Well, it's business as usual as the Mitre 10 Cup finals for both the Championship & the Premiership are locked in as Northland become the 1st team to reach the Championship final as they knock Otago (Featuring both Fijian Kiwi rugby players Vilimoni Koroi & Jona Nareki who went to Pops old school which is Aramoho School before they went to Fielding High School on a rugby scholarship then the pair played for the All Black sevens & they now play for both Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup & the Highlanders in Super Rugby Aotearoa) over in at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin followed by Hawke's Bay (Current holders of the Ranfurly Shield (1st it was Canterbury to start with to begin the year as Ranfurly Shield holders followed by Taranaki then Otago & now Hawke's Bay) but are now starting to play like it was in the 1960's (Which was their golden era of provincial rugby in New Zealand because of their style of play this year) & were in the Championship final last year as they came unstuck to Bay of Plenty who got promoted to the Premiership this year) as they completely thrash Taranaki in front of their adoring home fans at McLean Park in Napier to go through to the final after Auckland become the 1st team to reach the Premiership final as they fended off a spirited Waikato side at Eden Park in Auckland then after Hawke's Bay thrash Taranaki, defending Mitre 10 Cup Premiership champions Tasman overcome the challenge of Bay of Plenty at Trafalgar Park in Nelson as they're in the final yet again.
So it's the Magpies of Hawke's Bay to play the Taniwha of Northland (The last meeting between the 2 sides was a Ranfurly Shield match in round 6 of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup in which Hawke's Bay managed to defend the shield against Northland) in the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup Championship final this Friday at McLean Park in Napier followed by Auckland who are up against the Mako of Tasman (The last meeting between the 2 sides was in round 6 of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup in which Auckland totally dominated the match against Tasman to go on top of the Premiership standings) in the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup Premiership final at Eden Park (Which will host the 1st T20 cricket international between the Black Caps of New Zealand & the West Indies (Or the Windies) this Friday (Same day as Hawke's Bay host Northland in the Mitre 10 Cup Championship final) before they host the Mitre 10 Cup Premiership final between Auckland & Tasman this Saturday) in Auckland this Saturday (Who's it gonna be? Whether it's Auckland to regain the title that they won in 2018 or will the Tasman Mako successfully defend their Mitre 10 Cup Premiership title (The pinnacle of New Zealand provincial rugby) that they won last year against Wellington in Nelson but they are playing away from home this year) but that's the 1st time I did a blog about the Mitre 10 Cup on my own.
So that is my 378th blog of the year 2020 (MMXX) & my 38th of this year.
P.S. News that I've just missed such as England winning the 2020 Six Nations title (3rd time that England won the Six Nations under current coach Eddie Jones) after easily beating Italy in Rome as well as twice D1NZ champion Darren Kelly & Spanish driver Alex Riberas winning the New Zealand endurance championships (3 hour) title at Highlands Motorsport Park which is located in Cromwell in a Aston Martin Vantage GT3 car & 2016 Supercars champion & this year's Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen winning the first ever Repco battle of Jacks Ridge (Which is held in the Hawkeswood family property in Whitford near Auckland & it featured 4 time New Zealand rally champion & ex-Hyundai WRC factory driver Hayden Paddon who competed but unfortunately crashed out during the event) rally sprint title in a Mitsubishi Mirage AP4 rally car.
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