Well, it was on Thursday (The day that I watch my favourite programme MacGyver (A remake of the Richard Dean Anderson (From Stargate SG-1 as Colonel Jack O'Neill) original starring Lucas Till (As the title character Angus 'Mac' MacGyver, the improviser who appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Spy Next Door as Larry, X-Men: First Class as Alex Summers/Havok & Monster Trucks), George Eads (Jack Dalton, the gunner & maverick CIA agent who appeared on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Nick Stokes), Sandrine Holt (Director Patricia Thornton, the boss who appears in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Terminator Genisys who is about to be replaced by new director Matilda 'Matty' Webber being portrayed by Meredith Eaton in the next MacGyver episode), Tristin Mays (Riley Davis, the hacker who appears in Supergirl as Paulina) & Justin Hires (And last but not least...Wilt Bozer, MacGyver's friend who appeared in the TV series based on the popular film franchise Rush Hour as detective James Carter (Chris Tucker from The Fifth Element (Which was the last movie I've seen last year in 2016 & it stars Bruce Willis (AKA John McClane/General Joseph Colton as Korben Dallas), Mila Jovovich (Alice from Resident Evil as Leloo), Gary Oldman (AKA Ivan Korshunov/Commissioner James Gordon/Sirius Black as Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg) & Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins from The Lord Of The Rings trilogy as Father Vito Cornelius) as Ruby Rhod played the character in the movie trilogy with Detective Lee being played by Jackie Chan in the movie trilogy & Jon Foo (Who played Jin Kazama in the Tekken movie) in the TV series) which only lasted 1 season) at 7:30pm on Prime & Sky rugby TV programme Team Talk (Hosted by none other than Scotty 'Sumo' Stevenson with former Waikato, Chiefs & All Black players Steven 'Mazda' Bates (AKA Batesy) & Junior Malili 'Mils' Muliaina (AKA Milsy) as panelists) at 8:30pm on Sky Sport 1) that Pops & I went to Pukeko's Nest to have a burger there as well as a chocolate fudge slice for dessert then on Saturday we went to the market briefly (I saw Dad there before we went to the market) then we went to St John's Club for lunch where I had a curry with vegetables & salad before I had a passion fruit cheese cake that I had because I really am a cheese cake slayer.
And it was on Friday that round 6 of Super Rugby started when the Highlanders completely thrashed or should I say demolished the Rebels outfit at Forsyth Barr Stadium (AKA The Glasshouse) in Dunedin by claiming their 3rd victory of the season in Aaron Smith's 100th Super Rugby appearance with a news report in this most exciting but epic game:
The Highlanders claimed their 3rd win of the Super Rugby season as they were too good for the Rebels, winning 51-12 in Dunedin.
As the scoreline suggests, this was a one-sided affair and the home side were full value for their win as they outscored the Rebels by 6 tries to 2 with Malakai Fekitoa leading the way with a deserved brace.
The win moves the Highlanders into provisional 4th place on the New Zealand Conference table although that situation could change if the Blues beat the Western Force in their clash in Auckland on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Rebels are firmly rooted at the bottom of the Australian Conference with 5 losses in as many matches this season.
The visitors were under the cosh from the outset and Marty Banks gave the home side the lead in the seventh minute when he slotted a penalty after Laurie Weeks was blown up for illegal scrummaging.
5 minutes later, Richard Buckman drew in a couple of defenders inside the Rebels' 22 before throwing an inside pass to Fekitoa, who charged through a tackle from Tom English before diving over under the posts.
The Highlanders continued to dominate and shortly afterwards Luke Whitelock had an easy run-in under the posts after the ball had gone through 14 phases in the build-up.
Banks converted both those tries and 5 minutes later he converted his second penalty which meant the Highlanders held a comfortable 20-0 lead at half-time.
The home side extended that lead two minutes after the restart via another Banks penalty but 10 minutes later, the Rebels finally opened their account in impressive fashion.
Mitch Inman showed great vision to throw an inside pass to English just outside the Highlanders' 22, and while English still had work to do and after bursting through a gaping hole in the Highlanders' defence, he rounded a flat-footed Matt Faddes before crossing for a deserved try.
That score did not faze the home side though and they continued to dominate for the next 20 minutes and scored 21 unanswered points thanks to tries from Buckman, Gareth Evans and a Fekitoa interception score following a loose pass from the Rebels on a night full of mistakes by the visiting team.
Evans' was the best of the lot as he ran onto a flat pass just outside the Rebels' 22 and showed a superb turn of speed before crashing over.
With time running out on the clock, Reece Hodge scored a consolation try for the Rebels in the 78th minute but the Highlanders were not done and would have the final say shortly afterwards.
Greg Pleasants-Tate crashed over from close quarters in injury time which also brought up a half century of points for the hosts.
And the Blues get their 3rd win of the season against the Force at Eden Park in Auckland but miss out on a bonus point after the Force tarnished the Blues hopes of a 3 try bonus point with a late try so here's the news report which is less exciting than the Highlanders-Rebels one:
The Blues managed to overcome a sturdy Force defence to claim a 24-15 victory in Auckland.
Most of the 1st half consisted of a Blues side desperate to break the Western Force defence but were unable before the Perth side claimed the 1st try through Richie Arnold. The Blues eventually unlocked the code and tries from Akira Ioane and Matt Duffie during a Isi Naisarani yellow card on the 29th minute seemed to be the deciding points.
The win gives the Blues a boost as they go to 3rd place in New Zealand Conference table with 15 points to tie with the Hurricanes with the Wellington men yet to play. The Force languish at 4th place in the Australia Conference on 5 points.
Despite the hard-fought contest the Blues had too much class in their ranks with Piers Francis orchestrating the Blues attack excellently as well as superb performances from Duffie and replacements Akira Ioane and Rieko Ioane.
It was a quiet 1st 20 minutes with a Jono Lance penalty the only the points on the board but the Force would consolidate their lead later on with a try from giant second-rower Arnold after he barged over the line from some sustained forwards pressure.
The Force lost their building momentum after a slew of penalties with the Blues opting to go for line each time. The 1st instance not resulting to anything of substance but in the second the Blues created a handy maul and drove up field and after a sneaky break force number 8 Naisarani was yellow carded and the home side opted to scrum.
After some strong defence from the Force the Blues shunted the ball wide and it looked as though winger Duffie had scored before it was called back after George Moala's pass was deemed forward.
The Blues nearly scored moments later after a another well-placed kick for touch from Francis which led to the first five-eighth chipping over a kick which was knocked forward on the try line. They finally got over the whitewash though when Akira Ioane barged through a maul to get his side's 1st points of the game with Francis adding the extras.
Duffie would get his try and compound his team's tally when Moala found a mismatch with a front-rower in front of him in his own 22 metre and used his pace to get around him. He took the ball up field and had a two-on-one as the cover defence pressed on him and gave it out to Duffie to score making the half-time tally 12-8.
The Blues looked as though they had grabbed the first points of the half with TJ Faiane scoring after the ball came loose from contact with centre picking up and scoring before the TMO saw that the second five-eighth knocked the ball forward putting it into space in the first place.
The home side then added their 3rd try of the game in the 64th minute when the Blues orchestrated a well-worked try when the outside backs let the ball do the work as they passed around the cover defence on the left wing for Rieko Ioane to score.
Michael Collins put the Blues into bonus point territory after an incredible break that saw the flyer burn round the Force cover defence to score.
The away side took the bonus point away from the Blues when Dane Haylett-Petty broke the opposition line to claim a try in the 78th minute. The Blues were adamant on leaving the game with a bonus point after another charge up field which saw Murphy Taramai burst over the line but the pass was deemed forward and it was a Force scrum on the 80-minute mark which led the ball being kicked out.
And the Chiefs remain unbeaten along with the Crusaders & Stormers with a win against the Bulls at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton by celebrating Liam Messam's 150th appearance with a news report (Although several players had their head shaved including Liam Messam, Anton Lienert-Brown, Atu Moli, Sam Cane, Brodie Retallick, Dominic Bird, Michael Allardice, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, & Mitchell Karpik who had to look like a loose forward version of Christian Cullen as well as Doctor Evil from Austin Powers because he used to look like Jean-Pierre Rives as well as Phil Waugh with that long blond locks as a result for a 2 year old girl named Kau'ilani Forbes who has a rare form of cancer so those players look like they had come straight out of the Marines or Navy SEAL's):
The Chiefs came from behind to claim a 28-12 win against the stubborn Bulls in Hamilton.
The Bulls produced a well-worked game plan through a pressured defence and clever kicks behind the Chiefs line to enter the change rooms 9-3 at half time. But a try from winger Shaun Stevenson kick started the Chiefs comeback for the Chiefs to win with tries from Damian McKenzie and Atu Moli sealing the win.
The victory sees the men from Hamilton go top of the New Zealand Conference jumping the Crusaders who are yet to play while the Bulls leave the game with nothing despite their heroic first-half efforts.
There were some class acts throughout both teams with some strong performances from Handre Pollard, Rudy Paige while Jamba Ulengo, despite being the casualty in Stevenson's step to score, was incredible throughout, showing defensive brilliance as well as playing a clever attacking game after looking for work all over the field.
The Chiefs looked bewildered in the 1st half but the general excellence of McKenzie and Aaron Cruden saw their side through to the win.
They handled the game well in the opening phases as they kicked behind the Chiefs line to turn them and keep the home side under pressure in their home half.
The mercurial Pollard scored the first points after two penalties to get his side an early 6 point lead. All Black first five-eighth Cruden kicked his team's 1st points after a 3 pointer of his own.
Pollard kicked another penalty perfectly and pushed the lead to 6 points with the Bulls playing well.
The Chiefs were given penalty after penalty with the home side insisting on going for line instead of taking the points with goal. On the 35th minute the Chiefs went for line again and went wide to run the Bulls defence off their feet but the defensive expertise of Burger Odendaal would give no quarter and stopped the attack in its tracks.
The Bulls ended the half in the lead with 9-3 after a strong game plan coming through for them.
Chiefs winger Stevenson the claimed his side the lead when he received the ball, stepped the defence before grubbering it forward and then collecting his own kick to score the try, with Cruden adding the extras and then a penalty moments later making the score 13-9.
Pollard struck back with another floating penalty from 40 metres out which put his side within one point of the opposition.
The Chiefs started a counter attack and almost broke through the line on a few occasions if it wasn't for the defensive might of replacement prop Lizo Gqoboka who seemed to have the Chiefs' numbers after making a number of tackles in a row. Cruden then received the ball in the midfield and kicked for touch.
The home side used the position well and almost crossed the line through McKenzie but RG Snyman ripped the ball as the full-back dived over and the Chiefs were given a penalty which Cruden knocked over.
The fiery full-back would get his try after a wonderful chip into space behind the Bulls line with McKenzie coming out of no where to collect and then score next to the posts. Cruden neatly knocked over the extras.
The home side put the Bulls' hopes to death after some sustained pressure on the away side's line before Moli crashed over with the weight of his team behind him.
And the Hurricanes (Who are without influential captain Dane Coles due to injury) won the game against the Reds over at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane under bizarre circumstances by rubbing out or should I say disallowing 3 or 4 tries by the TMO (1st there was second five-eighth Ngani Laumape getting yellow carded for a tackle without the ball then lock Mark Abbott putting a foot in touch before scoring & stand in captain TJ Perenara not clearly taking the tap kick before he scored it then he had a banter by running in with referee Angus Gardner saying that he didn't tap the ball because it is still their penalty & it was shades of Tana Umaga who said to the ref ''We are not playing tiddlywinks'' way back in 2003 when the Hurricanes played against the Crusaders) with another news report:
The Hurricanes' class shone through to overcome a spirited Reds side 34-15 in Brisbane on Saturday.
After 2 early Julian Savea and TJ Perenara tries the Reds looked dead and buried until the Brisbane men fought back and scored 2 tries of their own through Chris Kuridrani and Scott Higginbotham. It seemed as though the Reds had enough fire to rein the Hurricanes in until a Vince Aso try took the game just out of their reach before Jordie Barrett and his brother Beauden hammered in the final nails in the Reds' coffin.
The Hurricanes keep their spot at 3rd place in the highly-competitive New Zealand Conference while the Reds stay at 3rd place on six points in the Australian Conference.
The Hurricanes owned the 1st 20 minutes after some quick running play that saw Savea and Perenara cross the line. 1st after winning the advantage they swung it out wide to Brad Shields who set it up for Savea to dive over in the corner before the halfback intercepted Reds first five-eighth Jake McIntyre's pass deep inside his own half and went all the way through to the try-line.
Full-back Jordie Barrett was given the tee and kicked both over sweetly.
It wasn't all good news for the visitors after inside centre Ngani Laumape was given a yellow card after Kerevi lost control of the ball and Beauden Barrett lept onto it. He went all the way through to the try line, but the TMO disallowed the try and Laumape was adjudged to have committed a late tackle.
The Reds would get their 1st points of the game after they took the ball to the Hurricanes line and spread it wide to Higginbotham who gave off an incredible offload to Kuridrani to score in the corner with McIntyre missing the posts again.
Higginbotham then set up and scored what could be the try of the season when the number 8 had the ball on the right wing, turned his back to the touch line but then off loaded to Eto Nabuli through a back pass. The wing then took it up field and almost scored before sending it back inside to the number eight who touched down. McIntyre finally slotted the kick making the score 14-12 to the away side.
The Canes scored first in the 2nd half after Ardie Savea made an electric break and looked as though he would score himself before being brought down just short of the line. Aso came on the inside line and the rookie winger touched down for his side's third try.
The Hurricanes looked as though they had scored again after Reds gave it everything they had to get over the line but the Canes turned it over and Julian Savea kicked the ball up field and Beauden Barrett gave a wide pass to Ardie Savea who then released the ball down to Aso who gave it Mark Abbott to score but the lock put his foot out and it was called off.
Their Canes were obviously cursed after another failed attempt when Laumape went over but they were called back for a knock on.
Perenara looked as though he eventually broke the hoodoo after the away side had a scrum on the Reds' five metre line and the nippy halfback broke around the fringes to dot down but the try was called off again and Canes would scrum again.
After what seemed like eternity of the Hurricanes laying siege to the Reds' line, the besieged broke free and kicked the ball into touch to finally get some breathing space.
After a sustained spell of pressure from the Canes, Jordie Barrett ran inside Kuridrani and dotted the ball down to score before his brother crossed for the final try of the match when Beauden Barrett received the ball running at pace to score.
And the Lions remained on top of the Africa 2 conference after they won a thrilling derby against the Sharks at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg while the Stormers remained unbeaten as they put 50 points on the Cheetahs at DHL Newlands in Cape Town, putting 12 points clear in the Africa 1 conference while the Crusaders are still unbeaten to remain on top of the New Zealand conference with a bonus point victory over the Michael Hooper led Waratahs at Allianz Stadium in Sydney with one last news report:
The Crusaders made it 6 victories from 6 so far in Super Rugby as they got the better of the Waratahs, winning 41-22 in Sydney.
Tries from George Bridge, David Havili, Tim Bateman (2), Bryn Hall and Ben Funnell saw the New Zealanders get 5 points on Sunday.
In reply the Waratahs' scorers were Michael Hooper, Jake Gordon and Taqele Naiyaravoro as they missed the chance to go top of the Australian Conference. This was also their 4th defeat from 6 matches so far in 2017.
The Crusaders were quickest out of the blocks and crossed on 11 minutes when Bridge raced over on the left wing for his 1st Super Rugby try.
Hunt missed the extras but it didn't take long for him to make amends when he converted Havili's try, which was all too easy from a 'Tahs viewpoint as the full-back sliced through the defence from 30 metres out without anyone putting a hand on him. That made it 12-0.
Fortunately for the Waratahs they got on the board on 23 minutes when a miscued Crusaders pass was hacked downfield, leading to the hosts winning an attacking scrum. Soon after that set-piece, flanker Hooper powered over from close range and Robinson added the extras for 12-7.
The game was now beginning to open up as both sides looked to be feeling the effects of the first half hour so it was no surprise when the in-form Whetu Douglas popped up on the left wing before cutting inside and offloading to centre Bateman for his first crossing to make it 19-7.
Robinson did cut that down to 19-10 before the break though, after a no arms tackle from Joe Moody was pinged by Marius van der Westhuizen.
The first score of the 2nd half was always going to be crucial, so when the Crusaders struck two minutes after the resumption through Bateman's second after Bridge's initial break, Waratahs head coach Daryl Gibson was visibly disappointed. With Hunt's kick the score was 26-10.
The 'Tahs did hit back with purpose though through a well-worked backline move that saw first five-eighth Mack Mason find impressive half-back partner Gordon, who backed himself from 30 out to get the hosts on the march.
26-17 then became 26-22 on 52 minutes when replacement Naiyaravoro barged over Bridge on the right wing en route to a vital crossing (And what about the bump off by Fijian born Wallaby Taqele Naiyaravoro for the Waratahs on Crusaders winger George Bridge, it was shades of the late Jonah Lomu way back in the day because it was one of the best bump offs that I have ever seen in the history of Super Rugby compared to Nemani Nadolo on Matt Duffie last year, Rene Ranger on James O'Connor in 2013 & Robbie Fruean on Piri Weepu in 2012 & it appeared on Smashed Em Bro segment on the Crowd Goes Wild at number 1 on Friday, Boomfa! Bang! Get outta my way!).
But the 'Tahs' hopes were quashed in the closing stages of the match as further Crusaders tries from replacement halfback Hall and hooker Funnell got them the bonus-point as they head into their bye week with a perfect record. The 'Tahs meanwhile left the game with nothing.
So that was Round 6 of the 2017 Super Rugby season and here are the matches for Round 7:
Hurricanes Vs Waratahs: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunwolves Vs Bulls: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Highlanders Vs Blues: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Brumbies Vs Reds: GIO Stadium, Canberra
Sharks Vs Jaguares: Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban
Stormers Vs Chiefs: DHL Newlands, Cape Town
& the Force Vs Kings at nib Stadium in Perth to end Round 7 of Super Rugby 2017 (With the Cheetahs, Crusaders, Lions & Rebels taking a week off to prepare for Round 8).
And round 2 of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship season begins this Friday in China during the 1st 2 practice sessions (Then on Saturday with the 3rd & final practice session before qualifying & finally, the race is about to take place next week on Sunday) at the Shanghai International Circuit with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel leading the championship by 7 points ahead of rival Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes (Although Ferrari are leading the constructors championship at the moment by 4 points ahead of Mercedes) so who's it gonna be? Will it be Vettel's time to shine for Ferrari? Or will it be Hamilton to conquer or should I say, slay the 5.451km track in China for Mercedes after winning the Chinese Grand Prix 4 times? (His 1st win was in 2008 then he won again in 2011 before going on to win 2 Grands Prix in a row in 2014 & his last in 2015). And according to the estimates, the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton & Sebastian Vettel is intense because Hamilton is on a mission to regain the title after missing out last year to recently retired world champion Nico Rosberg while Vettel will try to add his 5th world championship because 2013 was the last time that Vettel had won the title.
And finally here's the circuit guide to Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai who will host the Chinese Grand Prix according to Collins Grand Prix circuits book (One of the 4 books I own as part of my book collection along with Richie McCaw: The Openside (I have 6 favourite parts of the book, such as New Age Crusaders, Stone Age Bulls. Richard Bands, part Springbok prop, part Brahma Bull. Hands off, it's a ruck. DC's wrecked. I HOPE YOU'RE READY QUADE, RICHIE IS. And Hands off! Get out of there!) as well as Sir Graham Henry Celebrates The World Cups! 1987 to 2015 & Richie McCaw 148) that I've still got:
''Government-funded race track some distance from central Shanghai. An engineering feat, built in 18 months on swamp land. Interesting layout with a few tricky versions of standard corners. Majority of grandstands remain empty. Team offices on stilts within inventive but vast paddock lacking atmosphere.''
So that is my 17th blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII) & my 97th overall (Only 3 to go until I reach 100), ka kite ano & good luck.
P.S. And I have just written the list of movies that I have seen this year in 2017 so here's the list in it's entirety because I'm about to record the Austin Powers trilogy (Consisting of Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) & Austin Powers In Goldmember (2002). Not only because Austin Powers is a parody of Bond, James Bond) this Saturday on TVNZ 2:
The Avengers (2012)
Moana (2016)
Days Of Thunder (1990)
Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2002)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
Pork Pie (2017)
& Anaconda (1997).
UPDATED
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Austin Powers In Goldmember (2002)
Rogue Assassin (2007)
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009)
Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
300 (2006)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Jurassic World (2015)
Jumper (2008)
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
A View From The Top (2003)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
And it has been 4 days since the 20th anniversary of the Jonah Lomu Rugby video game which came out on the last day of March way back in 1997 (But the game is about the sport of rugby as well as the main star player for the All Blacks (Captained by hooker Sean 'Fitzy' Fitzpatrick featuring loosehead prop Craig 'Dowdy' Dowd, tighthead prop Olo Brown, locks Ian 'Kamo' Jones & Robin 'Rob' Brooke, blindside flanker Mike Brewer, openside flanker Josh 'Crusher' Kronfeld, Robin's brother & number 8 Zinzan 'Zinny' Brooke, halfback Graeme Bachop, South African born first five-eighth Andrew 'Mehrts' Mehrtens, second five eighth Walter Little, centre Frank Bunce, right winger Jeff 'Goldie' Wilson & fullback Glen 'Oz' Osborne), the late left winger Jonah Lomu taking on the rest of the world such as the eventual world champions the Springboks led by openside flanker Francois Pienaar & featuring first five-eighth Joel Stransky (Who scored the match winning drop goal that achieved immortality to put the game beyond doubt during the World Cup final), fullback Andre Joubert, loosehead prop Os du Randt, the late halfback Joost van der Westhuizen & number 8 Mark Andrews as well as the 1995 Five Nations champions & semifinalists England led by centre Will Carling which features the likes of South African born utility back Mike Catt (One of the players who can play fullback, first & second five-eighth, centre & wing), winger Rory Underwood, future England captain & lock Martin Johnson, first-five eighth Rob Andrew & of course, centre Jeremy Guscott & the defending champions at the time & quarterfinalists, the Wallabies led by first five-eighth Michael Lynagh & features players such as hooker Phil 'Kearnsy' Kearns, fullback & utility back Matt Burke, future Wallabies skipper & lock John 'Ealesy' Eales, Zambian born halfback George 'Gregs' Gregan, centre Tim Horan, winger David 'Campo' Campese & last but not least, Tongan born blindside flanker Viliami 'Willie O' Ofahengaue during the events of the 1995 Rugby World Cup (Then in 1995, disaster struck as New Zealand (Which featured rugby's 1st global superstar, Jonah Lomu) failed to regain the crown (With several players fell victim to food poisoning with the exception of captain Sean Fitzpatrick and the Brooke brothers of Robin & Zinzan), losing to debutants and hosts South Africa in the final in which united the host country as well as their leader Nelson Mandela) so here is some commentary samples taken from the game consisting of the late Bill McLaren & Bill Beaumont which I can barely remember as a kid (We used to play a PC game as well as owning a Playstation game back in the day):
''Deylaud, (French first five eighth who appeared in the game) with the kick''
''Going in well''
''I wouldn't like to be in the bottom of that''
''What a silly play''
''It's like cattle trucks in a shunting yard''
''Digs like a demented mole there''
''They don't build him like that anymore''
''A ball like that, he's one of a kind''
''With a great leap''
''And that's a huge jump again''
''Lomu!''
''Superb tackle''
''Good old British weather''
''I think the weather has slowed them down a bit''
''Some of the fans not happy with that''
''Well, the crowd didn't like that''
''Good movement of the ball''
''And getting it''
''Good support play in the middle''
''And that's a monster of a pass''
''Tremendously quick''
''And it's through!''
''Yes, an easy kick''
''Trying the grubber kick''
''To make it 2 out of 2''
''To make it 3 out of 3''
''To make it 4 out of 4''
''To make it...5 out of 5''
''Oh mercy me, that could've put him in Ward 4''
''I hope not Bill, that's a maternity ward''
''He touches it down right underneath the posts''
''And that's his 2nd try of the match''
''That'll put his smile on his face''
''Going in like a wildcat''
''Too hard''
''Not only he would see puffs from him''
''He's kept his head down & went for the line, great try''
''With the drive''
''Can he get to him?''
''It's important to get quick possession here''
''They need more men to get behind the ball''
''Goes in hard''
''It was right down his throat''
''That was good rucking''
''They did a good job''
''There are all kinds of shenanigans in the lineout''
''Almost up in the 22''
''I can't see the ball in there''
''Taking their time now''
''They need to do better than that''
And in golf news, Lydia Ko has retained her status as best female golfer in the world then something happened...Lexi Thompson (Who had only won 1 major & was the favourite to win the LPGA golf tournament, the ANA Inspiration (Which is the 1st major of the year), has been penalised 4 strokes after a TV viewer had spotted a rules violation ruining her chance to win a tournament because she felt devastated that it wasn't a joke & she said it was ridiculous so she was devastated because she was absolutely livid about it that she missed out on the win that proved them costly due to a 4 stroke penalty.
And here's the all time Rugby World Cup XV from 1987 to 2011 being chosen by veteran sports commentator Keith Quinn on the Sir Graham Henry Celebrates The World Cups! 1987 to 2015 book:
1 (Loose head prop): Os du Randt (South Africa)
2 (Hooker): Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand)
3 (Tight head prop): Phil Vickery (England)
4 (Lock): Martin Johnson (England)
5 (Lock): John Eales (Australia)
6 (Blindside Flanker): Francois Pienaar (South Africa)
7 (Openside Flanker): Richie McCaw (Captain, New Zealand)
8 (Number 8): Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand)
9 (Half-back): Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
10 (First five eighth): Jonny Wilkinson (England)
11 (Left Wing): Jonah Lomu (New Zealand)
12 (Second five eighth): Tim Horan (Australia)
13 (Centre): Will Greenwood (England)
14 (Right Wing): Bryan Habana (South Africa)
& 15 (Fullback): Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
So there you have it, 5 Springboks, 4 Englishmen, 4 All Blacks & 2 Wallabies in the all time Rugby World Cup XV from the past 7 tournaments (Although the book was published before the 2015 Rugby World Cup took place), not too bad (And I have chosen Richie McCaw to be captain of the all time Rugby World Cup XV on the Sir Graham Henry Celebrates The World Cups! 1987 to 2015 book because he is the most inspirational but influential leader of the team).
And it is my cousin Paige Williams's 23rd birthday today (I was listening to my favourite radio station since 2007 when I moved here called The Rock FM during the day from 9am to 5pm to listen to some best rock during the 90's (Although I did not listen to both the 70's on Monday & the 80's yesterday) but I'll do that tomorrow because it is the 2000's or noughties & was I listening to some rock & roll like Queens Of The Stone Age because it used to be Seether today? Oh I'm Sorry) because she was born on the 5th of April in 1994 so I sent her an email wishing her a happy birthday so here's her message that she sent to me in it's entirety (Well I haven't seen her along with her mother Cathey, Cathey's husband John Mitchell, her brothers & my 2 little cousins Nico & Luca since June last year where Pops & I had to see them at 116 William Street in Petone the day after the All Blacks test match against Wales at Westpac Stadium in Wellington & I did not know she's a Maori girl along with other Maori women such as Kathryn, Gemma, Huia & Aunty Tania & I've met my friends from different countries such as Diana Kent (Palatine, Illinois in the USA), Hanne (Odense, Denmark), Ken Branch (Bristol/Portsmouth in England, United Kingdom), Leon Benbaruk (Morocco), Rejean Gatineau (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Lim Chin Keong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Sophia Ong (Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia) & Viluz (The Philippines):
Hi Whetu,
Thanks for your email.
I am having a great day so far!
How are you? I hope you are keeping indoors away from the wet weather.
Sorry I had not had the chance to reply to your last email I had been very busy at work when you had sent it and forgot to reply.
Hopefully I will see you again soon.
Lot's of love, Paige
xx
And Cathey has sent me an email about her daughter Paige's 23rd birthday that I wrote so here's her message in it's entirety:
Lovely Whetu!!
That was very nice of you.
Kind regards
Cathey Middelplaats
And here's a reply from my cousin Paige during her 23rd birthday:
Hi Whetu,
Good to hear you are staying inside!
Paige xx
And finally I didn't know what nearby means, because I hope it means not far away or close.
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