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 Lionel Nallet photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

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

That's good then (the injury not being career ending). I'd like to see him play again before he retires - maybe with Munster. I saw him in the Six Nations this year, but I was up in the gods in the stadium.

He still has a couple of good years left in him Cari.
He is a strong willed lad and will not let this stop him.

Well my Sportsguru picks took a battering this week

Sorry to interrupt the doom laden evening but I've had a similar day to Asbo's the other weekend. England laying the Dublin 'thing' and playing some measured rugby from what I saw in the 2nd half.

Wasps belting the living daylights out of Treviso 54-11 with a group that haven't played much together. Nicky Robinson is looking like a leader. Also good games from Launchberry, Burton (7), Haughton, Bell and Wade.

To cap it Ealing's first foray into National 1 resulted in a resounding 35-3 away win at Birmingham & Solihull.

My teams 109 the oppo 23

I missed the match, I saw the second try there. Great kick through but poor enough defending. I'm disappointed.

Gibbo,you were cribbing for a link,I told you the game was on SS2 you gobshite!

eirebilly wrote:But what is your solution Gibbo? Joe Schmidt?

Can I say this Billy? Phooke roysh off. Joe is OURS. I want 4 HC Finals and unlike Munster, I want 4 wins. Love you.

Billy man,
Conor O' Shea.

Gibson wrote:

eirebilly wrote:But what is your solution Gibbo? Joe Schmidt?

Can I say this Billy? Phooke roysh off. Joe is OURS. I want 4 HC Finals and unlike Munster, I want 4 wins. Love you.

Not sure i get you now Gibbo, I ask you what your solution was earlier, you reacted with Joe Schmidt being a great coach so i ask you if he is your answer to the Ireland problem. You on the Grolsch or Amstel there mate

Gibson wrote:Billy man,
Conor O' Shea.

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Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Sorry to interrupt the doom laden evening but I've had a similar day to Asbo's the other weekend. England laying the Dublin 'thing' and playing some measured rugby from what I saw in the 2nd half.

Wasps belting the living daylights out of Treviso 54-11 with a group that haven't played much together. Nicky Robinson is looking like a leader. Also good games from Launchberry, Burton (7), Haughton, Bell and Wade.

To cap it Ealing's first foray into National 1 resulted in a resounding 35-3 away win at Birmingham & Solihull.

My teams 109 the oppo 23

Go de Hound! Good days.... bad days ... you know de song pal. Enjoy the day mo chara. Bones and love.

Thomond wrote:

Gibson wrote:Billy man,
Conor O' Shea.

I fully endorse this product or service.

eirebilly wrote:

Gibson wrote:

eirebilly wrote:But what is your solution Gibbo? Joe Schmidt?

Can I say this Billy? Phooke roysh off. Joe is OURS. I want 4 HC Finals and unlike Munster, I want 4 wins. Love you.

Not sure i get you now Gibbo, I ask you what your solution was earlier, you reacted with Joe Schmidt being a great coach so i ask you if he is your answer to the Ireland problem. You on the Grolsch or Amstel there mate

Billy, dont do a Stag or Notch now. Dont even attempt to patronise way above yer level man. I gave you my answer. I said Conor O'Shea.

I never saw that Gibbo, i honestly didnt.

It was inbetween posts

Conor O'Shea could do wonders for us. Hell any decent backs coach could do wonders for us,who's the OZ back coach,they didn't look bad today!

Billy,
Crossed-lines pal. Ajolopies.
We are all pished off right now. Time for reflection. I love my country. So do you. Respect.

Nothing like an Ireland loss to bring out the dark side of Irish fans eh, got us turning on eachother.

Gibson wrote:Billy,
Crossed-lines pal. Ajolopies.
We are all pished off right now. Time for reflection. I love my country. So do you. Respect.

No probs mate. Have a good one

I'm very disappointed by the structures put in place by Ireland in attack and our basic skills in terms of ball retention and clearing the ruck.

Weltschmerz; the feeling experienced by one who understands that physical reality cannot not satisfy the ideal state of affairs one holds in their mind.

We're all on a downer now. We look clueless with the ball.

Been fun reading you guys going for each other;thank goodness there are only 4 rugby provinces in Ireland-we'd have to start up a new board
It's only a game(and no Shankley commentaries ,thanx);Ireland's national debt is much more worrying.

World pain, Notch?Or just pure frustration?

I would also say that Kidney is getting it in the neck here; remember he delegates a lot of responsibility to Gert Smal and our attack coach Alan Gaffney. So those are two names I haven't seen mentioned; even if the buck stops at the top, you're only as good as the coaches around you. And this is no EOS one-man band; these guys have a very big say.

I always said I would wait until after the World Cup to judge this coaching team, but I'm very worried. I am glad Gaffney is going after the RWC because our ability to attack off structured play is so far behind the top teams.

Mick(TEFC) wrote:World pain, Notch?Or just pure frustration?

Frustration I think. We're all very frustrated that under-performance has become a pattern. Hopefully the brains trust and senior players can find a way to break that pattern before it's too late.

The sky seems to still be outside. I can still feel my toes. My nose is still stuffed. And tomorrow is still Sunday. So the world hasn't ended.

We lost to England at home for the first time in 8 years. We looked toothless in attack and have suffered a bad injury blow. Yet the World Cup hasn't started yet, so our dreams haven't ended yet either.

Yeah, lets not lose perspective. If we get past USA, Russia and Italy we get to start again in the knockouts. That last game is going to be a thriller!

I might be on my own, but I still am not giving up on the Australia game.

I'm not giving up on it, I just think it's a long shot. It's sort; anything can happen. But yes, unless we find a few extra gears in attack we won't win. We need to work exceptionally hard for our scores; one missed tackle and they can score.

But yeah... you never know.

MBTGOG wrote:I might be on my own, but I still am not giving up on the Australia game.

What Australia game?

Australia vs Ireland of course. Second game of the group stages for us.

The fact that Ireland's regional teams have all been successful does not necessarily mean that Ireland will be great, it merely shows depth of the country.

It is the same in the super XV, it hardly ever dictates perfomances in the Tri Nations, it merely shows a country has depth.

The fact is there is a difference in the level from club rugby to test rugby, and when players need to make that step up it is not so easy, at club rugby these individuals can perform well but when faced at a level where there is less time and space to do the same things it automatically becomes more difficult.

Ireland may have more players in positions with class, but that doesn't mean they are better. Take the BOD scenario, there still isn't anyone better than him in his position even though three Irish regional teams are formidable in their leagues.

Here's something to cheer everyone up;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikNhx3STkk&feature=player_embedded&list=PL4A6C82BED62B86A1

Evening all


Not seen the game but chuffed with the result. Gutted for Wally, hate seeing players miss out through injury. Had a great day watching my nephews in their tennis tournament, finished second and fourth in their respective age groups.

Now enjoying a pint of Fursty Ferret with my bro in law and watching X Factor. Can't beat a bit of trash tv on a Saturday night.

Biltong - that's a great post right there. Completely agree.

And evening all, hope you Irish regs are feeling a bit better after the rugby earlier

and my friend just posted this link on facebook, the town I live right by is officially pretty cool:

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Llandeilo-tops-Times-s-cool-list/story-13186562-detail/story.html

rugbydreamer wrote:and my friend just posted this link on facebook, the town I live right by is officially pretty cool:

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Llandeilo-tops-Times-s-cool-list/story-13186562-detail/story.html

I see Clifton (Bristol) came second - that'll upset them.

By way of a piece of useless information, the parliamentary constituency in which Clifton is, has the highest proportion of PhDs of any constituency in the country.

Llandeilo is a lovely place and one of the original founders of the WRU.

That it is Cymro. My brother used to play for Llandeilo RFC (as did Rhys Priestland) and I used to go watch them play a lot. THey aren't too bad a rugby side really.

It's definitely gone a bit more up market over the last 5-10 years or so.

Kia - does it really? guess that makes it one of the brainiest parts of the UK then.

It's right by the University, Dreamer, and there are parts of it which are student residences; but it also has some of Bristol's snobbier private schools and there are a lot of Cliftonites who are seriously up their own ...

To be fair, it also has what I consider to be Britain's most beautiful bridge - Brunel's suspension bridge over the Avon Gorge.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=clifton+suspension+bridge&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=HOl&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TVdZTpjKHMTKhAez-uwi&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1175&bih=639

Beautiful from whichever angle you look at it. It was the location of the first bungee jump by the Oxford Uni "Dangerous Sports" Club.

Sadly it is also a much favoured spot for topping oneself and has the Samaritans' phone number posted on both piers. In the nineteenth century a woman jumped off and was "saved" by her crinoline dress which acted as a parachute. She lived to a ripe old age of about 80 something.

Munsty - love your spirit and attitude. I hope the Ireland team share it

I'm still sad for Wally....but his international career isn't over. He'll be back

To be honest I think it probably is all but over Cari.

Awh I hope not Notch. What a crap way to end a career like his. Maybe he'll have one game in the Six Nations or something. The pictures of him I've seen today looked pretty horrendous though.

Shane Jennings called up. Cian Helay will fly out to NZ four days later than everyone else due to medical advice and may miss the first game.

Where did you hear that Notch? No news on Heaslip?

Flock Ireland and England. I played so well today for the firsts. I'm on top of the world. No better feeling when you walk off a pitch knowing you have done well. Maybe, just maybe I might be a first team player for a while. Down to me, but I am still buzzing after today.

Sorry to interrupt loike!! I'm sorry for Wally and who ever else got hurt!!!!!

Munster, up the Wigan pal.

You been on the sauce Risca? Congrats on a job well done today then.

Notch wrote:Shane Jennings called up. Cian Helay will fly out to NZ four days later than everyone else due to medical advice and may miss the first game.

Not really too surprised about jennings.

What's the news on Healy? One report said eye; another said concussion ...

Well done Rev - always a great feeeling when you have played well.

Just found the story:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/jennings-to-replace-injured-wallace-in-world-cup-squad-518220.html

says in that article it was his eye Kia.

Thanks Cari

Jennings announcement on the IRFU site, but other than what Notch said, no further info on the p[roblem with Healy.

Just think - Mushy on the bench against the USA!!

BTW, Cari, are you busy around about lunchtime Thursday? I'll be in the 'Diff - 12.00 appointment.