Well, bad news All Black rugby fans. Fullback Jordan Matthew 'Jordie' Barrett (Brother of first five-eighth Beauden & lock Scott) has been ruled out for the remainder of the year due to a shoulder injury that he suffered during our beloved Hurricanes Super Rugby semifinal defeat against the Lions so he does have to require some surgery to uh...repair his broken shoulder so get well Jordie (And don't worry...He'll be back...On the rugby field next year so this means that only 2 Barrett brothers such as Beauden & Scott are still in the All Blacks squad for the 2017 Rugby Championship (The Rugby Championship 1st began in 1996 as the Tri Nations with Australia, New Zealand & South Africa competing 16 years before Argentina joined the competition in 2012) season (My reaction was when the bad news came that Jordie Barrett revealed that he got injured & I was like ''Oh my god! How could this be! Well, that didn't happen, I think I'm losing my faith''). And David Havili of the Crusaders has been called up into the squad immediately to replace Jordie so this means Ben Smith will be the sole specialist fullback of the All Blacks but Damian McKenzie will replace him as Ben Smith goes on a sabbatical after the 1st 2 Bledisloe Cup tests against the Wallabies led by new captain/skipper Michael Hooper who has taken over from 120 game veteran Stephen Moore (He will be retiring from the international test rugby arena at the end of this year) & yeah, Sonny Bill Williams is returning to play for the All Blacks after serving a 4 week ban for that blatant cheap shot on Anthony Watson.
And finally there is not much on for me because there is no rugby this weekend unfortunately (The 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season begins next week with North Harbour taking on Otago in a repeat of last year's Championship final in which North Harbour were promoted to the premiership after Warren Gatland's son Bryn Gatland scored a match winning drop goal then it is all touch & go as the mighty All Blacks (Who will have to rebound/regroup after their disappointment of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series) open up our 2017 Rugby Championship campaign against the Wallabies at ANZ Stadium in Sydney) so we're going to the Rutland Arms with the American Association to have some nachos & wedges before going to Stellar for dinner (Well there will be a change of plans to say the least that we are having dinner at the Rutland Arms then we go to Stellar for the quiz night) as well as the quiz night but on Saturday, we're going to Caroline's for Jansen's birthday dinner so ladies & gentlemen (Madames et messieurs in French/en Francais), boys & girls...Happy 14th birthday to none other than my half brother Jansen yesterday (Well I was at home in Raetihi playing a computer game way back in 2003 when Jansen was born at midnight on August 9th) & happy birthday also to my second cousin (One of Pops nephews because he is the son of Kathryn & brother of Gemma & Huia (Her son will be born next month) Benjamin David Alexander 'Ben' Blain today because he is in Shanghai in China at the moment so I would like to say Ni Hao (That means hi or should I say greetings in Chinese) to him at the moment so I hope that you're tuning in to my blog (Well I don't think that he's got a computer in Shanghai).
So that is my 132nd blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII) & my 52nd this year.
P.S. And here are a handful of email messages but the 1st one is from my other 2nd cousin Gemma:
Oh thanks for the reminder Whetu! I had completely forgotten about it!! I'll have to send Ben an email today. And yes can you please send Jansen my warm wishes for his birthday. Wow! 14! Time flies by doesn't it?
All the best
Gemma
And the last one is from my grand aunty, Kathryn:
Hi Whetu
Thanks for the reminder. I have facebooked Jansen. Hope you and Henry are well. I am sick -got a chest infection.
I keep seeing all the yummy meals you and Henry are eating on Facebook. Wish I was there to eat some too.
Auntie Kathryn
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