The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

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Welcome to the virtual rugby pub - a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the Tommy Bowe photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?



Previous pub: https://www.606v2.com/t11223p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub#366751

That would go down a treat, Asbo. I had to make do with <weetabix> this morning.

Watching some ITM Cup. Counties Manukau are beating North Harbour 32-27. These are two of the weaker sides in New Zealand yet this game is still drenched with talent. No wonder New Zealand is the strongest rugby nation in the world.

mormans



late againin


http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport?mobile-redirect=false
http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/rugby

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=80
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union

And as requested on a Wednesday by rava

http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/

Didn't know David Gannon had signed with Leinster.

MBTGOG wrote:Didn't know David Gannon had signed with Leinster.

Yup, released by Exe - precautionary cover during the RWC, I guess?

Location: Devon, London or Amsterdam - depending on day of the week



Well well aren't we mister international jet setter

I can't understand how Iestyn Thomas hasn't been called up to the Wales squad yet. Jenks isn't going to be fit for even Wales' first group match, he's had no game time this year...why take him? Baffling.

Oh, and morning all

hughie1986 wrote:
Location: Devon, London or Amsterdam - depending on day of the week



Well well aren't we mister international jet setter

No, we're mister i'm-tired-of-all-this-feicing-travelling!

Hullo all, Asbo you anxious about weekends games

Morning all, make mine an Asbo special too &

Lost by 3 goals at netball last night (we were 10 down at half-time), and to add insult to injury 3 players on the other team play for my old Thursday team (I've managed to get the old team together to play Thursdays next season at least).

Reading back, LDCP, the NZ Super Rugby franchises were originally set up as regional groupings of NPC provinces. However there was always a provision for a player not wanted by his "home" franchise to be drafted by another one. Later the rules were changed so a player had the choice to stay with his adopted franchise the following season, even if he'd done well enough for the original one to come calling.

More recently, player selection has been disconnected from home province, and the Super XV franchises contract players directly (though they're only allowed to have 28 players contracted at a time). Players not contracted by any Super team can then be contracted to "wider training squads" as injury cover.

The franchises still pay dividends to their constituent provincial unions, proportional to the number of registered players in each province (so for example if the Crusaders had actually made a profit this year Canterbury would have received the lion's share of the payout, with Tasman, South Canterbury and Mid-Canterbury getting smaller dividends and Buller and West Coast getting less again).

Morning all,my brother getting his results soon so fingers crossed he gets what he wants!

Dreamer, all I'll say is that there's no justifying his exclusion on a rugby-playing level.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:
Location: Devon, London or Amsterdam - depending on day of the week



Well well aren't we mister international jet setter

No, we're mister i'm-tired-of-all-this-feicing-travelling!

Move back to London so buddy



Stag I am, think about it right, the French side were playing at home this weekend would not be what you'd call the first team (however full of quality it may be) and from what I read this morning on the papers is that we are going to be naming a full first 15 (which will include 1F on the bench). No if we don't beat them I'm going to get very worried

Lucky, aye I'm with you on that, but if he calls up Yapp instead....

Thomond wrote:Morning all,my brother getting his results soon so fingers crossed he gets what he wants!

My eldest gets hers tomorrow (or rather, I do, 'cos I'm going to pick them up! )

If he does that it would be a simple case of a worse player being selected over a better one.

hughie1986 wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:
Location: Devon, London or Amsterdam - depending on day of the week



Well well aren't we mister international jet setter

No, we're mister i'm-tired-of-all-this-feicing-travelling!

Move back to London so buddy



Stag I am, think about it right, the French side were playing at home this weekend would not be what you'd call the first team (however full of quality it may be) and from what I read this morning on the papers is that we are going to be naming a full first 15 (which will include 1F on the bench). No if we don't beat them I'm going to get very worried

Fair play, a third whupping in a row would be cause for concern alright

indeed Lucky, and we've never seen Gats do that before....


Good luck to all those who have family members getting exam results today, hope it all goes well for them

red_stag wrote:Hullo all, Asbo you anxious about weekends games

V nervous about my potential forfeits, less so about the results tho!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

red_stag wrote:Hullo all, Asbo you anxious about weekends games

V nervous about my potential forfeits, less so about the results tho!

Thats what I meant

Is there going to be a 606v2 Aviva Premiership sportguru competition? It's available to set up, presumably the Rabo one will follow shortly?

I say so AS, we could get a prize of Gloucester possibly,although who would want one?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:
Location: Devon, London or Amsterdam - depending on day of the week



Well well aren't we mister international jet setter

No, we're mister i'm-tired-of-all-this-feicing-travelling!

Move back to London so buddy



Stag I am, think about it right, the French side were playing at home this weekend would not be what you'd call the first team (however full of quality it may be) and from what I read this morning on the papers is that we are going to be naming a full first 15 (which will include 1F on the bench). No if we don't beat them I'm going to get very worried

Fair play, a third whupping in a row would be cause for concern alright

Aye it would, however loosing to Italy would be worse

Nah, we're playing our 4th team against them

Scotland have a 4th team?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Is there going to be a 606v2 Aviva Premiership sportguru competition? It's available to set up, presumably the Rabo one will follow shortly?

Cheers for the heads up, I'll have a pool set up shortly.

Wil you give off Asbo. Barclay, Parks, Morrison, Danielli, Hines, Kellock, Evans - yup 4th choice alright.

Scotland to win by AT LEAST 5 Ireland to beat France too.

Saw this;

http://www.rugby365.com/news/2772601.htm

Made I laugh.

if jenks isn't fit then surely the props will be jones, james, mitchell, bevington and me seeing as I can cover Matthew Rees' injury too...devastating affect I'd have on the S.A front row!!

There's a thread outside Notch, your second line reminded me of something in a TV show. "Family love Michael" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPiE-HDStw

"Take a look at banner Michael!"

I love how Gob loses his ability to form coherent sentences when he gets excited!

AP Sportsguru comp set up:
https://www.606v2.com/t11791-aviva-premiership-prediction-game#375599

Notch wrote:"Take a look at banner Michael!"

I love how Gob loses his ability to form coherent sentences when he gets excited!

Wha, wha wha like the guy in the $3,600 pair of slacks is going to hold the door for the guy who doesn’t make that in a month?!
COME ON!

The bro got enough for what he wanted,so chuffed for him!

That’s class Thomond.
Now give him the big brother talk and the leaving cert night survival pack (5 ciggies, a tenner and a condom – it can get you out of any situation!) and send him on his way with a bag of cans!

I remember getting my results. 260. Pretty shoddy by all accounts, but I only needed 25 to do Engineering, so in a way it was incredible.

excellent news, congrats to him Thom!

Ken Bruce, never EVER ramble on over "it's my life" by Talk Talk again!

He got an A1 in English too. Kado,he is heading out to Santa Ponca in a few days so we've talked about things like that.

Congrats to him from me too Thom


Wiremu, a New Zealander, was on the dole in Australia but about to fly home to watch the Rugby World Cup and was not feeling well,

So he decided to see a doctor.

"Hey doc, I dun't feel so good, ey" said Wiremu.

The doctor gave him a thorough examination and informed Wiremu that he had long existing and advanced prostate problems and that the only cure was testicular removal.

"No way doc" replied Wiremu "I'm gitting a sicond opinion ey!"

The second Aussie doctor gave Wiremu the same diagnosis and also advised him that testicular removal was the only cure. Not
surprisingly, Wiremu refused the treatment.

Wiremu was devastated, but with the Rugby World Cup just around the corner he found an expat Kiwi doctor and decided to get one
last opinion from someone he could trust.

The Kiwi doctor examined him and said: "Wiremu Cuzzy Bro, you huv Prostate suckness ey."

"What's the cure thin doc ?" asked Wiremu hoping for a different answer.

"Wull, Wiremu", said the Kiwi doctor "Wi're gonna huv to cut off your balls."

"Phew, thunk god for thut!" said Wiremu, "those Aussie bar stewards wanted to take my test tuckets off me!"

Thomond,

Where's he going to college? Will he stay in Cork?

Mick,

25 points for the course?

Ha Kiwi, that’s classic! And as soon as I can do a kiwi accent justice, I’m telling that joke!

MBTGOG – yep, it was on the CAO as “aqa” (all qualified applicants) which meant you just needed to pass your LC (5 d’s in pass subjects = 25 points).
AQA just means that there were enough places for everyone who applied though, it didn’t mean it was easy, 100 people out of 140 didn’t come back for second year.

Munsty,his top choice is UCC and he got more than enough for the course he wanted so I imagine he is going to stay in Cork.

Well done little Thomond.

Morning all.

Bikkies, not wanting to "dis" your course but surely there is a problem somewhere if 70% drop out after a year no?

Dropout rate is high though in some instances. We had almost a 50% drop out rate in my course by graduation.

Thomond wrote:The bro got enough for what he wanted,so chuffed for him!

Bore Da pawb - please



Really enjoyed myself at Dave Parade. Good to spend some time chatting with Lucky as really didn't get much chance at the BIG meet for the HEC Final. Was nice to see the 'Big Lump' too. I'd forgotten how diffucult it is, sometimes, to see all the action from a terrace (as opposed to pitch side at a parks ground that the Sarries play on), good atmosphere though

Mickado wrote:Ha Kiwi, that’s classic! And as soon as I can do a kiwi accent justice, I’m telling that joke!

MBTGOG – yep, it was on the CAO as “aqa” (all qualified applicants) which meant you just needed to pass your LC (5 d’s in pass subjects = 25 points).
AQA just means that there were enough places for everyone who applied though, it didn’t mean it was easy, 100 people out of 140 didn’t come back for second year.

I don't doubt that in the slightest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLwu72j5-10

Highlights from Fiji-Tonga at the weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFo05FmLKmI&feature=related

Highlights from Italy and Japan from the weekend.

Fair play to the bro T, not sure I know anyone getting results today

That's because you're old Hughie. Hanging it with Asbo like