Well, hey, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first, Super Rugby Pacific news just in as the Crusaders become the first team to advance through to the final for the first time since 2023 after their dominant win during the 1st semi against defending champion the Blues (Who took an early advantage when the Crusaders were 14 - 0 down, before going on to make a successful points chase to tie the game at 14 - 14 before taking over & maintaining the lead until the conclusion of the semifinal) whose SRP title reign has come to an end (And the Blues reign as Super Rugby Pacific champions is over as there will be a new champion to be crowned on June 21st), a night before the Chiefs provided a bit of magic in the 2nd semi against Australia's best of the Brumbies whose season is over (And the Aussie teams have a poor Super Rugby playoff record against the Kiwi teams who have a 100% record against teams from Australia on NZ soil meaning that they never won against them) thanks to an all-round performance from their star 10 of Damian McKenzie who had a blinder of a game that propels them into their 3rd consecutive final for which the semi against the Brumbies is the game that made Damian McKenzie (Compared to the Hurricanes-Chiefs game last year is the game that made Wallace Sititi, & also the Hurricanes-Chiefs match from this year that made Bailyn Sullivan), including that try saving tackle made on Tom Wright was by far, one of the greatest try-saving tackles of all-time in a game of rugby, maybe the rugby play of the year candidate that will stand out the most, to be honest (And there was a double to Corey Toole of the Brumbies, just like Emoni Narawa did when he scored 2 tries for the Chiefs (Who'll head to Christchurch to take on the Crusaders who'll put their undefeated finals streak at home on the line, but Apollo Projects Stadium has announced a crack down on cowbells being brought onto the stadium for the Super Rugby Pacific final due on the 21st of June (A day after Matariki) at the request of Crusaders CEO of Colin Mainsbridge for which I label as a political move according to the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper sports article that I saw on the 19th of June in which they are suggesting a virtual cowbell being available to it, but that's not the case).
So it's the Crusaders to play the Chiefs in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific final at Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday local time to decide who will become the new Super Rugby Pacific champions (Well, who is it going to be? Whether it's the Crusaders to Crusade on for an unlucky 13th full title (And their first since 2023 in order to break the shackles, & turn it around of pulling off something special to complete the greatest sporting comeback in history as they return to the final after 2 years in which they were absent last year when they failed to qualify for the playoffs, but they put their undefeated finals streak at 31 & 0 on the line as well as the championship with a new champion to be crowned on the 21st of June following the Blues semifinal exit on June the 13th this year), or will it be Chiefs mana just like in 2012-13? We'll see) for which is a rematch of the 2023 final for which was the strangest final ever due to appalling refereeing decisions from Ben O'Keefe that let the Chiefs down, especially their discipline since the fog final way back in 2006 that had gone in the way of the Crusaders, but will it be the Crusaders captain of David 'Davey Dave' Havili, or Chiefs captain Luke Jacobson to become the SRP winning captain to lift the Super Rugby Pacific trophy?
And secondly that the gameplay animations of the Rugby 25 video game like fends, bump offs, side steps, tries, injuries, penalties, kicks, passes, conversions, penalty goals, drop goals, offloads & intercepts, is very similar to Rugby League Live 4 except that it has rucks, mauls, lineouts & rugby style scrums have brought into play to replace the play the ball & league style scrums (There is a goal line dropout in both codes (In rugby there is a 22 metre dropout) & in league there is a 40/20, compared to rugby having a 50/22 there, but if the ball is kicked into touch in league, it restarts with a scrum while in rugby that it's a lineout if the ball is kicked into touch, & if they go for the corner in league to kick the ball out after a penalty had been awarded, it's a tap & go restart while in rugby that also after a penalty is taken is if they go for the corner in order for the ball to kick into touch like going for the jugular for example, play is restarted with a lineout, but Pops still doesn't follow league because it is always stop-start while rugby has like rucks & mauls (In which league does not have) to contend with so he is in love with that sport he always follows (In league, they have a V shape design in their jerseys, whilst in rugby that they never have one in their team uniforms), but Dad hasn't played that Rugby 25 game since the recent updates had been rolled out, even though the rugby game that came out in February this year has been ruined with bugs & glitches when playing online (And the Rugby League Live 4 game (Which does not have the updated laws such as a set restart (AKA six again) that Dad always plays has less emphasis of getting buggy & glitchy that they did not have compared to Rugby 25 (Which is considered the worst rugby simulation compared to Jonah Lomu Rugby (Which was officially endorsed by the late great All Black, Jonah Lomu) which was the greatest rugby video game of all time that came out in the late 90's of 1997 mainly because mainly it was flattering, then there was another decent one of Rugby 08 which was considered to be the last EA Sports rugby computer game, but no other rugby sims could even emulate the success of both Jonah Lomu Rugby & Rugby 08 in mind, but I managed to use a new secret tactic such as the box kicking system that I employ instead of kicking the ball into touch which causes the game to crash on the PS4 version only, along with my main secret tactic that I have always fond of which is winding down the clock before the referee's call of use it).
And thirdly that I did not know that both Cathey (Little Norah's grandmother) & Paige (Norah's mum) have Instagram accounts so Cathey has at least 30 followers compared to Paige who has 3,000 followers (But like I said before that I'm vowing never to go on social media again because I fear I might be abusive towards anyone for which is prohibited under the loophole legislation type of thing regarding to guidelines on social media (And that no abuse/foul language loophole on social media is killing me, even if I return but I can't now because of my fear), & I must avoid that if I do (Just like Pops who always has his Facebook account since the late Nan passed away back in 2016 on January the 6th, & the reason why? Is that he would be able to reconnect his old students from the past & he still got his cellphone that he always has since 2020, & likes to look at it daily), but I can't now because of my fears just like that I hate corn so much because of the taste, but I never experienced on a long haul flight before (And I don't know if it's just me but, I can't understand why I'm having such a fear like social media for example (And hell I mean, this is damn crazy! But I mean, literally).
And finally that I didn't know I am a pie eater when I experienced that I had a Dad bod, but I'm not a father anyway (And I promise not to date any girl here in my country of New Zealand because of my objections that I want to remain single until I pass away (And if I do, I fear I might have a bad relationship) because of me still living with Pops, & also I was alluding to Pops on the 17th of April during our dinner with him & Carole at Japanese Takeaway Momiji that I usually do not have a drinking problem, mainly because of me always having zero Heineken all the time in the world.
So that is my 615th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 39th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
P.S. And the whole of India is in deep mourning as a dreadful but shocking fatal plane accident situation took place when the airline just took off right from their eyes from Ahmedabad in the Gujarat region in India whilst on their way to Gatwick Airport (The least busiest in London compared to the always busy Heathrow Airport) in London, UK that took the lives of all including the pilots, passengers (There was a lottery winner who was thrilled before his life was shattered by tragedy, so too are the families returning from a wedding, & a student who ate lunch, but there was an Indian couple who used to live there in Mount Roskill in Auckland here in our country of New Zealand from 2016 until 2021 when their visa's had been expired) & crew but one passenger managed to survive the plane wreck, so all thoughts, prayers & heartfelt condolences go to the victims & their loved ones involved in a tragic plane crash, RIP (Rest in Peace/Rest in Pieces), but there was one Aussie cricketer of David Warner who vowed never to go on an Air India plane ever again following a tragedy like that, although Warner is trying to follow the footsteps of both ex-cricketers of Pakistani Imran Khan, Bangladeshi Mashrafe Mortaza, former Aussie rugby player of Zimbabwean born David Pocock, then ex-New Zealand Olympic rowing champion who is now the current mayor of Mount Maunganui of Mahe Drysdale, as well as a former female American IndyCar & NASCAR racer Danica Patrick (Wife of Ricky Stenhouse Jr who seems to be a supporter of that greedy leader) & ex-Aussie league player of Glenn Lazarus as one of the sports stars entering politics.
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