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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WillyGilly wrote:Who gives a monkey's about the league.

Spoken like a true fan of a Rabo team

WillyGilly wrote:Who gives a monkey's about the league. Heineken Cup is where it's at.

Don't think I'd get by with only a maximum of 9 games a year.

Fishing for sympathy. Met with cheap jibes.

I know now how it feels to be a Connacht fan.

Stag - if Wales win, a big yes. Plus they are developing good back up in most positions..

I think this Australian match is a disadvantage for our players to be honest. It's an additional fixture we could do without.

Just watching Purple Rain for a laugh - a truly god awful film, but cheesy fun.

Evening all , hope your all well

Evening Cari

I'm watching it too! Utter pants but amusing nonetheless He is a pretty good guitarist though. I met him once when he did a few gigs in Sheffield donkeys years ago. Have to admit they were some of the best live shows I've ever seen.

Evening Kenny. How's things? Hope your recovery is progressing well.

Wow! You met the Little Purple One? That's some claim to fame! I do love his '80s stuff.

Hi Kenny, hope youre well

Yes im doing ok thanks , i was in a bit of pain the other day after physio but other then that i have been doing great .

Evening/Morning all... still raining, still raining... feels like Bladerunner

I hope your back pain is under control Kenny... big game coming up this weekend.

Years ago my brother was in London (around the time when Purple Rain was made?) and someone he knew who knew Prince said he was the absolute perfectionist... stayed in the studio all through the night playing every instrument, laying down extra tracks long after everyone else had gone home. When the rest of the crew arrived in the mornings... they couldn't believe the amount of work he had put in overnight.

Unusual personality... but so totally driven with his music.

Great to see Wales do well in the 7s yesterday. That young Harry fella had a blinder against England. Not really into 7s but still was good to see the exuberance of the top sides like NZ, Fiji, Samoa... Wales not too shabby either.

Meanwhile our guys.... hopeless!

Remember that Irish commentator who sounded like the cookie monster?

This video had me weak from laughing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4FU9SvW-Bk

It was only in passing Cari. I worked as one of the local casual crew at Sheffield Arena in the early 90's and he did 3 (I think) nights there. I was working in the production office and he came in one day. I got a nod of acknowledgement but that was it. I did get to see in his dressing room at one point though, and it was much as you'd expect!

I met far friendlier and nicer people. Bon Jovi and Aerosmith spring to mind. They were all lovely, and fun.

How often is the physio Kenny? Are you still on painkillers?

Evening LB, from what I saw that's totally true about Prince. His sound checks were the most exacting I ever saw.

Big couple of weeks of games coming up LB

My backs been good last couple of days , had a little rummage in the shed looking for the christmas decorations today good couple of hours moving about . Then the wicked witch of the west came and told me off for over doing it !!!!

Keep it going kenny.

Nos da folks. Up in the morning for a bit of extra curricular arbeit. Brekky in the caff beforehand though. Love a good caff brekky.

Rugby to look forward to after work though.

Physio twice a week at the hospital Swanny , and excersises to do at home aswell . Painkillers when i need them but trying not to have to many .

G'nite Hound.

That's not so bad Kenny, I trust you are doing your home exercises?

Yes im quite enjoying them to be honest , they are fairly easy most of them with a tension band .

It gives me something to do while everyones out , and it keeps the wicked witch off my back

Kenny, you'll probably find that after 3 months the pain feels worse... but don't panic. That's normal. I had the same with my leg. It then starts to fade away.

The old man gave me some good simple advice - "just do what you would normally do and try not to favour it too much".

What colour band? Red, yellow or green?

LB ...Yellow band .

Im trying to get into a little routine of things to do each day , but this bloody witch of a home help is driving me crazy ! she is like a little hitler telling me to do this and that ................... i swear im going to choke her out with my tension band

Stag, that's just fab

LB, what the hell did you do to your leg?! "After 3 months"... ?!

Broke leg in 3 places playing football swanny... nasty! The 3 months coincides with the weaning off the oxycontin, etc. Pain can surge back but I found it was the most difficult time.

So is the yellow = intermediate Kenny? Red, the most resistance?

Yes i think Yellow is the middle one , not seen Red but have tried a Blue one which was stronger

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That is all!

Wassup Asbo... did the Warriors win?

Warriors & Chiefs, breaker, and Sean Maitland has agreed to turn out for Scotland - happy daze

"Nasty" is an understatement LB, the mere thought is making me

Evening As, I am currently really, really wishing I'd let my gut feeling overrule my heart. My SG picks would have been far healthier if I had!

Knew they would do it, I just wish I'd had the courage of my conviction Huge congrats As, any or all...

I tipped Warriors... by 8!

All of a sudden I'm up to 66% success rate.

Just seen that Luke O'Dea is making his debut for Munster tomorrow. He has been on my brother's team since he was 11 or so and his dad and mine are good friends both through that and work so I'm delighted to see him come through to this level.

Lass, I was with you on SG, thought that home advantage would count. But still

Evening/morning all, amazing film night!! Now seen two obvious classics....congrats as and anyone who's team won now to sleep and dream of my appearance off the bench tomorrow!!

I know it's a constant refrain but I was ticked off at the reffing team in the Scarlets match last night. The ref spoilt the match by not ruling the breakdown, at all. It was like watching Munster V Munster A with Alan Quinlan reffing. But that was not the worst bit. Jones and Hayes are experienced referees and were touch judges. Both sides were constantly offside in the backs. If ball was secured from the melée of the breakdown there was no space out wide at all. To add insult Hayes reported a 'tip tackle'. 2 players were standing still. The tackler takes the other by the legs and lays him gently on the ground, albeit on his back. They wanted to send him off but didn't catch his number! Ffs! The Welch pulling down was nothing, but the Coombes forearm smash to Wellies' jaw was far more dangerous "we didn't get a number" I'll give you a clue Coombes is the 6'6" bloke with Ginger Flip hair you Muppet! This was a Welsh derby with a disappointing crowd numbers. Is it any Flip wonder when the reffing team lacked any feel for the game. If a player had to retire early with injury the WRU should subsidise them to be fast tracked in as refs. I've been reffed by Tim Hayes when he was a PE teacher and I was playing 7's in the Carmarthenshire YFC competition. He was Poopie.

Morning, from a fog filled Gascony;off to the market,gonna take us ages to get there,but I have to buy the food for a pub lunch at our local bistro for tomorrow.

Great win for & Warriors,C'mon Glaws!and Allez les Jaune et Bleus at MHRC.

Sounds awful Mick.

*very jealous*

As predicted I had a call at 2am. Naughty boy still drunk so waiting to be notified when he's sobered enough for interview. This is putting all my best laid plans at risk.

How do you know he's a naughty boy Glas?

He's probably innocent and been fitted up by those dastardly rozzers!

Morning all

Didn't see the Scarlets game Glas, but sounds par for the course at the moment. The standard of officiating is very inconsistent at the moment.

"dastardly rozzers" - it just sounds too funny when you say that, Pete

Morning all

Good Morning...

A sound thrashing of Samoa by Wales 26-15 in the Plate Final in the 7s.

...now if I can only understand what Tom Habberfield is saying in the post match chat... he's so excited.

Bore da/Good morning!

Had two highlights to my trip to Y Parc yesterday:

1. Got to meet up with Rhino for a bit after the match, was absolutely lovely to see him again.

2. I got my Scarlets calander and it has Foxy and Georgie in it! and better yet, got Georgie for the month of July (Foxy's photo for Ferbruary is my fave though)


The match was pretty dreadful. Neither team could get any decent possession, there was no flow to it to get the crowd involved. It wasn't actually that bad a crowd, just under 8,000 so more then what we got against Casres and a bigger crowd then what we had last year against the Dragons I believe.

Needless to say the ref was public enemy no.1 in the terracing. It was so frustrating for both sets of fans to watch I think. Tis a shame as with both backlines on show, we really could have had a great game of running rugby. Ah well. CHuffed with the win, although the Dragons are unlucky not to get a LBP.

Ozzy3213 wrote:How do you know he's a naughty boy Glas?

He's probably innocent and been fitted up by those dastardly rozzers!

Morning all

Didn't see the Scarlets game Glas, but sounds par for the course at the moment. The standard of officiating is very inconsistent at the moment.

Most of mine are too stupid to be fitted up

Dropped the car off at the sale and e'n route to Llanelli nick. Its ok Mrs P, Mrs G driving as long as I'm back for the 2pm train!

Morning all!!

Judgement day for the ankle and good to see Wales hitting form in the series and not just in the world cup!!

Yes Prop it is.

I'll have to sort the sheep tomorrow with a hangover I had planned to be cutting logs tomorrow as well

Can't you train the sheep to cut the logs for you?

Probably, but that would take more time than getting round to doing it myself!

Genuine extract from the interview:

"so, did you do the karaoke?

Me? No, no I'm te-errible me, like two cats fighting, I wouldn't even do karaoke in Te-enerife where nobody knows me..."

Only in Llanelli

Morning folks,



Day off today, but no cash to do anything, Poopie buzz haha. Lying on the couch waiting for the baabaas game this avo. Want to light the fire but we've only a small buy of coal left so have to put that off till later. Hate being broke but all that'll change in the new year!!!

Do you want a sub?

Glas,If you send him some logs,I'll do the same

I was thinking of the £3 meal deal in Subway. Make sure you chose a filling with energy and protein and it should keep you going all day

Can I have butter on my sub???

Got the fire lit in the living room next door, got the cat curled up on my lap and my mam's just made mea . Not long till the baabaa's game either so I am one happy Dreamer.

Only downside is that I couldn't persuade my Mam to take me PyS today to watch Llanelli v Ponty. Nige is refereeing that one, and it should be a good game.

Afternoon all from a windy MadStad.

Just tucking into the obligatory pre match chicken curry pie. Rumours abound that Bowden was injured in training yesterday and Jarvis will start at 10. I pray its not true, but the way our luck is running it probabl is.

eep fingers crossed it isn't then Pete.

What time does your match start? Have a feeling loads of games will be starting at the same time, I'm going to struggle keeping track of all of them!