Well, it looks like our beloved Hurricanes will have to head over to South Africa to face the Lions in the Super Rugby semifinal after comfortably beating the Brumbies 35 - 16 at GIO Stadium in Canberra (Well one of the key & bizarre moments in the game is halfback TJ Perenara who was meant to fire a pass on first five-eighth Beauden Barrett but loosehead prop Ben May copped a falcon setting a up a try being scored by Beauden's brother & utility back Jordie Barrett in a humorous & unconventional way (Although ex Wallaby hooker turned rugby commentator Phil Kearns (I know he had a rivalry with All Black hooker Sean Fitzpatrick back in the old days during the 90's) said it was a planned move & the referee Glen Jackson had to go to the TMO whether the ball was knocked on so there was no knock on meaning that the try had been given) upon Dane Coles's return in the quarterfinal (It was South African born winger Wes Goosen's night as he gets a double by scoring both tries) while the Lions had 3 wins in a row against the Sharks with a match winning long range penalty scored by winger Ruan Combrinck (Although the top points scorer in the competition, Elton Jantjies, fails to fire after making too many crucial unforced errors/mistakes during the game/match although he was struggling with his goal kicking which hurt them until Combrinck saved it best till last) & in the other matches, the Highlanders quest to regain the Super Rugby title from the Hurricanes is over after they went down by 17 points against their traditional rivals the Crusaders at AMI Stadium in Christchurch in appalling, miserable & treacherous conditions but the rampant Chiefs will head back home to take on the Crusaders after gaining revenge against the Stormers at DHL Newlands in Cape Town because the Stormers beat the Chiefs earlier in the season in a repeat of last year's quarterfinal showdown so this is what the semifinals looks like:
Lions Vs Hurricanes: Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
& the Crusaders Vs the Chiefs at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.
And finally all 12 classic Formula 1 cars have been locked in for the F1 2017 game with 3 McLaren machines revealed such as the 1991 MP4/6 (Driven by Ayrton Senna (Brazil) & Gerhard Berger (Austria), 1998 MP4/13 (Driven by David Coulthard (Great Britain) & Mika Hakkinen (Finland) & 2008 MP4-23 (Driven by Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) & Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) joining the fray along with the already announced 1988 MP4/4 as a pre-order bonus so here's the entire updated list of all 12 classic F1 cars:
1988 McLaren Honda MP4/4*
1991 McLaren Honda MP4/6
1992 Williams Renault FW14B
1995 Ferrari 412 T2
1996 Williams Renault FW18
1998 McLaren Mercedes MP4/13
2002 Ferrari F2002
2004 Ferrari F2004
2006 Renault R26
2007 Ferrari F2007
2008 McLaren Mercedes MP4-23
2010 Red Bull Renault RB6
*: Pre-order bonus
So that is my 129th blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII).
P.S. And here is the circuit guide of the Hungaroring which will host round 11 of the 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Championship:
''F1's first venture into an Eastern Bloc country took a bit of getting used to for inhabitants and teams alike. The Hungarians, and neighboring countries, flocked to a purpose-built track tightly laid out in a dust bowl. Survived despite itself and now in an established part of the calendar, helped by the faded splendour of Budapest.''
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