Well, round 15 of Super Rugby got underway as the Crusaders remain on top of the New Zealand conference with a win against the Hurricanes in Christchurch then the Chiefs grab a bonus point victory (Although Damian McKenzie got a double in the process) against the Waratahs in Hamilton then the Highlanders win by 3 against the Reds in Brisbane a week after losing to the Waratahs (It took about 722 days for the Aussie teams to grab their 1st win against Kiwi opposition but the Highlanders hopes of continuing the streak was marred by the sending off of Tevita Nabura for a flying illegal kung fu kick to the head on Waratahs winger Cameron 'Cam' Clark (Son of Fox Sports rugby commentator & voice of Australian rugby (It used to be Gordon Bray compared to Keith Quinn who used to be the voice of New Zealand rugby until Grant 'Nisbo' Nisbett took over), Greg Clark) which resulted the Highlanders playing 14 men after Nabura was red carded for impersonating Jean-Claude 'The muscles from Brussels' Van Damme (And at one point 13 after Aaron Smith knocked the ball down deliberately).
And finally the UEFA Champions League final of 2018 was won by Spanish club Real Madrid who beat Liverpool 3 - 1 to claim their 13th European club football title as well as getting a threepeat as Karim Benzema scored an opening goal under controversial circumstances (Well, Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius got the ball until Benzema booted the ball out of Karius's hands (Was Benzema offside when he scored the goal? I honestly don't know about it, maybe we will have a look at the video assistant referee (VAR) but the VAR hasn't been used in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season) then he tried to save Gareth Bale's shot but it was deflected into the net, conceding a 3rd goal against Real Madrid, what a day we are having for the Liverpool goalie) followed by Sadio Mane who equalized it then Gareth Bale scored not 1 but 2 outstanding goals (Including that bicycle kick that Cristiano Ronaldo would be proud of as Ronaldo scored a bicycle kick earlier in the competition against Juventus) but the match will be remembered when Mohamed Salah went down in a heap during the 1st half, clutching his dislocated shoulder before leaving the field injured (And he might miss the FIFA World Cup according to their estimates).
So that is my 202nd blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 22nd of this year.
P.S. And we went to Marton (Me, Pops & Carole) for a drive today but we had an Indian for lunch at the Trafalgar Square foodcourt so Carole Webb has just left because she had to go to the airport to catch a flight home to Auckland (Although she's moving here to Whanganui in late July).
And Paige Williams has sent me an email so here's her message in its entirety (Well, she hasn't send me an email for like 2 months or so):
Hi Whetu,
How are you?
Sorry it's been so long since I emailed, I haven't been checking my emails as have been travelling. I am in Spain at the moment it is beautiful here!
What is your address? I will send you a post card.
Lots of love
Paige xx
And it's been a month since my Malaysian best friend Sophia Ong emailed me so here's her message taken from last month:
Hi Whetu!
Happy late Easter, have been very busy lately because of work and also moving houses, but so far so good!
How was your Easter? did you get lots of eggs?
Sophia
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