Well, welcome to 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 in the cricket news such as the Black Caps claim a stunning clean sweep over England 3 - 0 in the series for the first time since 1983 where we dominated the 1st ODI in Mount Maunganui by 8 wickets (English captain Harry 'Brooky' Brook was the standout player of the game as a result of his ton that he had during the 1st innings), then the 2nd & 3rd One Day Internationals in Hamilton & Wellington where we won by 5 & 2 wickets respectively with Blair Tickner (Who was called up to the squad to replace the injured Kyle Jamieson (Who is a bit of a lookalike of the New Zealand Formula One driver of Liam Lawson because he used to look like the younger version of the late Tony 'Greigy' Greig) picking up the standout player of the game award in the last 2 ODI's for his figures of 4 for 34 (2nd One Day International) & 4 for 64 with the ball as well as 18 not out with the bat (3rd ODI) while the standout player of the series went to Daryl Mitchell where he was not out in the first 2 One Day Internationals with an unbeaten 78 (1st ODI) & an unbeaten 56 (2nd One Day International).
And secondly in the league that the Kiwis (Our main talisman is Canberra's Joseph Tapine) are into the final of the Pacific Rugby League Championship against Samoa (Who has the Premiership winning Brisbane Broncos player of Payne Haas as its star talisman) at CommBank Stadium in Sydney after we just thrashed the Tongans 40 - 14 at Eden Park in Auckland a fortnight after beating the Samoans (Who would gone on to annihilate the Tongans 34 points to 6 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane in Haas's emotional homecoming, but I saw Samoan flags when me & Pops went to Trafalgar Square on the 8th of November as they show support of the Toa Samoa national rugby league team who are playing against New Zealand over across the ditch a day later) at Go Media Stadium also in Auckland.
And thirdly that Saturday will always be my day of going to town with Pops such as the River Traders Market that takes place every week on a Saturday (I go to the Burrow to purchase a regular croissant for morning tea to have), then Trafalgar Square where I also always go to EB Games (Where I've purchased an 8 MB PS2 memory card that I've got on the 1st of November at EB), then the Warehouse but I always buy a sushi at Ocggi Sushi for lunch & a pie for Sunday lunch at Woolworths such as a butter chicken one, as well as the Vinyl Room where I browse around for music stuff, & lastly I go to Cash Converters where I would buy a good old PlayStation 2 game to add to my retro gaming collection.
And finally onto the rugby related stuff that no side in history during the Super Rugby Pacific era that they had their second successful defence of the SRP Championship, even though with the Crusaders (Who were champions in the first 2 editions in 2022 & 2023 ala Team New Zealand in 1995 in San Diego, then 2000 on home soil in Auckland before renaming ourselves to Emirates Team New Zealand following our loyal defeat to Swiss syndicate Alinghi way back in 2003, 14 years before winning back the Auld Mug in Bermuda 2017, then we had our second successful defence in Auckland 2021 for that was blighted by the COVID pandemic, & finally at last, winning 3 times in a row (For that South Africa will attempt to do that in Australia 2027 that no side has ever won a 3rd straight men's Rugby World Cup (The closest was the All Blacks back in 2019 in which we fell short against England in the semifinal when the tourney was held in Japan) in which we successfully completed a hat-trick during modern day history in Barcelona, Spain) are seeking their 4th title during the current era (They would went on to regain the crown this year under Rob Penney who was reappointed (Also ala Sir 'Ted' Henry after the 2007 quarterfinal loss that the All Blacks bounced back to win the men's Rugby World Cup back in 2011, even though we lost our star talisman Dan Carter & his understudy Colin Slade through groin injuries which their tournament had been cruelly cut short) after an unsuccessful season last year which gone on in their rival of the Blues way (The Blues would lose in a semi to the dominant Crusaders side, but are they thinking vengeance? Well, the Blues are also seeking to regain the title next season that the Crusaders won in 2025, but the Bulls (Who currently compete in the United Rugby Championship) was the only side other than the Crusaders to regain a full Super Rugby crown, & it was way back in 2009 a year after the Crusaders did it also way back in 2008 (That was the year also after the Bulls first won Super 14 way back in 2007).
So that is my 642nd blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 66th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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