Well, & in other international rugby news such as Samoa have secured qualification to Rugby World Cup 2023 after taking victory against Tonga just before the All Blacks - Fiji clash in Hamilton then the 14 man Wallabies (Who had Wallaby winger Marika Koroibete red carded by New Zealand referee Ben O'Keeffe (Who what I thought should never ever referee a test match again, that is disgraceful...Because it was one of the most controversial decisions in the history of test rugby since Irish referee Alain Rolland sent Welsh captain Sam Warburton off under controversial circumstances for a tip tackle on French winger Vincent Clerc during the 2011 Rugby World Cup semifinal between Wales & France at Eden Park in Auckland) for a dangerous tackle on French skipper Anthony Jelonch (Who to I thought he was faking an injury by milking the penalty because he simulated like a football player (Unlike German Jurgen Klinsmann who took a dive to allow Pedro Monzon getting controversially sent off by the referee during the 1990 Football World Cup final at Rome in Italy) in the 4th minute during the test but I thought that Koroibete had not been sent off for foul play which was thought to be controversial (And there has been an update that Koroibete has not been suspended for causing a high tackle so he is free to play the All Blacks in the 1st Bledisloe Cup test after the judiciary founded him that he was cleared after getting sent off in the previous test which had been revoked & overturned) because there was no dangerous contact to the head & I was like when I reacted to Koroibete's red card offence: Awww come on! And the crowd was jeering when Koroibete got dismissed because they weren't even happy although Jelonch faked an injury but he was like getting shot by a sniper according to New Zealand born Wallaby coach Dave Rennie & I mean I label the red card by Koroibete as embarrassing & shameful & that didn't cost the Wallabies a fighting chance of winning the test series decider (And they managed to overcome the red card instead as a result) topple France in Brisbane (It was originally going to be held in Sydney, but the venue had to change due to the corona virus (Although COVID-19 can be easily mistaken by a cold with symptoms like a cough, runny nose or a sore throat. But if anyone sees if they contract or pick up the virus, they must quarantine them immediately) which has happened in the state of New South Wales) with a match winning penalty by Wallaby first five Noah Lolesio in the 78th minute (With only 2 minutes to spare which proved to be the game changer/turning point) to win the series decider by 3 points in the 3rd & final test & the British & Irish Lions return to winning ways after losing to South Africa A which fielded its test stars by beating the DHL Stormers in Cape Town in a Lions rugby tour match which was struck by the corona virus.
And in football news such as Argentina winning the Copa America title after 28 years by beating hosts Brazil in the final (It was held before the final of the Euros at Wembley in London in which Italy totally dominated on penalties against England) at the Maracana in Rio without any spectators with Lionel Messi finally ending his wait of achieving a title in international level after successfully dominating in club level (Unlike his good friend Neymar had won an Olympic gold medal before back in 2016 & Leo's main rival Cristiano Ronaldo had won a European Football Championship in the same year).
And finally that I have decided to take a self imposed break from blogging with the Olympics in Tokyo which is about to start this Friday with the scaled down version of the opening ceremony taking place.
So that is my 440th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 40th of this year.
P.S. Well, I love my Xbox One now since I have been playing Forza Motorsport 7 since April this year (It has been revealed before I owned the Xbox One that I wanted an Xbox One console because of the Forza Motorsport 7 game that I still got & loved it as of today) but I prefer the PS4 as my favourite gaming console ever since I own the majority of the games (There are 27 physical & 11 digital PS4 games that I own).
And finally that there is an interesting story that the only time the Springboks lost at Rugby World Cup 2019 was against the All Blacks (Who famously lost to England in the semifinal ending the All Blacks 8 year reign as the world champions in rugby union because 2019 wasn't that great & when we lost to the English, I wasn't overly impressed about it) before recovering to win all 6 matches (Including wins over Namibia, Italy & Canada in the pool games, previous hosts Japan in the quarterfinals (Including Tendai Mtawarira nearly got sent off as he was shown the yellow card by the referee for a lifting tackle on Japanese prop forward Keita Inagaki), Wales in the semifinal (With star first five Handre Pollard provided that clutch moment after Wales had given away a penalty with a match winning penalty goal that put them through to the final) & the AB's conquerors England (Who were favourites going into the final against the Springboks) in the final (Both wingers Makazole Mapimpi & Cheslin Kolbe were the Boks (Who had to lose both Bongi Mbonambi & Lood de Jager through injuries during the game as they were replaced by both Malcolm Marx & Franco Mostert respectively unlike in the Euro 2016 final that the Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo left the field with an injury during the 1st half of the final but somehow managed to win the Euros against hosts France with a goal scored by Eder during extra time just like Spaniard Andres Iniesta & German Mario Goetze did for their country of winning the Football World Cup in both 2010 & 2014) 1st try scorers of the final of the RWC in which South Africa dominated the match after Kyle Sinckler (Who had to be replaced by reserve prop forward Dan Cole who played for the remainder of the final for 77 or 78 minutes (And the English scrum after Sinckler went off were easily overpowered by the South African scrum a couple of times during the final in which I label the Springbok scrum as brutal) went off with a head knock in the 2nd or 3rd minute of the game after being accidentally elbowed by his English teammate Maro Itoje) which was a rematch of the 2007 final to win their 1st Rugby World Cup title since 2007 (And 3rd overall to add to their success in 1995) en route to world glory unlike at the 1999 RWC that it was against the United States that the only try the Wallabies had ever conceded/given away (Juan Grobler was the try scorer who dotted it down against Australia during the pool game) during the tournament.
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