Saturday, 22 August 2026

Working for the Weekend: My 64th Blog of the year 2026

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 rugby that the Black Ferns win the game by 35 points against Australia in which our 100% winning record against them, remains intact as our women claim the Pacific Four Series championship again, & retain the Laurie O'Reilly Cup that we since been held for so long according to the newspaper report that I saw on Whanganui Chronicle on April 26th (That is during ANZAC observed holiday).

And secondly that there is an Egyptian footballer (Soccer player) playing for Man City (Who is trailing behind league leaders Arsenal who had a blinder of a game, after a 1 - 0 win over Newcastle United in the latest Premier League match to cement or I should say, solidify their chance of becoming the champions of English top flight league, since 2003/04 that was during the 'Invincibles' era under Arsene Wenger & Thierry Henry), & it is Omar Marmoush (A teammate of young Dutchman Tijjani Reijnders, & Norwegian player Erling Haaland who was a bench player during his club's 2 - 1 win over Southampton, & is a teammate of Martin Odegaard who is the Norweigan captain also in international level who plays for the top of the table Arsenal FC which features the likes of Frenchman William Saliba) who is a teammate of the most famous football (Soccer) player in international level of Liverpool's Mohamed Salah who plays against Marmoush (Who could feature for Egypt in this year's Football (Soccer) men's World Cup) in club level.

And thirdly in the gaming that I had a brilliant gaming session on the 28th of April (Same day that I had a medium rare Scotch fillet with mushroom sauce, fries & salad at the St John's Club Elms Restaurant along with duo of ice cream for dessert, while for drinks that I had both water & an alcohol free Steinlager beer) as I played Gran Turismo 7 twice on the PS5 via remote play where I used the 8.5 version since the 9.0 version wasn't working when it crashed/froze after a minute, then GTA IV on Xbox 360 via backwards compatibility on the Xbox Series X along with Star Wars Battlefront II (I played the Classic Collection version on the PS4 via PS5 Pro console), as well as Project Motor Racing also on the PS5, & V8 Supercars 3 on the PlayStation 2 to round out an incredible day that was.

And lastly in the league that the Warriors are on a 3 match winning streak (First the Storm in Melbourne, then the Titans in Auckland) following an incredible close win on ANZAC day against the Dolphins at Hnry Stadium in Wellington (And Dad as well as Raewyn went to that game to finally see them win after Dad attended the game between the Dragons, & the Warriors in Wollongong, Australia the year before for that really was a losing effort (While his only All Black test that he watched was back in 2018 (2 years after my one & only All Blacks live test was in 2016 against Wales in which we won that when I went with both Pops & John) in Wellington against South Africa in which we fell short, a year before the Springboks would gone on to win the men's Rugby World Cup in Japan also back in 2019) with both Warriors players who will be chasing their future legendary status such as Demetric Vaimauga & Leka Halasima (And there was an amazing try scored by Taine Tuaupiki, but there was a yellow card dished out against one of the Dolphins players of Thomas Flegler for a tackle off the ball on Ali Leiataua for which had been under review as Flegler is expected to face the judiciary), & our next game will be the Eels (That features key players including Aussie Mitchell Moses & Samoan Junior Paulo) at CommBank Stadium in Paramatta, even though we're still 2nd on the table behind Brian To'o & Nathan Cleary's Panthers who remain on top of the standings going into the next round.

So that is my 712th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 64th of this year, viva Ukraine.

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