Well, what's up guys & girls, welcome to Kiwiavenger, but first we have revealed the name of Dame Lisa Carrington's main challenger seeking to end her reign at the Paris Olympics, which is in the form of fellow New Zealander Aimee Fisher who beat Carrington at the world trials in the last regatta prior to the events of the Olympics being taken place, although with Fisher who is gunning to cement one of the rising stars of New Zealand canoeing if she wins gold in Paris.
And the 1st phase of the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs is set, which is the quarterfinal stages first after the end of the regular season that they had (The Crusaders in the end didn't make it, meaning that they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2015 after being so successful for the last 6 years from 2017 until last year but hey, a new Super Rugby champion will be crowned for the 1st time since 2016 in which the Hurricanes last won a full Super Rugby championship (And before that, it was the Blues in 2021 during the one-off Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition in which they became the last side to win a title other than the Crusaders who were so invincible since 2017) before the Crusaders dominance began by winning all but one championship that they won, but they had a dismal season this year which was considered the worst even though the die hard Crusaders faithful want their coach Rob Penney (The one who replaced All Blacks bound coach Scott Robertson from this year) out following another win against Moana Pasifika a week after beating the Blues (Who had their player Stephen Perofeta yellow carded for a intentional knock-on (For which attempted intercepts does count as foul play meaning that the player who illegally attempts an intercept should spend 10 minutes in the bin) which cost the Blues the game, similar to James Lowe of Leinster who got sin binned, therefore costing the Irish club's chance of Investec Champions Cup glory against the most successful European rugby club of France's Stade Tolousain (The Crusaders of European rugby according to the previous blogs that I did) led by the now best rugby player in the world during modern times of Antoine Dupont in which the trend of the roses in red have dominated the rugby show against the violets in blue (And last year during the NZ general elections that the violets in blue have stole the show against the roses in red when National (Which is the right wing Conservative political party here in NZ compared to Labour which is the left wing Liberal political party) had a successful campaign when Christopher Luxon was overwhemingly dominant against Labour's Chris Hipkins for the role of becoming the new Prime Minister of our country which is back under National rule for the first time since 2017 in which Bill English lost the election against Jacinda Ardern (Who resigned last year as she was not seeking re-election by allowing Hipkins to take over the top job in the country before suffering a defeat in the hands of Luxon during the election) for the leadership of our nation), so here's the confirmed matchups which is about to take place:
Chiefs Vs Reds: FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton (The last time both of these sides had met in Super Rugby Pacific was round 3 back in March with the Reds securing a 6 point win over the Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane)
Hurricanes Vs Rebels: Sky Stadium, Wellington (Their most recent meeting in Super Rugby Pacific was in round 5 also back in March where the Hurricanes thrashed them at the Central Energy Trust Arena in Palmerston North in the Manawatu region that I've been with Dad & Raewyn in late September last year)
Blues Vs Fijian Drua: Eden Park, Auckland (The last time they clashed in Super Rugby Pacific was in the very opening round in round 1 where Zarn Sullivan had got a double to get their Super Rugby Pacific campaign off to a winning start as they secured a bonus point win at Semenoff Stadium in Whangarei in the Northland region that I've been late last year with Pops & Carole)
& Brumbies Vs Highlanders: GIO Stadium Canberra, Canberra (And their last meeting between the 2 sides in Super Rugby Pacific was in round 4 in which the Brumbies won the game in a close affair at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin)
And the latest on the former US President Donald Trump as he is guilty of multiple indictments (In which he was having his best day since he got COVID-19 which was during the pandemic), including the 26 serious felony crimes that he committed according from the comment from Carole on the 2nd of June at Cactus Creme Cafe but they're still awaiting a decision whether he should be sentenced for 26 charges that he had (And the war between Hamas & Israel might end if Trump (Who is in fact a bad role model that he's currently having, & I had no idea specifically what's going on with him at the moment) is elected by making a successful comeback of potentially returning to the White House, but the reason why Trump won the 2016 US general election was his supporters who were backing him to win the presidency, 4 years before losing the election to the current US President Joe Biden (Well, let's say that he's in according to the comment from Pops (Who is a Liberal & left wing type of person like me who I'm an anti-Trump as well as a pro-Biden type of person) 2 months ago in June if he is re-elected in 3 months time according to the news topic that we saw together on CNN) in 2020 which was marred by the global pandemic & the racially motivated murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin & now, Trump's quest of returning to the presidency have taken a hit if he gets sent behind bars for the senseless crimes that he committed, but he can still be president if he's incarcerated like that).
And finally me, Pops & Carole went to that incredible restaurant which is called the Villa Cafe for dinner on the last day of May where I had a pasta dish there along with the chocolate mousse cake for dessert, but 2 days later, us 3 turned up at Cactus Creme Cafe for brunch where I had a big breakfast with homemade baked beans then moccachino for a drink afterwards to end an incredible day it was (And I wish I had the French Toast next time I go to that cafe).
So that is my 553rd blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 29th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
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