Well, hi everybody, this is Whet here on my Kiwiavenger blog that I'm always tuning into, but first, a year has been passed since the Springboks (Who currently have an 100%, unblemished record every time they appear in a final of rugby's global showpiece event undefeated with 4 wins out of 4, therefore becoming the most successful rugby playing nation in the world with a record 4 Rugby World Cups to their name (They first did it in 1995, then 2007, as well as 2019 in which they returned to power, & last year where they remained in power when the ref blew the final whistle of a rugby game which is like a chequered flag being waved at a motor racing event to signal the end of the race (But a yellow card in football & rugby is like a black & white flag in motor racing which indicates an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty whether it's timed, drive through or stop & go, while a red card is like a black flag in motor racing which signals a driver getting disqualified during the race), & they just become the 2nd side to defend the William Webb Ellis cup after New Zealand in 2015 (And their 3 main tactics of winning games for the Boks include the rolling maul (Which is their number 1 main skill employed in the game) as well as the kicking game, especially in the box kicking aerial bombardment department & the utilization of the bomb/nuke squad that close out matches, even players who are in the starting lineup begin to fall out in favour by bringing on a bench player early in the match) became champions of the world in the sport of rugby, again...in the aftermath of a victory by a single point (In which South Africa (Who last year became one of the oldest & most experienced squads to have ever won a Rugby World Cup, including players like Eben Etzebeth (Who has now taken over from Vic Matfield as the most capped Springbok player of all time) for example) became the first side to win all of their knockout games, by 1 point or less (First it was hosts at the time of France in the quarters, then England in the semis & the All Blacks in the final) against the AB's last year whose quest of regaining the Rugby World Cup had been derailed by a red card (And it wasn't a straight red, but it was a card under review being sent by the TMO bunker) by the captain at the time of Sam Cane for a high contact which was above the sternum on South African centre Jesse Kriel therefore costing our story dubbed as the scars of '23 (And there were 3 yellow cards had been handed out during the final against one All Black of Shannon Frizell for an illegal croc roll on Bongi Mbonambi as he deliberately damaged one of the Springbok hookers knees therefore injuring him in the process, then both Springboks of captain Siya Kolisi & Cheslin Kolbe respectively for dangerous high tackles on opposition players), compared to & inspired by the events of 1995 where South Africa won against New Zealand as the South Africans thwarted us of our aspirations of regaining the RWC due to our frontline players like the late Jonah Lomu (Who was rugby's biggest star during his generation from the mid 90s to the early noughties (2000s) period before Frenchman Antoine Dupont took over from him since the 2020s decade during our generation), Jeff Wilson & Josh Kronfeld had been dealt with food poisoning with captain at the time of Sean Fitzpatrick (Affectually known as Fitzy), & the Brooke brothers of both Robin (AKA Rob) & Zinzan (Zinny) being the notable exceptions, which united the host country under their leadership of the late great Nelson Mandela who was president of South Africa at the time (That's according to the blogs that I previously did) following Joel Stransky's drop goal at extra time, won them the final by allowing Francois Pienaar (One of 3 Springbok skippers to lift the famous William Webb Ellis trophy along with John Smit in 2007 then Kolisi not once but twice in both 2019 & last year) to collect the trophy from his great mate Mandela (Who was released from a prison in Robben Island way, way back in 1990, 4 years before becoming president of South Africa for which he served for 5 years until 1999 where Thabo Mbeki took over from him) in one of South Africa's most iconic sporting moments, then in late September that they've won the Rugby Championship this year for the first time since 2019 as they defeated Argentina in the decider during the last round of the Southern Hemisphere championship tournament at Nelspruit as they provided a bit of Mbombela magic, but there has been an update in the women's rugby as the Black Ferns led by Ruahei Demant & Kennedy Tukuafu got back to winning ways by getting the job done for their first victory against France at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the last round of WXV1 since 2022 during the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup in the semi, therefore snapping a 3 game losing streak which stretches back from the pre-WXV 1 test against England at Allianz Stadium London, then Ireland (Who is drawn in Pool C along with the Black Ferns in next year's Women's Rugby World Cup tournament, but if we lose to the Irish, it'll be the Red Roses England in the semi when the tournament is expanded to 16 teams) in the opening WXV 1 test in Vancouver in a historic upset of the ages & the England Red Roses (Dubbed as the Springboks of women's rugby who would later gone on to retain the prestigious WXV 1 championship following a comeback win against the defending Pac 4 champions Canada in the decider, & cement their status as the favourites to lift next year's Women's Rugby World Cup trophy on their home patch) again during the penultimate round of the competition just like in the London women's test.
And I have revealed about me being a relative to Norah who is my first cousin once removed according to the comment that I did to Pops on the 12th of October about my cousin Paige Ahearn's daughter for which I'll still be having the chance to both my first cousin & potentially my bestie of Paige (For which is my most likely person to have a selfie or have lunch or dinner with, along with one of my old besties Cathey) & Norah + my biological aunty Cathey Middelplaats (+ my number 2 bestie) when me & Pops go to the Windy City of Welly in Wellington in January next year (And it'll have to be from Friday to Monday, except the days of having the Graze Out meals every Tuesday to Thursday, but Pops will get the 2025 diary in early December this year & write down the dates that he is arranging for us) for my first holiday with Pops in which I am looking forward to since the infamous trip to the Northland province (Better known as the winter less North for which I'll be going again with both Carole & Pops in possibly 2027, a year after our 2nd Wellington trip in late next year/January 2026 for which I'll be going with Pops, Aunty Tan & Rejean) late last year in December (Just before Aunty Tan & Rejean touched down to our country to stay at our place as well as tiding up our home, even before they left in late January this year for which me & Pops have not seen both of them since, but I was reminiscing about me, Carole & Pops going to an Indian restaurant over in Kerikeri in Northland where I literally enjoyed except for me where my shirt did get curry stains on my sleeve, then in all of a sudden a year later this year that me & Pops went to Burger King to have dinner there where I always had a double whopper with cheese with large fries & a bottle of water because that was our last time me & Pops go out for a meal before Christmas this year) that we went with Carole where we saw Kathryn (Who I have not seen her since May this year when our Ngapo whanau clan turned up at Momiji for dinner including my half bro & Hollie-Rae Mete's half cousin Jans (Who needs to find another career after dealing with persistent back issues whilst doing his fencing job) & Ken & their dogs of Daisy & Yodi as well as the married couple/husband & wife duo of Andy & Kelsey (Who are both in Italy to attend a wedding of Zaki & his wife's daughter of Areje (Sister of Yasser & aunty of Kace) & her Aussie fiance) & their dog of Millie that I always enjoyed literally (+ there was Gail & Richard in due course).
And onto the gaming stuff that I finally pre-ordered a PS5 Pro which is due to come out on the 7th of November this year at EB to go with the PS5 disc drive that I got from the Warehouse for it (And the PS5 Pro didn't feature the disc drive so I wanted to get my hands on a disc drive that's all I'm saying) because not only I traded in my PS4 Pro that I've had for 5 years & my Xbox One S for 3 years that I've also had & I had to use my passport to an employee to show some ID/identification to complete that pre-order, but I have also revealed about my gaming related story that the PS5 version of Gran Turismo 7 (I've got the PS4 version that I used to play, but I still play the PS5 version now that was released in 2022 (Originally 2020 then 1 year later in 2021, but got pushed back to March 2022 due to delays regarding to the COVID pandemic) is by far, my fave video game that I have ever played along with the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV (It was released in 2008 (Originally in 2007, but had to be delayed to a year later) via backwards compatiblity on the Xbox Series X console that I've still got which is my 2nd fave (And I used to play that PS3 version during the early to mid 2010s decade when I once had that console before switiching it to the PS4, but the GTA IV game like I said that Dad said to me is an oldie but goodie) just like Dad whose fave video game that he ever played was the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on the original Playstation (I've got Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (A remaster of the first 2 THPS games that was originally released in both 1999 & 2000 respectively) on both the PS4 & PS5 versions of the game which came out in 2020 (PS4) & a year later in 2021 (PS5), then Rugby League Live 4 on the PS4 which came out in 2017 ranks his number 2 fave that he has ever played.
And finally in America's Cup related news such as our defenders of Emirates Team New Zealand (AKA the All Blacks on water) has taken out the first 2 races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup against Ben Ainslie, Dylan Fletcher & co of the British challenger INEOS Britannia (The Louis Vuitton Cup champions who weren't so competitive compared to Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in 2021, & now we are 4 wins away of our rentention of the Auld Mug for the 3rd time in a row (No foreign syndicate has ever done that before in history) in their first America's Cup involvement for Great Britain since 1964 (In which their boat Sovereign were on the losing side 4 times as they fell short against a heavily favoured American boat called Constellation) there in Barcelona, Spain (Which is a European Football Championship winning country as of today, but there was hostility between locals & tourists in which the locals actually think that the tourists shouldn't belong there for the duration of sport's oldest competition mainly due to political tensions whether they were in favour against hosting a pinnacle sailing event) during day 1, including the first race in which New Zealand had drawn first blood comprehensively in which we managed to outperform Great Britain (Who had some battery supply issues prior to the start) & outnumber them for the entire race, then dominating the 2nd for which I thought was a close one where the Brits became competitive as they made their gains towards us, but in the end, it wasn't good enough to draw level in order to keep up against Peter Burling & Nathan Outteridge's boys in black & red (And there has been an update as we go 4 - 0 ahead of the Brits during the latest race of the Auld Mug).
So that is my 574th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 50th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
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