for the Los Angeles Lakers (He joins the likes of one of the veteran players of LeBron James seeking for a championship caliber that they haven't won since 2019-20 & are gunning to tie the all-time NBA championships record with the most successful side of the NBA of the defending champs, the Boston Celtics, but I heard reports in Super Rugby Pacific that Ardie Savea's move to Moana Pasifika could even destroy his career just like Doncic who would move to the Lakers from his beloved Dallas Mavericks that he used to play from his rookie season) that shocked the NBA trade deadline (In which many hoops fans think it is a scam move) as he leaves the Dallas Mavericks (Who'll have the services of Anthony 'AD' Davis who had just left the Los Angeles Lakers to join a different, new team) for good.

Radioactive/Thunder/Handbags & Gladrags/Canned Heat: My 20th blog of the year 2025

Well, hey, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whets here & you're tuning in into my Kiwiavenger blog, but first & foremost that I've got a story to tell you guys about my old classmate from Ruapehu College (It's been 20 years since I first went to secondary school where I've spent a year & 4 months there where from 2005 until 2006 where I was ill-disciplined (Including that I got into abusing anyone on a school bus regarding to my short hair that I had which resulted me being handed a suspension from gaming like playing on the old PS2 console while I'm at home, but I've been taking these meds to improve my behaviour since 2007, & have been taking them since (And the risperidone pills that I always take since 2015 is to me like a sleeping pill because of me having decent sleeps lately, so that's why I'm now high on these meds right now which is like being a drug addict (And I've got to limit the use of alcohol so I drink zero Heineken due to the fact that I usually don't have a drinking problem) then I was home schooling before moving to Whanganui since way back in 2007 & spent 2 years & 5 months from August 07 until December 2009 (For which I was supposed to go back to school until I'm 21 back in 2012 for which was due to be my final year) there in the SN unit of Jansi's old school of Whanganui High where I was in a safe environment, but I first used social media after I turned 18 (Although Pops has a Facebook account still that he first used after the late Nan passed away to reconnect with his old school students, & now he has his cell phone to remember all things, well, I've got nothing to worry about Pops memory since he took that memory medication (And I have no problems of losing everything since Pops first tried of having meds regarding to his memory), then I have revealed that I gave up social media back in 2015, & the reason why that I quit because of my fears that I could abuse anyone (And I didn't know that there is a crack down on hate online regarding to that social media guidelines) by deleting both of my Facebook accounts for illegally using foul language towards a Singaporean girl (Who is friends with Charlotte Guigou (Pascal's daughter) trying to become mates with me, & therefore we became sworn enemies after I also got into abusing her which made me gave up social media like Facebook & stuff (And I'll never get a partner throughout my whole life until I die because I fear I might have a bad relationship, & I promise that I'll never get a new cell phone because of the computer here that I always use as a tool at our place at 15A Kells Ave is like my phone), unlike at the Laugh Factory incident in LA, California way back in 2006 that famous American comedian slash actor who appeared on the TV sitcom Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer of Michael Richards who hurled racial abuse towards the crowd who were shocked, especially African American people who were stunned, were heckling towards him about his appalling, racist behaviour which ended his stand-up comedy career (And they changed the loophole policy type of thing following the incident that if a African American comedian performing at Laugh Factory is caught using a racial slur, they'll be fined (And it was a good decision that they made, in a bid to stamp out racism) days of the late Dolphy Kohu who was a criminal who I label him as a hostile human being known for his history of similar offending raised by his grandfather named Te Tawhero aged 13 when he got sent to the slammer for a firearm discharged or shots fired being caused should I say inspired by GTA IV game that I still play (I now play the mini-games such as bowling (And the bowling mode in GTA IV is very similar to Tekken Bowl Mode on Tekken 7 that I used to play on the PS4 until I acquired the PS5 version of Tekken 8 which came out last year) & darts (Including my knowledge of winning a darts match by going on the darts checkout assistant website & watching darts on TV such as Sky Sport here in New Zealand for example, & I always shout the famous "180" line just like the announcers at the darts every time I score a 180) where I'm now good at these 2 activities) towards his whanau with intent to cause injury here in Whanganui back in 2012 therefore causing an incident, & after his release in prison that he sparked a massive manhunt in both Ohakune & Raetihi which is in the lower North Island, in which police warn people to remain indoors for the time because of him & his accomplices being considered dangerous & he should not be approached until the investigation is over, for deliberately attempting to kill or murder both cops in an another incident back in August 2015 before he got arrested again on a number of charges in which he was a repeat offender, that time at a roadblock in Waiouru along with 5 or 6 others including his partner (Whose last thoughts before committing suicide were "I always love you") where cops stopped him & his cohorts at about 9:20pm before taking his own life in prison back in January 2016 after telling staff he was experiencing his tougher lag in jail which was self-inflicted whilst under custody.

And secondly, the latest in the tennis at the Australian Open as American Madison 'Maddie' Keys finally becoming a grand slam champion after beating Aryna Sabalenka (Who vented frustration after losing to Keys (Who had beaten Iga Swiatek in the semi for what was one of by far, the best women's tennis matches ever to date such as this year, in recent memory as Keys managed to come from behind to win the semifinal encounter by marching on into the final of the women's singles title against Sabalenka), then got emotional after the final, but the Paula Badosa - Coco Gauff encounter as the biggest upset of the tournament as Badosa stood & delivered by winning against Gauff in the quarterfinal, along with a Serbian competitor ranked number 55 in the world of Olga Danilovic who stunned 7th seeded American Jessie Pegula during round 3 & of course there were upsets galore in the men's department such as the young 18 year old Brazilian Joao Fonseca & the American young gun Learner Tien who both knocked over neutral competitors Daniil 'Danny Meddy' Medvedev in round 2 & Andrey Rublev during round 1 respectively, & another one of the young American competitors of Alex Michelsen who pulled off the biggest boil over in the opening round against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas, & then all of a sudden that Elina Svitolina who delivered a massive come from behind victory against Italian Jasmine Paolini during the third round, meanwhile Svitolina's French born husband Gael Monfils (The oldest ever ATP champion when he triumphed in Auckland at the men's ASB Classic against Belgian Zizou Bergs in the final, but he got injured in a match during the Aussie Open against American Ben Shelton (A good friend of Gauff) who reached the semifinal in which had had gone down to the eventual champion of Sinner during round 4 in which Monfils (Who is good mates with Shelton off the court mainly because he always appreciates them with respect (First Gauff, then Monfils now) had to pull out) who was the surprise package when he did the same along with his wife as he knocked over American Taylor Fritz to come from behind during round 3) in the women's singles final then a night later in the men's decider as Jannik Sinner becomes the first Italian to win 3 grand slams after his commanding win over German Alexander 'Sascha' Zverev (Who had to beat Novak 'Nole the Djoker' Djokovic (The one who fought against Spain's Carlos 'Charlie/Carlito' Alcaraz in the quarterfinal when he took a medical timeout during the match) in the semifinal after he had to withdraw through a bad injury so he was unable to continue when the fans had to jeer him when he left the court after Sascha dominated the 1st set & during that post-match interview that Zverev had asked the fans not to put him off every time he plays (And oh this is similar to Naomi Osaka having to pull out of the ASB Classic women's singles final with an injury, therefore handing the championship to Denmark's Clara Tauson (Who eventually lost to the defending champion at the time of Sabalenka during this year's Aussie Open) to take out the men's singles championship on Australia Day, but the Keys - Sabalenka encounter (For which it was a great match, & it was the best women's tennis finals that I have ever watched for a long time as Keys becomes the first American since Sofia Kenin in 2020 to win the women's singles crown down under, but the Keys - Swiatek one is much better according to my close mate Carole) is better than the Sinner - Zverev one.

And thirdly that there's a rugby related fact all over the place that the only opponent that the All Blacks have never won a men's Rugby World Cup final (We defeated France twice in 1987 & 2011, then the Wallabies once in 2015) against is in fact the Springboks (Who have never lost the big dance before since South Africa made their debut in 1995, & have been undefeated in men's RWC finals since) who always have a perfect, unblemished record every time they appeared in a final of rugby's global showpiece event with 4 & 0 (First New Zealand twice way, way back in 1995 & 2023, then England way back in 2007 & back in 2019), compared to Ireland who have never reached the semifinals as well as the final (They came so close of defeating the AB's during a quarterfinal in 2023), & the French becoming the first side in men's Rugby World Cup history to defeat the All Blacks in pool play, meanwhile Sydney has been confirmed to host the final of the next men's Rugby World Cup in 2027 at Stadium Australia just like in 2003 with Melbourne opting to pull out of the race as host city following the demise of the now defunct Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby Pacific team (And with Melbourne making a last minute decision of becoming a host city with the iconic MCG venue set to host quarterfinal matches there while Perth would host the opening match of the tournament), but the latest news regarding to gridiron that the Superbowl LIX match-up at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in Nawlins, Louisiana held under heightened security due to the incident that occurred of an ISIS supporter plowing over pedestrians which resulted in tragic, ugly scenes in January this year is set, it is going to be the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs side (Who had beaten the Buffalo Bills led by Quarterback Josh Allen in the AFC championship game) led by star player Patrick Mahomes aiming for 3 Super Bowls in a row for the first time, but standing in their way is the Philadelphia Eagles (Who had beaten the Washington Commanders led by QB Jayden Daniels in the NFC championship decider) led by Jalen Hurts in a rematch of Super Bowl LVII (And there has been an update as the Eagles won the Vince Lombardi trophy for the first time since the 2017 season, therefore denying the Chiefs chances of a threepeat with the final score being 40 - 22, while there was an Aussie who triumphed when he was finally part of the winning side of Jordan Mailata (An ex-NRL U20's player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs) who was once a rugby league reject who made it big by going to the NFL), & then back onto the rugby stuff as I label the 20 minute red card period as controversial because that is ridiculous & shambles therefore making it unfair, oh shameless (And Pops said to me also on the 28th of January that it's a decent idea that it's fair play due to the fact that it is innovative whether a player is sent off for a serious case of foul play, compared to the 60's where stamping in rucks (Which is currently prohibited these days) & high tackles (Always prohibited also these days regarding to foul play which results in either a yellow or red card depending on the severity, or if it's a card under review if it is either a Super Rugby Pacific match or a international test (And whether they will remain as a yellow or could even upgrade it to red even if it's serious), that ain't necessary) is common making it a hooligan's game, but as of today that it's getting tougher to play due to the legislation interpretations that they're currently having) so they need to get rid of it again to make it entirely justified (And Pops alluded to me that the late All Black of Jonah Lomu (He has sons of Brayley & Dhyreille (Who would like to play for a Six Nations country of France because of his eligibility of him being born there whilst his late dad spent time over there in Marseille (And his middle name Jonah is named in honor of his late father according to the story that I remember from Pops, while his nickname is Frenchie due to him being born in that country of France) who still both attend school while there were hoping to play sports on a different field just to emulate their late Dad's footsteps) who once appeared in a cover of Time magazine which happened long ago in 1999 during the men's Rugby World Cup which was won by the Wallabies led by their skipper at the time of John Eales).

And finally here is my updated list of my fave songs from my favourite rock bands & musicians as of today according to the previous blog that I did in August last year so here it is:

Motorhead: Ace of Spades

INXS: Need You Tonight

Faith No More: Epic

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dani California

Blur: Song 2

Foo Fighters: Everlong

Blink-182: All the Small Things

Filter: Take a Picture

Creed: With Arms Wide Open

Linkin Park: Numb

Incubus: Drive

Nickelback: How You Remind Me

System of a Down: Toxicity

Joe Walsh: Rocky Mountain Way

The Doobie Brothers: China Grove

Genesis: Mama

Bon Jovi: Wanted Dead or Alive

Motley Crue: Girls, Girls, Girls

Guns N'Roses: November Rain

Living Colour: Cult of Personality

Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus

The Stone Roses: Fools Gold

Jane's Addiction: Been Caught Stealing

Helmet: Unsung

Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun

The Black Crowes: Remedy

Alice in Chains: Would?

Stone Temple Pilots: Plush

Pearl Jam: Daughter

Green Day: Basket Case

Weezer: Say It Ain't So

Bush: Comedown

The Smashing Pumpkins: Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Oasis: Wonderwall

Tonic: If You Could Only See

The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony

Matchbox Twenty: 3am

Goo Goo Dolls: Iris

Lenny Kravitz: Fly Away

Manic Street Preachers: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

Alanis Morissette: Thank U

Placebo: Every You, Every Me

Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now

Vertical Horizon: Everything You Want

Moby: Porcelain

Coldplay: Yellow

Fuel: Hemorrhage (In My Hands)

U2: Beautiful Day

Feeder: Buck Rogers

Limp Bizkit: My Way

Avril Lavigne: Complicated

Queens of the Stone Age: No One Knows

Evanescence: Bring Me To Life

Audioslave: Like a Stone

Live: I Alone

Michelle Branch: Are You Happy Now?

3 Doors Down: Here Without You

The Killers: Mr Brightside

Stereophonics: Dakota

Muse: Supermassive Black Hole

Nirvana: Come as You Are

The Cranberries: Zombie

Radiohead: High & Dry

No Doubt: Just a Girl

Dishwalla: Counting Blue Cars (Tell Me Your Thoughts on God)

Duncan Sheik: Barely Breathing

Dave Matthews Band: Crash Into Me

Garbage: I Think I'm Paranoid

The Cardigans: My Favourite Game

Smash Mouth: All Star

Lifehouse: Hanging by a Moment

Lorde: Royals

Cage the Elephant: Come a Little Closer

John Newman: Love Me Again

Fall Out Boy: Centuries

Twenty One Pilots: Stressed Out

Phantogram: You Don't Get Me High Anymore

Greta Van Fleet: Highway Tune

Imagine Dragons: Thunder

Portugal. The Man: Live in the Moment

Måneskin: Beggin'

& the Black Keys: Lo/Hi

So that is my 596th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 20th of this year, viva Ukraine.