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 wedding pictures of Dan Carter and Honor Dillon above the bar! And if anyone tells the Australian Womens' Weekly that KiwiRedDevil's Mum smuggled a camera into the service* there'll be hell to pay - they paid a fair amount for the exclusive


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



Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t19779-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub#757023




* Note to any lawyer-y types, that's a joke and is completely and utterly false, Mum forgot to put the camera in her handbag

Thank you Asbo, if I'd have said that all hell would break loose. Pugh is our Jennings. Criminally under rated.

Glas a du wrote:Pugh is our Jennings. Criminally under rated.

Maybe Pugh should join Munster. Apparently we've just a bunch of over rated criminals

Stag, they're our criminals though.

Eh? Nobody would catch any passes he threw as his mind would be working seconds faster than theirs.

red_stag wrote:Its amazing the effect the ROG dropgoal v Northampton has had on the season. It crushed Saints spirit. It has helped Munster march on and has got the bandwagon rolling once again.

That is so true. One last minute kick altered both teams seasons. Saints soft psyche underbelly was exposed. They lost their mojo after that game. Better teams would have recovered. They dont have the inner-Belief. Tigers, Munster, ASM, Leinster, Toulouse and maybe this year - Sarries - do. Funny ol game rugby.

Thomond wrote:Stag, they're our criminals though.

I like your style.

Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earls, Earl, Earl...

Glas a du wrote:Thank you Asbo, if I'd have said that all hell would break loose. Pugh is our Jennings. Criminally under rated.

Oh sorry, Glas, I wasn't being complimentary!

I know, but sometimes it takes a remark tossed off by a jester to prime the mind of a genius.

Glas a du wrote:I know, but sometimes it takes a remark tossed off by a jester to prime the mind of a genius.

Ach, don't be after calling me a genius loike, I don't take compliments well

Glas a du wrote:I know, but sometimes it takes a remark tossed off by a jester to prime the mind of a genius.

Yea did you read this interview: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2011/12/13/scarlets-captain-matthew-rees-believes-scarlets-can-topple-munster-91466-29941786/

For those of you who can't access the link basically Matthew Rees was having a laugh with a journo and said that Scarlets could beat Munster in Thomond. Sarcasm is really hard to understand in written form and despite Rees only taking the pish, it led to a great Scarlets display against Munster in Thomond.

Jerome Kaino might be on his way to Belfast...

Pity he didn't interview Dave Pearson then

Now that would be a hell of a signing.

Ferris must be on his way to Dublin then. Or so the rumour goes.

Thomond wrote:Jerome Kaino might be on his way to Belfast...

comedy value, T, let me guess, Afoa and Payne have been waxing lyrical about the weather

Asbo, apparently it's real.

He must like the soup

Thomond wrote:Jerome Kaino might be on his way to Belfast...

Good shoppin in Belfast.

Asbo, you have to be a Protestant to like the soup. He must like their Tayto though. Our turnips didn't convince him it seems.

Gibson, you should be on an underground, my friend, unless you are already in the Ship?

Thomond wrote:Asbo, you have to be a Protestant to like the soup. He must like their Tayto though. Our turnips didn't convince him it seems.

Huggy and I have been converted.

T, hope you still manage a Happy Christmas after a sad family bereavement, mo chara. So sorry to hear that earlier bud.

Gibbo, it's a bit of a shock but I suppose I feel a bit detached from it seeing as it's over in another continent. We'll make do with what has happened. I imigine not much will occur till after Christmas anyway seeing as the body will have to be brought up to NYC.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Gibson, you should be on an underground, my friend, unless you are already in the Ship?

As, I have a direct Tube link to Holborn from Ealing Broadway. Quick shower and I'll be on me way bud.

The tube is actually incredibly handy. You wonder why they got rid of the trams in Ireland when you see the success of the Luas and the Underground.

Excuse me!

But what is so strange about (another) world class player wanting to come to play for the mighty Ulster?

He has clearly seen and heard plenty to tempt him.

Probably was impressed by our CEO's plan for World Domination too.

He'd be lucky to be asked!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Thomond wrote:Jerome Kaino might be on his way to Belfast...

comedy value, T, let me guess, Afoa and Payne have been waxing lyrical about the weather

Jerome Kaino's cousin used to play for Ulster (Filo Paulo, great player, couldn't get a UK work permit and is now playing for Auckland Blues in Super 15.) and John Afoa was the Best Man at his wedding. Not so far fetched!

Is Red Stag still coming to the Ulster vs Munster game on the 30th? It's pretty much sold out, wondering if he's got a ticéad?

Email I had today regarding a toilet seat, no hint of irony:

"This has been signed off as a free of charge replacement.  Unfortunatley it appears as if the seat is out of stock.  I am awaiting a lead time off our Purchasing Department.  I will contact you as soon as I have one.  Many apologies for the Inconvenience."*

*My italics to aid the hard of thinking.

You trying to say we're stupid Glas?????

Not you Mrs P

Glas did a Santa smilie!!!!!!

Evening All.

Thomond and Kiwi

Hope everyone's well. No news with me really.

Evening Cari, hope your new job is still going okay


Am just gearing myself up to really have a go at doing this scrap book for my mam, done bits and bobs but still got loads to do. Also my grandma posted me loads of old photo's and stuff to go in it on Thursday but it's still not arrived yet. Getting a bit worried, would be horrible for them to have gotten lost in the post.

Dreamer - I wouldn't worry about the post. My sister's a postie and I was saying to her on Saturday that I'm waiting for a particular card/letter and she said that they've been prioritising parcels, so letters and cards should start coming out about this week and after Christmas.

Job's going OK. It's been nice this week, no school runs clogging up the roads, so the bus has been quicker, and we've been getting freebies in work. We're all having a buffet on Wednesday. I'm donating a tin of Quality Street. There's healthy!

ah well as long as I get it before the 30th, everything should be okay then!


Ooo yum, a Christmas buffet. We had ours last week, yum yum yum. Freebies are always good too

Yeah it'll be interesting to see what everyone's bringing in, as each person's donating something. I know one person's making a chocolate cake especially - slurp!.

Sounds like it should be good Cari


Righty, I'm off to try and get creative, later folks

Float last night and Wednesday

But there'll be whisky and sausages on the float then a festive curry after the last count

Then Thursday a 30th birthday party

On Friday our Xmas party is in the Cawdors. There's posh.

Thomond wrote:Ferris must be on his way to Dublin then. Or so the rumour goes.

Away tee feck they can take Kaino instead.....

roddersm wrote:

Thomond wrote:Ferris must be on his way to Dublin then. Or so the rumour goes.

Away tee feck they can take Kaino instead.....

Or we could let him stay in NZ another couple of years. He's too young to be off securing his pension

Another symptom of how ill the NZ domestic scene is Kiwi?

To be honest I suspect it's more a "I've won the RWC, now what?" If Kaino (and SBW next year if those back-to-League rumours are accurate) are the only 2 we lose aside from the retirees and Donald Duck it won't be too bad. NZRU have managed to re-sign a big chunk of the RWC squad, and NPC crowds have been pretty good. In SXV the Crusaders lost a lot of money in 2011 due to the earthquake but the North Island franchises are OK, and the Crusaders' new stadium is probably better located than the old one. (granted the Highlanders are a basket case economically, though luckily for them it's the Dunedin Council that's gone broke financing the fancy new roofed stadium).

To be fair to Kaino the only step up from the AB's is lining out for the Ulstermen at Ravers ....

Evening all, lovely meal for St Johns Christmas Do and once again I wasn't in the mood to drink...that's 3 Christmas meals so far i've been like that....house Christmas tomorrow so should change all of that

Hi lads.
I was at the School Concert tonight. My daughter and my granddaughter in the same choir.

You must be proud, although I didn't have you down as old enough to be a grandad.

London regs meet update.


Bleh.

Good to see everyone, and a newbie in yappysnap (minted with the Quins' result ).

Fair to say that "what goes on on tour, stays on tour."


I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain!






Yeah, you had to be there.

No we didn't, we know see.

And great to see swanny again

Lawd knows what she thought of us lot.

The pub was very tolerant towards us to be fair

You're right Glas. Rugby fans and beer

Did the sawdust get a good working over, Hound?