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 Shane Williams above the bar!


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



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none of them are Glas!

Mr Pocock needs to start behaving himself.
So does their no.3!

Warning from the ref.

Scott must be nervous, is this his first start at home? i think it might be ya know.

well that was better!

Much much better, our backrow is really starting to click into gear

Bit of a bummer we didn't get points here though.

That's Welsh rugby!

Lydiate you beuty!

It's the spin Bennett puts on it that takes it crooked. It's technique, he uses too much or too little of his weaker hand for propulsion. It either needs to be a two hand throw with both hands responsible for propulsion or a one handed throw with the other just guiding. His is a...mess.

Glas, you're weaker hand is usually for guidance, the stronger one puts the spin on it. That's what I was taught and how I throw it.

hmmmph. too many brain farts from Wales at the moment.

that was a slightly forward pass to Shane there, Scott needs to work on his passing!

Yes, exactly. Look at his left hand he puts some spin on with that as well. I'm not a fan of the two hand throw, but if you use it, do it right!

His bum is on the line!!!

Phew! If we have to rely on calls like that:

yes, so close but bum over... just.

priestland and now williams both getting charged down, wake up bechgyn!!

close call on the try there, Australia perhaps unlucky but I did honestly think his bum touched the line first. Could have gone either way though.

Well kicked.

Huge catch by double A C there.

Australia look jaded Breaker. I'm afraid.

Actually Glas, Australia look like a side playing an exhihition match on the other side of the world in their off season so their Union can earn a few extra shekels. Approximately

So do Wales, Glas.

This is a pretty awful game of rugby.

Oh for Stephen Jones! He wouldn't ship slow crap ball to just anybody as RP does.

good kick, but annoyed we gave them points before HT.

To be fair Glas, Rhys doesn't usually do it. He's not playing well at all today.

Mike Phillips is doing Priestland no favours. Taking one or two steps before passing. One is pretty awful!

I agree, both sides a little off form, not much continuity... kicking at the wrong times it seems. One of those games where it looks like slow motion but then then the next play is rushed and an error made. Kaplan controlled it well early, maybe a few iffy calls but scoreline probably a true reflection.

You mean Lloyd Williams?

He's not having a good game either, worst I've seen him play for a while too.

Yes Notch, but I really think Deans will put the fear of whatever into them in the dressing room. It will be like a Beverley Hills girl ticking off the au pair for fading her gold riveted hand stitched jeans.

One positive actually: Ian Evans is having a good game. Taking his chance well so far.

I'm loving these similes

Glas a du wrote:Yes Notch, but I really think Deans will put the fear of whatever into them in the dressing room. It will be like a Beverley Hills girl ticking off the au pair for fading her gold riveted hand stitched jeans.

I'd get that fattie Ma'fu off for starters... he's a lump. The breakdown is fairly even but the more they try and contest things through the forwards... the more it will suit Wales. We need quicker ball and our deep backline is being well contained by the Wales defence. Only in a few instances of broken play has AAC or BB made an inroad... but then it just falls to pieces or another error is made.

Na welliant!

He had to slip that last pass.... your cousin's hand in the way, glas!

Is that not 2 deliberate knock on's from Wales?

Yep.

We play Munster a lot.

not sure you can say they're deliberate ones Willy, not in the obvious truly cynical way anyway

Roughly only 5 Welsh players playing well. Disappointing so far.

Wasn't Warburton in front of the kicker there?

Dere Lloyd, you're better than this!

A little harsh... that was simultaneous I thought. What can you do?

uh oh Mr 1/2p may be in trouble here

Yep, yellow.

Lloyd really not playing well

so did I breaker!

was that not accidental offside? or obstruction?

placed it straight away mind, and the try has been coming.

He realised immediately and took his arms off didn't he, dreamer? But Kaplan saw otherwise.

Little Willie plonks it down now... I hate those sort of tries

Jaysus Jimmie boy what on earth was that?!

uuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh.

Want this match to end already.

rugbydreamer wrote:was that not accidental offside? or obstruction?

placed it straight away mind, and the try has been coming.

Yes, but it should have been a penalty try.

Glas a du wrote:

rugbydreamer wrote:was that not accidental offside? or obstruction?

placed it straight away mind, and the try has been coming.

Yes, but it should have been a penalty try.

shhhhh!




ooooooh balls. Another Australian try.

Even a catastrophic missed penalty works out better for the Wallabies. A very well constructed try.

A typical Crusaders try there.

Yep, and ge slots his hardest kick of the game. I said this was coming didn't I!

Glas, I think Robbie said to them at HT: "Run straight, less kicking, hit the ad-line and look for the support... now go out and do it!"

oh, my, Flip, God.


This is horrible. Wales don't even look interested. This is an embarrassment and a shame for Shane's last match.

Worst we've played in ages.

Ych.

You can't just take a few players for a week and throw them together and expect them to deliver the same standard of performance as in a World Cup or Six Nations.

I think Wales saw the upside of trusting in youth in the World Cup and it was very successful for them and I've no doubt they should continue in that vein. But, you know when you have a very young team at this level, the players are still learning the game at that level and they will have the odd duff game as well.

Amazing pass from Radike they way he just held on to it and released when the gap was widest.

ah yeah I know that Notch. Tis just such a pointless match,a nd half the players don't look interested.

We're so far behind now though so what little pressure was on has been removed, so maybe the lads can just go out there and play now.


Credit to Australia though, ruthlessly clinical when they need to be.




Aaaaaaha! Try to Priest. Knew it, pressure is off, we start to play.