So it was Friday that Pops left Wanganui on a bus (And guess who went on da bus, Uncle Bryan Christie & his golden oldies squad & the official mascot of Wanganui rugby team, Barry the Butcher, whose real name is Wayne) by getting past Turakina, Bulls, Sanson, bypassed Palmy then got past Woodville, Waipukurau, Danniverke, bypassed both Hastings & Napier then went through Wairoa, Gisborne, Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay & of course, finally, Ruatoria where Pops stayed for 2 nights at a Marae, then the next day the local Ngati Porou East Coast rugby team took on out very own Wanganui sponsored by Steelform at Whakarua Park (The Malfested Park) in Ruatoria but East Coast came out as winners, beating us by 25 - 17, then the next morning, Pops apparently left Ruatoria (Along with Wayne (AKA Barry the Butcher), Uncle Bryan & his golden oldies members) to head back home, here & now.
On Saturday, me & my Father went to the cultural festival here the same day as East Coast defeated Wanganui at Ruatoria, I saw the Japanese drums & the Taekwondo demonstration before starting to get hungry and went to Subway for lunch because I have not had a Subway for long before heading back to the festival then I went back to Subway & went to the toilet before getting an ice-cream for dessert at a shop near Dick Smith and Dad found me & took us back home to end this beautiful day.
Then a week later (I was here last Thursday when Dad went to a staff dinner), went to see Wanganui play at the Astral Chaos (Cooks Gardens, AKA 'The CG') Stadium (The stadium's crowd capacity is 20, 700 - 21, 000 but with 3,500 covered seats) to bounce back after a loss in Ruatoria, however, they won by dispatching North Otago 39 - 22.
1 day later, me & Dad watched the All Blacks play the Pumas in Argentina, Well, the Pumas had a incredible start with a Martin Landajo try putting them into the lead 5 - 0 (They had a unsuccessful conversion by the time) but Aaron Smith crossed over for the try (With Ma'a Nonu setting up the try for Aaron Smith) + Daniel Carter successfully converts the try by snatching Argentina's lead 7 points to 5, then Carter nailed a penalty goal as well as Cory Jane got another try thanks to a Kieran Read breakthrough & set-up before Carter did put another successful conversion but Juan Martin Hernandez scored a penalty goal then it's Dan Carter's turn to nail 3 points before Julian Savea scored the AB's 3rd try of the game (Carter's conversion attempt: Not successful) and then the 4th (The try was scored 3 minutes after Luke Romano not being able to continue playing (Due to having a blood bin earlier in the match in the 5th minute replaced by the 2.04m gigantic lock Brodie Retallick, but came back on the field (In the 16th minute) then said enough's enough for me due to the bleeding), being replaced by Retallick) before halftime (And this time, Carter's conversion attempt was Successful, leading at halftime by 32 - 8).
And after halftime, 2nd half got started but 7 minutes later, Argentina had expected a try and they did, scored by Gonzalo Camacho then JM (Juan Martin) Hernandez nailed the conversion (And after that, both teams have made a single change) but 3 minutes later, Cory Jane scored yet again with Julian Savea helping Jane by releasing the ball, came back on the cut by holding his feet and flicked the pass to Jane who scored (Although Carter missed the conversion this time in the most of circumstances), however, in the 58th minute, New Zealand are expecting a series of changes with 2 fresh legs (Aaron Cruden & Sam Cane replacing the 2 superstars of world rugby, Captain Richie McCaw (A cult figure of world rugby) & Carter) coming on the field (NZ have already made a change a minute earlier with both Piri Weepu & Charlie Faumuina on for Aaron Smith & Owen Franks as well as Ben Smith for Conrad Smith in the 54th) before Aaron Cruden did manage to seize the gap by flicking the ball to Nonu for the try and a successful conversion by Cruden (Although his penalty shot wasn't even too shabby in the 65th minute after Argentina were penalised), and then, Cory Jane gave the AB's a last hurrah by intercepting the ball & completing a hat-trick for the 1st time ever before Cruden did convert successfully giving New Zealand a 54 - 15 victory over Argentina + they did secure the bonus point and clinched the 1st ever Rugby Championship of 2012 (The AB's coach, Steve Hansen's 100% winning record is still intact).
And in the other Rugby Championship match (It was played before the All Blacks win over the Pumas), the Springboks of South Africa have gained revenge over the Wallabies of Australia by beating them 31 - 8 as well as sending a clear message to the All Blacks by saying: ''To New Zealand, you are nothing but we're gonna beat you for good!''
P.S. (ATTENCION AMIGOS!! SPOILER ALERT!!! I REPEAT COMRADE, IT IS A SPOILER ALERT!!! Like uhhh, breaking news & stuff but remain calm si'l vous plait, we have confirmed the situation, OVER & OUT!) We did see another Heartland Rugby Championship Match at the hallowed Astral Chaos ground (I did have spinach pancakes for lunch before the rugby) which Wanganui played & defeated another opponent, Buller 39 - 12, because I did enjoy it by going inside (I did eat (Like club sammies & savouries) & drink (I had diet coke, lemonade & Lemon & Paeroa) + it was a lot of fun + The All Black of New Zealand already name their team for their final Rugby Championship assignment against the Green/Yellow/White of South Africa (1 of the SA players like Johan Goosen are now considered as dangermen) with Hosea Gear confirmed as replacement for Savea who is now resting with Brodie Retallick picked to start in favour of Luke Romano who is in the reserve bench + Ben Franks (Brother of Owen), Adam Thomson & Tamati Ellison, locked in as substitutes + There's rumors about Ma'a Nonu going to league by playing for an NRL team that he supports, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (The Bulldogs have lost to the Melbourne Storm in the NRL Grand Final by 14 - 4 as well as a Bulldogs player, James Graham got a 12 game suspension for illegally biting Storm star fullback Billy Slater) but says that he does want to be an All Black forever and he totally agrees that he wants to remain in NZ after he declined to play in the NRL.
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