Well, the wait is over come Friday the 25th of February as the 2nd season of Super Rugby Aotearoa commences when the defending champion Crusaders (They have been unbreakable since 2017 (Same year that Emirates Team New Zealand went on to win the America's Cup (That was our last major sporting triumph for our country of New Zealand) in Bermuda against Oracle Team USA as well as Jacinda Adern (Wife of TV host Clarke Gayford who is the first gentleman of our country New Zealand) taking over as the Prime Minister of New Zealand from Bill English & the 2nd film of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Last Jedi, came out in cinemas in December 2017) when they won the Super Rugby title 3 years running in 2017, 2018 & 2019 then last year by winning the inaugural Super Rugby Aotearoa title but will 4 other franchises (Such as the Blues, Chiefs, Highlanders & Hurricanes) end the Crusaders dynasty? Let's hope so but we will see) are in Dunedin to take on the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the great southern derby (Their most recent meeting was last year in which the Crusaders won at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch against the Highlanders in round 9 to clinch the 1st ever Super Rugby Aotearoa title but the last time the Highlanders beat the Crusaders was in round 16 of the 2018 Super Rugby season at Forsyth Barr Stadium) followed by the Hurricanes who face the Blues at Sky Stadium in Wellington (The last time both of these sides met was last year in which the Hurricanes took top honors against the Blues at Sky Stadium in Wellington in round 6 but it's been 8 months since the Blues had last beaten the Hurricanes & it was in round 1 at Eden Park) in this action packed weekend of rugby (Well, the cricket season here in New Zealand is still up & running but the rugby season could be able to start soon).
And I can't wait for the 36th America's Cup match beginning on the 6th of March at the city of sails in Auckland between the defender Emirates Team New Zealand (Led by Australian Glenn Ashby with Peter Burling at the helm) & the challenger from Italy of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Led by Max Sirena (Who is in his final America's Cup campaign) with Aussie 'Pitbull' Jimmy Spithill (Who's heart rate is low compared to Bruni which must've contributed their success in the Prada Cup final against INEOS Team UK) & Francesco Bruni sharing the duties at the helm) in a rematch of America's Cup 2000 (The last meeting between both syndicates was 2 months ago in December last year at the America's Cup World Series in Auckland where ETNZ needed a win to claim the ACWS & they did, they succeeded by beating Luna Rossa in the final race to be crowned champions of the America's Cup World Series) but it looks like the rivalry between Burling & Spithill will in fact continue (Their rivalry began in 2017 that the all conquering Emirates Team New Zealand who stole the show to win the America's Cup in Bermuda against the all Australian crew of Oracle Team USA).
And finally there has been breaking news in America such as American golfing great & 15 time major golfing champion Tiger Woods who was involved in a serious accident when his car rolled over in Southern California & is now in hospital in a critical condition after suffering multiple injuries to his leg (Hope he's OK but get well Tiger (Well, he was lucky not to get killed in that crash (The leg injuries that Woods sustained aren't believed to be life-threatening) & he managed to survive the impact but his chances of playing golf again appears to be all but over because of his serious leg injuries that he sustained) & is having to go under the knife by the surgeon at the hospital where Tiger is.
So that is my 395th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 15th of this year (And there is 5 left until I reach 400 blogs).
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