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 that I was discussing Pops at the Cobb while we were having lunch about France being the most visited country in the world according to the 2006 FIFA World Cup PlayStation 2 game, along with Germany (Who was the host of the 2006 tournament, 4 years after Japan & Korea Republic co-hosted it back in 2002, & 4 years before South Africa hosted it also back in 2010) being having more websites than any other country (And back in 2003 that the nation has had most vehicle exports with 3.65 million passenger cars, compared to Japan which is 2nd best behind the Germans), & Italy being the largest consumers of bottled water as well.
And secondly that there is both concerning & terrifying news to all our All Whites fans, a few months out until the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup in North America that we're experiencing a star player injury crisis throughout the New Zealand camp as our skipper & all-time leading goal scorer for our country of Chris 'Woodsy' Wood is injured again since returning from knee surgery after a challenge from a Polish player of Jan Bednarek who had been shown the straight red for intentionally taking Wood out in a serious foul play incident during a Europa League game (In which the referee had referred it straight to the VAR for a probable send off offence, in which they made the decision to send Bednarek off meaning that Nottingham Forest's opponent were down to 10 players as a send off had left New Zealand captain in agony, while Wood (Who is another injury cloud following a tackle which resulted in a send off offence forced him off the field) carried on before being subbed off with a badly broken knee, even though Nottingham had the numerical advantage in that they won when they went through to the semi), but this could be big trouble for the All Whites, & our chances of a World Cup push (Our first game is either Iran (Who is still being invaded by the United States who decided to open the Strait of Hormuz when the fuel prices went down, until they closed it again meaning that it had been increased once more as I heard reports before from Dad on April 19th (And how hard is it to keep the Strait closed? Is it tough for them for petrol prices to remain expensive that way as long as the invasion keeps going (And they're not going to have a ceasefire to come up for a solution about it because that might take forever to end just like that dreadful invasion since 2022 will never be ending anytime, not even in 50 years, 100, or even the Reconquista war (For which the conflict was about the Christian kingdoms taking back from the totalitarian, oppressive rule from the Islamic kingdoms) that lasted from 722 AD, until 1492 according to the previous stories from my blogs (And I am on the same page right now) or the UAE (Even if the Iranians chose to pull out for US invading them, but they still have not confirmed it yet), at Los Angeles Stadium in Los Angeles, California) if Wood is ruled out of the tournament altogether which could be heartbreaking, but let's say that it isn't too serious meaning that he'll carefully manage his knee for the remainder of his life.
And thirdly that the Linkin Park song that is part of the alt rock & electronic rock genre, of 'Shadow of the Day' from back in 2007 (That single appeared on the Minutes to Midnight album that was released in the same year), exactly sounds like the highly successful 'With or Without You' song by Irish rockers U2 (Who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 2005 (And it was a quarter of a century since their debut album came out way back in 1980 called Boy with the hit song, 'I Will Follow'), their first year of eligibility as they honoured their 20 year career as one of their top rock acts also from way back in 1987 (Taken from the Joshua Tree album), due to a very similar beat structure to it because of these songs are reminiscent to each other, & they're like ballads to start with.
And lastly in Super Rugby Pacific such as the Blues return to winning ways against the Highlanders in a high scoring affair at Eden Park in Auckland, before the New South Wales Waratahs dispatched Moana Pasifika (Who announced that this season will be their last since it is disbanding them due to having not enough money to keep operating (Their head coach of Fa'alogo Tana Umaga is expected to join the AB's as the assistant coach for which he'll be the defensive co-ordinator) just like the Melbourne Rebels who just left the year before hence the reason why that next year's competition will be down to 10 teams, because odd numbered teams where a side will take a bye just like in the NRL for that has 17 teams (Make it 18 next year when the Perth Bears join the competition, then 19 the year after as the PNG franchise who is set to begin competing), while even numbered teams, well, they hardly take any byes as Pops alluded to me before) at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, then the Chiefs go to the top of the table following their win at extra time when Damian McKenzie was attempting a field goal, but it was charged meaning that Wallace Sititi who was onside took the catch, then scored it under the posts to secure a victory at golden point extra time against the Hurricanes who lose top spot at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton, as well as the Fijian Drua score an unlikely monumental upset win over the Brumbies to register their first win in Canberra since they joined the competition in 2022, & the Western Force secure a boil over victory over the Crusaders who go into the Super Round in Christchurch against the Tahs at the new Te Kaha Stadium off the back of a defeat at HBF Park in Perth.
And here are a list of matches being played during the Super Round at the brand spanking new, state of the art Te Kaha Stadium (Which will host all matches being staged during Super Round that is making a comeback after a 1 year hiatus when Melbourne once hosted it between 2022, & the year before where the last time was held before the Melbourne Rebels departed from the comp) with all but one team set to play in a single venue:
Crusaders Vs New South Wales Waratahs
Hurricanes Vs ACT Brumbies
Blues Vs Queensland Reds
Highlanders Vs Moana Pasifika
& Chiefs Vs Fijian Drua
Bye: Western Force
So that is my 708th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 60th of this year, viva Ukraine.
P.S. And a big shout-out to my half-bro of Jansi Jans who turns 23 today out here so I want to wish him all the best, & happy birthday to him as well so badly, cheers (And we are having a birthday lunch at Stellar restaurant here in Whanganui, goodness me, how about that!).
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