Well, this is my 1st blog after the 2021 America's Cup which Emirates Team New Zealand prevailed with a vital win in race 10 against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli when they took the series 7 - 3 in Auckland to defend our beloved Auld Mug & win our 4th America's Cup crown overall (1st time that a non American syndicate that had won the America's Cup then retaining it twice but Team New Zealand's success of this years America's Cup (They followed it up from Bermuda in 2017) is like an ending of a good Hollywood movie which was truly a happy ending but I am so proud to be a Kiwi (Or should I say a New Zealander) because of the success of the America's Cup that we had this year) but I'll be doing a wrap of round 4 of this year's Super Rugby Aotearoa season as the Chiefs (Who had Bay Of Plenty player Kaleb Trask taking North Harbour man Bryn Gatland's place at first five for the Chiefs (Although Trask was even a better player than Gatland) as well as Chiefs player & Waikato man Luke Jacobson who won a turnover penalty at the breakdown (The Hurricanes got penalized for holding on (Not releasing ball) then scoring the winning try which proved to be the game changer/turning point in which Jacobson was the standout player of this match) came out of nowhere with an likely upset win against the Hurricanes (Who are now bottom of the table after 4 rounds) at Sky Stadium in Wellington (First rugby match to be held in New Zealand since the 10th & final race of the 36th America's Cup which took place 4 days ago) & snap an 11 game losing streak (1st win since last year & 1st under interim head coach Clayton McMillan) before the Crusaders remain unbeaten in the competition (They're 4 from 4 going into their bye next weekend), continuing their dominance against the Blues (By extending their winning streak against the Blues to 12 but the Crusaders winning streak against the Blues began was in the return fixture in Christchurch in 2014) at Eden Park in Auckland (And the 1st sporting event to be held in the Auckland area since Emirates Team New Zealand's triumph in the America's Cup in the city of sails of Tamaki Makaurau in Auckland which took place on St Patrick's Day).
And here is the list of round 5 matches being played in Super Rugby Aotearoa of 2021:
Highlanders Vs Hurricanes (Their most recent meeting was last year in which the Highlanders won at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin against the Hurricanes in round 10 in a match was played without spectators because of the corona virus but the last time the Hurricanes beat the Highlanders was in round 5 of last years Super Rugby Aotearoa season at Sky Stadium in Wellington)
& Chiefs Vs Blues (The last time both of these sides met was last year in which the Blues took top honors against the Chiefs at Eden Park in Auckland in round 7 but it's been 2 years since the Chiefs had last beaten the Blues & it was in round 9 of the 2019 Super Rugby season at FMG Stadium Waikato in a match that Damian McKenzie wrecked his chances of playing in the 2019 Rugby World Cup for the All Blacks in Japan due to a serious injury sustained during the match).
So that is my 407th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 27th of this year.
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