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 pictures of Rhys Priestland, Cian Healy, or the special one of Charlize Theron and Gibbo above the bar!


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



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Had a good evening doing detached youth work. Learned some dance moves from the last group we were talking to.

Now watching the Amish.

I completely misread that Munsty and thought it said "WASHING the Amish"

What is detatched youth work?

Stag,
You have to finish one stage to move on to the next;I found that 29 yo was a cool age to try other things;but we didn't have all the IT backup at the time;so writing home and getting replies was 2/3 weeks.and phone calls were exorbitant.

It happened to be France cos I spoke a few words;could also have been Germany cos I was fluent at the time..it's the way the dice rolls, fate, fun, recklessness ,whatever!!Just NEVER regret what you do for your self(But think about others).

I'm thinking of buying that castle down the road from you chef, and turning it into a casino and bussing in a load of fat Americans and Japanese every week. It'll be class!!!

Buenas tardes, amigos. Himself is watching the roundball stuff just now, so what's happening?

New blog from WoC




Scoooooooooooooop!



So, it's open season at St Boshington’s – the recently-leaked RFU review of the tournament is out, and it does not make for pretty reading. The only people who seem to come out of it with any credit are Graham Rowntree and Tom “Woody” Wood – and the rest seemed to be engaged in constant squabbling and disagreements, which range from the predictable (“we had no gameplan”) to the petty (“we had to drive in traffic”).
Now, a lot has been written about how Johnno bottled it after their Lansdowne Road tonking, how England reverted to a dire brand of rugby and how consistency of selection evaporated in the face of media pressure, but we knew all that already.
And given the way the RWC went for England, the breadth of the moaning was entirely predictable – a modern version of Tolstoy’s classic line springs to mind – happy families all wear black and get Craig Joubert to work for them, every unhappy family is unhappy in their own way. Every team apart from the winners (and possibly Argentina) went home giving off about something (the coach, barracking of their star player, referees applyication of the laws, bias towards big teams, etc.).
The most surprising element to us was as follows. If you looked at the England squad pre-tournament and asked, Who are the biggest diiickheads here who are likely to rock the boat?, you would have settled on younger lads – Ashton, Armitage and Hartley perhaps. You would have said the Shaws, Moodys and Tindalls of this world are the good eggs, the leaders, the ones who have been there and done it – they will be the ones to grasp the nettle, and guide the younger players through the tournament.
Yet the opposite happened – Tindall let the side down completely with his antics in Queenstown, Moody played shop steward and demanded more money before getting on the plane, and Shaw disappeared completely. Contrast this to Ben Youngs taking over coaching duties (then not being picked), and Tom Wood earning the respect of his peers (notwithstanding the jeering at players who trained hard) by always giving 100% in training despite having no chance of being picked.
The core of young men who had dragged Northampton from the depths of the Championship to the cusp of European glory last season – Hartley, Wood, Ashton, Foden – were marginalized in the team hierarchy in favour of the remaining men of 2003 (in complete contrast to Wales, for example). In a sense, who can blame Johnno – the 2003 team were real men who knew what was needed and did it on the pitch when it mattered – witness Clive Woodward being shooed away before extra time in the final that year.
Johnno gave those men the role of leaders of a team still in transition and they failed him utterly, behaving in a manner they would never have when Johnno and Lawrence Bruno Nero were the team generals. Johnno was simply too loyal to these men.  And they thoroughly let their country down, something the two above heroes never did in their playing days.
Finally, while the RFU is frantically compiling a report on who leaked this report, this might just be the best thing that ever happened to English rugby.  There can be no more papering over the cracks.  The coaches' positions are no longer tenable, Johnno has already walked the plank, and surely now, England will build a new side around the likes of Tom Wood, Chris Robshaw and the Bens Youngs and Foden.  A new, experienced, respected head coach, with a team of his choosing, is the first order of the day.

Good right that Hughie!!

Right bed time for me up early to go to that lovely place of Newport!!

Read Carwyn James' letter to the WRU. That's what he was asking for in the early 70's.

Bed Time ,will leave you with a piece of improvised,not impoverished,music, which is rarely done on such a scale nowadays.And was composed early 70's ,Glas(ps no reply,roar or paw?)
For Uncle John..Bson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EoQ3GkH4Zc

I haven't answered you because I don't understand the question!

Spoiler:

No, not that one, this one:

Spoiler:

Bore da pawb - and a for me please. Long day ahead, driving up to the Gog later. Have a great weekend everyone, but especially you Prop - good to 'have you back'

Bore da Penfro, bore da pawb. Friday has arrived!

Good win for the Blues - in the end. A fortnight today I'll be watching them live against Edinburgh to begin what should be a friggin' great weekend!

Morning folks,

How is the collective form? I’m counting the minuets until 3.30 today, a couple of handy drinks after work a lie on tomorrow, my neice’s b’day party, then back to watch the Leinster match on the couch.
Balls will be scratched to within an inch of their existence in the coming 2 days, can’t effin wait.

Owen Farrell plays better with De Kock inside him.

Discuss…

Unless the other scrum half is bashing De Kock?

Mickado wrote:I’m counting the minuets until 3.30 today

Funny that, I'm counting minarets today. Not too many here on the docks.

I'll get to see my nieces on Sunday, which is always great. They think I'm the cat's miaow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z4FU9SvW-Bk

The cookie monster commentating on the two O'Gara drop goals.

minuets?

I, of course, meant "mints".

Tickets booked for Snooze v Edin-bugger. Normal cost £22 per ticket, ours for just £14 each - could be less if we can get another 3 to come along

We will be in the Ninian Stand - unreserved seating (The RED section on this - PLAN )

Excellent Penfro. I've decided to support Edinburgh for that match.

I know I'm from the other end of the island but I thought I had a pretty good grasp of most accents here. never the less I reckon I understood about 30% of what Michael Corcoran said in the commentary in the Saints clip and most of that was "O'Gara" and "Dop Goal"!

Mickado wrote:minuets?

I, of course, meant "mints".

Or rather mince?

Morning all - usual pls: & - thanks

I was thinking about that, Stag. Would it be treason for me to support Edinburgh?

STAG / LUCKY - no problems with supporting 'Burgh. When I used to go down the old Arms Park I used to support whoever where playing Kairdiff. The only time I had a dilemma was when they played Oxford or Cambridge University - blydi stoodents !!!

I've actually realised that the teams I'll be supporting are the away team in every match. That can;t be right.

You mean you'll be supporting the Dragons, Stag? Well now I don't know what to think!

luckless_pedestrian wrote:You mean you'll be supporting the Dragons, Stag? Well now I don't know what to think!

Ah well, that's nice, there'll be two of you in Sandy Park then

I feel that I owe them one Luckless.

red_stag wrote:I feel that I owe them one Luckless.

Is that one one


...or even one

Its a love hate relationship Glas.

Probably a mix of all of them.

MrsP wrote:I know I'm from the other end of the island but I thought I had a pretty good grasp of most accents here. never the less I reckon I understood about 30% of what Michael Corcoran said in the commentary in the Saints clip and most of that was "O'Gara" and "Dop Goal"!

To be honest, I don't think that has anything to do with the accent.

red_stag wrote:Its a love hate relationship Glas.

Probably a mix of all of them.

Now now Stag there doesn't have to be the third one for it to be love.

How do you see tonight's match going, Glas? Or is that a daft question to ask a Scarlets fan?

Just raw emotion. . . . .raw being the appropriate word.

Ah I don't see the need for the last one really. They get in every game anyway But with me supporting them instead of Rev it'll all be different.

Viva la Newport

Morning folks


Start my new job on the 16th of January, delighted to have a date, also means ill be Monday to Friday for a few months!! SWEEEEEEETTTTT

Asbo, that'll give us a good two weeks to sort out those strippers

luckless_pedestrian wrote:How do you see tonight's match going, Glas? Or is that a daft question to ask a Scarlets fan?

As I'm on call () I see the first five minutes being tense. Then I see the phone going and me rushing off PAST THE Flip PITCH to the Police Station, texting Dreamer to ask her for updates, but then not being able to read them in an interminable interview of some bad person, naughty person or fraudster, the interview end coinciding neatly with the final whistle when some blydi copper that's been sitting on his harries eating chips and watching the match shouts out the score from the ante room.

Glas a du wrote:

luckless_pedestrian wrote:How do you see tonight's match going, Glas? Or is that a daft question to ask a Scarlets fan?

As I'm on call () I see the first five minutes being tense. Then I see the phone going and me rushing off PAST THE Flip PITCH to the Police Station, texting Dreamer to ask her for updates, but then not being able to read them in an interminable interview of some bad person, naughty person or fraudster, the interview end coinciding neatly with the final whistle when some blydi copper that's been sitting on his harries eating chips and watching the match shouts out the score from the ante room.

Sorry, Glas, couldn't help myself!

hughie1986 wrote:Morning folks


Start my new job on the 16th of January, delighted to have a date, also means ill be Monday to Friday for a few months!! SWEEEEEEETTTTT

Asbo, that'll give us a good two weeks to sort out those strippers

You know when I said I wasn't coming down East, weeeeeeeeeell...

You never know, Glas, you might not get called out at all. Then you'll be able to 'enjoy' a home defeat.

I was hoping for a game of three bonus points as it happens.

Well both sides like to run the ball, so it should be a decent spectacle.

Morning all. A bit fragile this morning. One shouldn't start drinking at 11.00pm and expect to feel well the next morning.
Just waiting for my "guest" to surface so we can do breakfast. Today could be messy. Ah well in for a penny...........

Rava wrote:Morning all. A bit fragile this morning. One shouldn't start drinking at 11.00pm and expect to feel well the next morning.
Just waiting for my "guest" to surface so we can do breakfast. Today could be messy. Ah well in for a penny...........

I'd go wake him up, the lazy beggar - trumpet in his lug hole should do the trick!

If I win the lottery, I quite the like the idea of hiring a piper to stand next to my bed to wake me up instead of having an alarm clock.

I love alarm clocks. A good old fashioned one. Im sick of using my phone to wake me. If Im good Santa will be bringing me a nice cheap but functional clock.

Are Ulster fans pished off that Afoa has gona home to be best man at Kaino a wedding, especially when the groom is in Cardiff playing for the Barbarians

Hey stag if Kaino wants to spend his honeymoon in Wales thats his problem...

red_stag wrote:Are Ulster fans pished off that Afoa has gona home to be best man at Kaino a wedding, especially when the groom is in Cardiff playing for the Barbarians

yes!