Well, I have not written a blog lately so Kelly Harrison urged me to do this one, like for today so she can impress.
But things have gone well for the All Blacks after winning the test series (A stunning clean sweep) against England 3 - 0 & missing out on beating the Wallabies by getting that 18th straight test victory in Sydney which ended in a draw before overcoming that result to defeat Australia 51 - 20 at Eden Park to retain the Bledisloe once more (Although the Wallabies have lost Pat McCabe due to a really serious neck injury, by forcing into retirement mode, and I mean he could be paralyzed or especially dead if he ever played again but never due to the high amount of risk that's all according to the doctor's orders) but the AB's will have to focus on now what has been a highly anticipated showdown with Argentina (The Argentine front row had been devastating by overpowering the South African pack until it had been fallen when they brought on fresh new replacements + the country that Nan & Pop's will visit) in Napier (+ after the All Blacks/Argentina one, the Wallabies face South Africa in Perth and if Australia win, South Africa will fall down into the pecking order on top of the Rugby Championship standings).
But the team naming was revealed for the AB's this morning to play against Argentina, with the unchanged lineup from the previous test set to take the field except a few changes, with Beaudy Barrett taking over the 1st 5 duties from Aaron Cruden, as well as the return of Izzy Dagg (Who helped Hawke's Bay win the Ranfurly Shield back from the Tana Umaga coached Counties Manukau) at fullback, elevating Ben Smith from the right wing position with Cory Jane unavailable and of course, changes were made in the reserves bench, such as Charlie Faumuina being dropped in favour of Joe Moody due to a lack of form required to do them properly, while Jeremy Thrush replaces Steven Luatua (Who now has his 1st test try against Australia in Auckland) & of course, Colin Slade being brought in to start at the number 22 jersey but don't worry, it looks like weather conditions say that it will be wet weather this Saturday over at McLean Park (The 2nd time that the All Blacks will play at the city beacuse their 1st test match in Napier was in 1996 against Samoa + I saw that temporary seating during Hawke's Bay's ITM Cup home game in time for the test).
And we went to that fabulous Cooks Gardens to see Wanganui play our 1st game of the brand new Heartland Rugby Championship against Horowhenua-Kapiti who donned their new rugby kit, and then all of a sudden, another defeat had to occur for Wanganui, they had got beaten, victimized against the opposition because the pressure was too much by scoring a lot of tries, awarding penalties, on & on & on (+ I'm attempting to organise the TBO (stands for Table Hockey Order because I named the sport's governing body after the Jedi Order from the Star Wars franchise) World Cup because only 2 countries have signed up for it: Denmark (Hanne Benbaruk-Jakobsen, the great Danish Terminator) & hosts, New Zealand (which is me, Whetu Ngapo AKA Chris 'Hunter' Fallon).
And that is we have got time for, see you next time, and oh btw, fingers crossed ftw by our beloved AB's.
P.S. Can you take it all away, can you take it all away, well ya shoved it in my face, this pain you gave to me.
No comments:
Post a Comment