Well, round 4 of Super Rugby kicked off as the Highlanders remain unbeaten after a comfortable win against the Stormers from South Africa in Dunedin (Although 1st choice All Black halfback Aaron Smith had a wonderful game along with winger Waisake Naholo, scoring a double where he got both tries (Aaron Smith began the year 2018 as the number 1 halfback for the All Blacks compared to last year where TJ Perenara began 2017 as the All Blacks premier halfback before Aaron Smith regained that position) to prepare their Southern derby showdown against the Crusaders on Saturday while the defending champion Crusaders outfit suffer their 1st defeat of the season, losing to the Hurricanes (Although both Hurricanes players such as prop Ben 'Bam' May (He once played for both the Crusaders & Chiefs before heading to the Hurricanes where he belongs now) & star All Black first five Beauden 'Beaudy' Barrett (He took over from Dan Carter (Carter's successor was Jonny Wilkinson I believe) as the best first-five eighth in the world) celebrated their 100th game for the Hurricanes respectively) in an epic game in Wellington while the Blues (Although Blues number 8 Akira Ioane (Rieko's older brother compared to Beauden Barrett who has got both younger brothers playing rugby such as Scott & Jordie) had a blinder of that game, picking up man of the match honors for his efforts on the field by also scoring a double where he got both tries just like Aaron Smith for the Highlanders against the Stormers) have snatched it right through to the death with an upset victory against the Lions in a difficult but hard game in Johannesburg.
And finally round 4 of the 2018 Six Nations season got started as Ireland clinch the 2018 Six Nations title with only 1 round remaining after claiming a bonus point win against Scotland in Dublin while France hand England their 2nd consecutive loss (And 3rd under England coach Eddie Jones) in the Six Nations in Paris & Wales ran out winners by continuing their dominance against Italy in Cardiff.
So that is my 190th blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 10th of this year.
P.S. Pops left on Saturday so I had to look after Buck until Pops came back yesterday (And Dad & Jansen came here on Sunday to have lunch with me because we had curry that Jansen made on Saturday).
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