Well, I have now just broken the record for most number of blogs in a month with 15 but the Olympic Games in Tokyo is now officially underway (It was going to be held last year but due to the corona virus, it had to be moved to this year along with Euro 2020 (Won by Italy who had just beaten England on penalties in the final at Wembley Stadium in London to win their 1st European Football Championship title in 53 years) which took place last month & this month) & I didn't see the opening ceremony but news had just come in as the Trans-Tasman bubble is likely to close with 130+ confirmed number of corona virus cases in New South Wales according to the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Adern because now that Australia is in a worsening state of COVID-19.
And we had a great day yesterday that we had a Saturday roast dinner for our big lunch & had a great korero to our visitors especially Leon, Michelle, Brian, Christine & Carole who came here for our occasion at our place.
And finally there is some sports news related to the rugby such as Hawke's Bay retain the Ranfurly Shield against East Coast in a shield challenge at McLean Park in Napier followed by Tonga (Fresh off from losing to Samoa twice in the 2023 Rugby World Cup pacific qualifying tournament) who have just completely annihilated the Cooks Islands at Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe to advance through to the Asia-Pacific qualification playoff for Rugby World Cup 2023 but the main headlines is the British & Irish Lions knock over the World Champion Springbok side (Who had their 1st defeat in nearly 2 years since the opening pool B encounter against the All Blacks at the International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan during Rugby World Cup 2019 & were on a 7 game winning streak going into the match after thumping Georgia in a one off test at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria (Their 1st match since their triumph at the RWC against England in the final in Japan on the 2nd of November, 2019) in a close encounter (Including Owen Farrell's penalty goal before full time which proved to be the game changer/turning point in the match) in the 1st test of the test series at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town without any spectators due to the corona virus that has happened throughout South Africa.
So that is my 441st blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 41st of this year.
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