Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Cherry Bomb/From Yesterday/Just The Two Of Us/Lightning Crashes: Origins Of The Cardinal Sin (Cyberdyne Systems Blog 101)

Well, after that I've reached exactly 100 blogs on Easter Monday, I have decided to do my 101st as part of the all new Cardinal Sin trilogy so here's the 1st chapter which is Cherry Bomb/From Yesterday/Just The Two Of Us/Lightning Crashes: Origins Of The Cardinal Sin (Cyberdyne Systems Blog 101).

And the Warren 'The Gatfather' Gatland (He has a 21 year old son named Bryn Gatland who plays for North Harbour in the Mitre 10 Cup, the Blues in Super Rugby as injury cover for first five-eighth Ihaia West & the NZ Provincial Barbarians after being selected for it against the British & Irish Lions) coached British & Irish Lions have revealed their squad to tour New Zealand this year so here's the 41 man squad for the DHL New Zealand Lions Series (And the squad consists of 16 Englishmen, 12 Welshmen, 11 Irishmen & 2 Scots):

Hookers
Rory Best (Ireland/Ulster)
Kristian Dacey (Wales/Cardiff Blues) *6
Jamie George (England/Saracens)
Ken Owens (Wales/Scarlets)

Props
Dan Cole (England/Leicester Tigers)
Alan Dell (Scotland/Edinburgh) *6
Tomas Francis (Wales/Exeter Chiefs (England) *6
Tadhg Furlong (Ireland/Leinster)
Joe Marler (England/Harlequins)
Jack McGrath (Ireland/Leinster)
Kyle Sinckler (England/Harlequins)
Mako Vunipola (England/Saracens)

Locks (Second rowers)
Iain Henderson (Ireland/Ulster)
Cory Hill (Wales/Dragons) *6
Maro Itoje (England/Saracens)
Alun Wyn Jones (Wales/Ospreys)
George Kruis (England/Saracens)
Courtney Lawes (England/Northampton Saints)

Loose forwards (Back rowers)
Taulupe Faletau (Wales/Bath (England)
James Haskell (England/Wasps) *1
Ross Moriarty (Wales/Gloucester (England) *7
Sean O'Brien (Ireland/Leinster)
Peter O'Mahony (Ireland/Munster)
CJ Stander (Ireland/Munster)
Justin Tipuric (Wales/Ospreys)
Sam Warburton (Captain, Wales/Cardiff Blues)
Billy Vunipola (England/Saracens) *2

Halfbacks (Scrumhalves)
Gareth Davies (Wales/Scarlets) *6
Greig Laidlaw (Scotland/Gloucester (England) *3
Conor Murray (Ireland/Munster)
Rhys Webb (Wales/Ospreys)
Ben Youngs (England/Leicester Tigers) *4

First five-eighths (Fly-halves)
Dan Biggar (Wales/Ospreys)
Owen Farrell (England/Saracens)
Finn Russell (Scotland/Glasgow Warriors) *6
Jonathan Sexton (Ireland/Leinster)

Midfielders (Inside Backs)
Jonathan Davies (Wales/Scarlets)
Robbie Henshaw (Ireland/Leinster)
Jonathan Joseph (England/Bath)
Jared Payne (Ireland/Ulster)
Ben Te'o (England/Worcester Warriors)

Outside Backs
Elliot Daly (England/Wasps)
Leigh Halfpenny (Wales/Toulon (France)
Stuart Hogg (Scotland/Glasgow Warriors) *5
George North (Wales/Northampton Saints (England)
Jack Nowell (England/Exeter Chiefs)
Tommy Seymour (Scotland/Glasgow Warriors)
Anthony Watson (England/Bath)
Liam Williams (Wales/Scarlets)

*1: Replaced Billy Vunipola
*2: Withdrew due to injury
*3: Replaced Ben Youngs
*4: Withdrew due to personal reasons
*5: Withdrew due to injury sustained during tour
*6: Called up as cover
*7: Withdrew due to injury

And here's the news report about the origins, revelations & traditions of the British & Irish Lions squad naming according to BBC News:

Wales back row Sam Warburton will captain the British and Irish Lions on their tour of New Zealand this summer, but England skipper Dylan Hartley has not been selected in the 41-man squad.

Coach Warren Gatland has chosen 16 England players, 12 from Wales, 11 from Ireland and two from Scotland.

The tour, which runs from 3 June to 8 July, features three Tests against the All Blacks, who are world champions.

"There were some pretty lively debates finalising the squad," said Gatland.

The New Zealander, who also took charge of the Lions in Australia in 2013, added: "We are very happy with the quality of squad we have."

'Gatland got his selections right & the Lions can win' - Guscott's verdict

The former Wales skipper is only the second player, after England's Martin Johnson, to captain the Lions in two tours.

He stepped down as Wales captain before the 2017 Six Nations and was replaced by lock Alun Wyn Jones, who also took over when Warburton was injured for the third Lions Test in 2013.

"It is going to be the toughest thing I've done but it is definitely the biggest honour I have had," Warburton said.

"I am really looking forward to captaining the Lions for the second time and, with it being in New Zealand, it definitely ranks as the pinnacle of my career so far."

Hartley, 31, misses out despite leading England to a second straight Six Nations title, with compatriot Jamie George, Ireland's Rory Best and Wales' Ken Owens the three hookers selected.

The Northampton Saints player is the 3rd England captain in succession to miss out on Lions selection, after Steve Borthwick in 2009 and Chris Robshaw in 2013.

England centre Jonathan Joseph is included, but there is no place for fellow Six Nations winners Joe Launchbury, George Ford, James Haskell and Robshaw.

Wales number eight Ross Moriarty is a surprise inclusion, while New Zealand-born Ireland centre Jared Payne is also selected.

And here's the match details for the British & Irish Lions of the 2017 tour:

NZ Provincial Barbarians: Toll Stadium, Whangarei (June 3rd)
Blues: Eden Park, Auckland (June 7th)
Crusaders: AMI Stadium, Christchurch (June 10th)
Highlanders: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin (June 13th)
Maori All Blacks: International Stadium, Rotorua (June 17th)
Chiefs: FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton (June 20th)
New Zealand (1ST TEST): Eden Park, Auckland (June 24th)
Hurricanes: Westpac Stadium, Wellington (June 27th)
New Zealand (2ND TEST): Westpac Stadium, Wellington (July 1st)
New Zealand (3RD TEST): Eden Park, Auckland (July 8th)

So that is my 101st blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII), cheerio.

P.S. Guess what is on tonight on Prime? It is MacGyver (The 2016 remake starring Lucas Till (From films/movies such as Hannah Montana: The Movie (With Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment (Haley Joel's sister) & Miley's father, Billy Ray Cyrus), The Spy Next Door (With Jackie Chan (As Detective Lee from Rush Hour & Chon Wang from Shanghai Noon & its sequel, Shanghai Nights), Amber Valletta (From The Transporter 2), Billy Ray Cyrus again & George Lopez (From Balls Of Fury), X-Men: First Class (With James McAvoy (From The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe), Michael Fassbender (As Stelios from 300 who says ''We are with you sire! For Sparta, for freedom, to the death!''), Jennifer Lawrence (From American Hustle (With Amy Adams (Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice), Christian Bale (Empire Of The Sun, Equilibrium, Reign Of Fire, The Dark Knight Trilogy), Bradley Cooper (Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Hangover Trilogy) & Jeremy Renner (S.W.A.T., The Avengers) & the Hunger Games trilogy), Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon (From Hollow Man), Rose Byrne (From Spy) & Zoe Kravitz (Daughter of Lenny Kravitz) & Monster Trucks (With Jane Levy (From Surburgatory), Rob Lowe (As the young Number 2 from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) & Danny Glover (From Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtagh) as the title character, Angus MacGyver (Originally played by Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson in the original that ran for 7 years from 1985 to 1992) isn't it? Oh...Yeah! But I will watch that 1st then I have also got to watch Toyota Grassroots Rugby on Sky Sport 1 so I've got that programme on record. And tomorrow it's Round 9 of Super Rugby as the Hurricanes take on the Australian conference leaders, the Brumbies at McLean Park in Napier so I'm gunning for the Hurricanes because they have the best attacking team in the competition.

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