Well, round 5 of Super Rugby got started as the Chiefs won against the John Mitchell coached Bulls in Hamilton after the Bulls dominated in the 1st half before the Chiefs came back strong in the 2nd half (Well, on second thought, Bulls prop Conrad van Vuuren copped a bit of flak when he struck Damian McKenzie's head with an illegal swinging arm (Well I thought it was a cheap shot but you call that a cheap shot? How?) but Japanese referee Shuhei Kubo thought that he might send van Vuuren off but the referee changed his mind to send the Bulls player to the sin bin, but now he's been suspended for 3 games after the SANZAAR judiciary panel fronted him) while the Highlanders (Still undefeated in the competition under new coach Aaron Mauger in charge) were too good against the Crusaders in Dunedin during their Southern derby clash (Including that TMO howler which cost the Crusaders a possible try (The ref originally awarded it before Highlanders captain Ben Smith demanded a TMO review, & now all 15 Super Rugby teams have been warned by SANZAAR referees boss Lyndon Bray that if someone messes with the ref, they will get penalized & possibly yellow carded if someone demands a TMO review just like Ben Smith did (Much more like in football/soccer that players get automatically booked for demanding a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) review meaning that the referee is the only one who is authorized to make a VAR decision) being scored by Jordan Taufua but did one of the Crusaders knock the ball on? I would say no because referee Nick Briant should have played that one on but he overturned the decision to no try).
And finally the 2018 Six Nations season ended as Scotland finish 3rd in the standings, beating Italy (At that point in which they were leading the match at the time) with a match winning penalty by former Scottish captain Greig Laidlaw, then Ireland successfully complete the Grand Slam for only the 3rd time (They 1st did it in 1948 & they did it again in 2009) as well as the Triple Crown after downing England (And that's their 4th defeat under current head coach Eddie Jones) at Twickenham in London including that memorable try scored by young gun Jacob Stockdale at the end of the in goal area which had to be adjusted but it appeared to be backfired at some sort (I was like I don't believe it, which you have just seen) before Wales finish runner-up to the Irish with a narrow win against France in Cardiff.
So that is my 191st blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 11th of this year.
P.S. And we have had Kathryn & Ken (He definitely likes Buck just like that French Canadian visitor Antoine) here for the day to look at the house that she wants to live one day (We went out for lunch at the Brick House (Dinner of the day was a gourmet chicken burger that I had while dessert was apple crumble). And so too is one of Ngawini Keelan's sons Te Atau stayed here on Monday (I had to watch my favourite TV programme MacGyver during the night) until he left yesterday.
And finally Paige has sent me an email so she hasn't emailed me for like 3 months but here's her message anyway:
Hi Whetu,
Yes I just went and dropped some flowers off to her to say happy birthday.
I haven't actually seen all The Lord Of The Ring movies!
How have you been? Jarrod and I move to London in 3 weeks.. not long to go!
Hope all is well with you and the family.
Love Paige xx
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