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 pictures of Sergio Parisse and Owen Farrell above the bar.





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Off to the vitinary for a C Section. See you later.

MrsP wrote:Well let us know and Notch, Rava, Rory, Rodders and me will teach you the chants!

Yeah, because we have loads of chants! There's "Stand Up for the Ulstermen" AND "UULSTERRR, UULSTERRR, ULSTERRR" and... er... "ULSTER! (clap clap clap)"

Oh, one I forgot. The old cheerleader favourite "Give me a U... give me an L..." but then when you get to R you just repeat the R 10 times until you eventually go "ULSTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR".

But that's it, really.

There are others but they never catch on 'cause not enough people know the words and those that do are dispersed around the ground.

"We've been there, we've done it-
IN EUROPE WE HAVE WON IT-
Oh you'll always be a bruiser, you'll never be a loser;
With the Ulster Rugby Team; ULSTER!!"

When's the last time you heard that? Exactly.

"Yippie Kay Yay... Yippie Kiy Yo... Ghostriders in the Sky..."

And, don't forget,

" Swing Low.....Sweet Chariot,

Coming for to carry You Home! "

Good Evening,

We finally have running water in the bathroom,and it's hot!!!

Who gives a toss about postponed rugby fixtures?

I wonder if a few will sell their tickets going to Paris once is expensive enough.

In France ,apparently, with adequate proof,ticket holders get their ticket,travel and overnight accommodation reimbursed(heard on France Inter this evening)

Any idea if and/or how the away supporters can avail of that Mick()?

MrsP, all I heard was that the ticket owner has to go through his provider.i.e. club, federation,Ticketmaster or whatever and ask.This was on the radio at 8.00pm over here;perhaps it only applies to French dwellers.

BREAKING NEWS: FFR will not reimburse Irish fans who dressed as leprechauns
The French Rugby Federation has revealed that they will reimburse any Irish fans that purchased tickets for the postponed Six Nations. The France – Ireland clash was called off last weekend due to extreme weather conditions in the French capital.
However, in a move welcomed by millions, Irish fans who attended the match dressed as leprechauns will not be able to claim their money back. Ticket holders will be matched against CCTV images from the stadium before being issued a refund.

“It’s time someone took a stand,” said a FFR spokesperson. “It’s tacky, unoriginal, not funny and must surely irritate any self-respecting Irish person who wishes to move on from negative and twee stereotypes. Most of all, we don’t want that kind of thing in Paris. We have standards. Also, if you are going to do it make your own costume and don’t buy one of those cheap off the shelf things.”

After issuing the statement the spokesperson shuddered in horror at the thought of the whole thing.

The move will increase pressure on the Six Nations committee to ban the costume from future tournaments.

"The move will increase pressure on the Six Nations committee to ban the costume from future tournaments. "




The Millenium Stadium will be half empty!!!!

Cymroglan wrote:BREAKING NEWS: FFR will not reimburse Irish fans who dressed as leprechauns
The French Rugby Federation has revealed that they will reimburse any Irish fans that purchased tickets for the postponed Six Nations. The France – Ireland clash was called off last weekend due to extreme weather conditions in the French capital.
However, in a move welcomed by millions, Irish fans who attended the match dressed as leprechauns will not be able to claim their money back. Ticket holders will be matched against CCTV images from the stadium before being issued a refund.

“It’s time someone took a stand,” said a FFR spokesperson. “It’s tacky, unoriginal, not funny and must surely irritate any self-respecting Irish person who wishes to move on from negative and twee stereotypes. Most of all, we don’t want that kind of thing in Paris. We have standards. Also, if you are going to do it make your own costume and don’t buy one of those cheap off the shelf things.”

After issuing the statement the spokesperson shuddered in horror at the thought of the whole thing.

The move will increase pressure on the Six Nations committee to ban the costume from future tournaments.

However, in this Spring like weather,daffodils and leeks will be allowed in at a reduced rate

Now,what I've been reading says that the IRB are being very generous, and are willing to reimburse those who are unable to travel to France for a sunday afternoon game.tickets may be cheap, and there's an ASM vs Toulouse on the Saturday: could be a meet up

MrsP wrote:
"The move will increase pressure on the Six Nations committee to ban the costume from future tournaments. "




The Millenium Stadium will be half empty!!!!

It might be fully empty for any future Heineken Cup Finals

Rava!





It was all Penfro's fault! Dreamer and I were not involved (hardly) at all.

Mrs P I was just assuming Irish teams will continue their dominance of the HC

I think you are right of course Rava but I was thinking more about costumes in general being banned, particularily those involving sparkly cowboy hats.

They'd never fill the Millenium Stadium again except for the HEC finals you refer to.

The other bit was about your lovely article about Ulster's match on Friday night in Cardiff.



We aren't allowed to call it that though are we.



Okay, Ulster's match against the Welsh Capital Blues!

MrsP you may call them Cardiff if you wish you can call them whatever you want it's just a name.
If somebody calls the touring side the British Lions it does not really matter does it and some do call them that but personally I would use the correct name The British and Irish Lions or simply just the Lions.

Rava wrote:

Cari wrote:Oh I have my chant prepared MrsP....

It'll be something to do with hump... sorry I mean Humph

No, he's not that special...unlike others from that province...

I could sing Sham 69's "Ulster Boy" I suppose...

Ah I see now what you mean Mrs P. I had forgotten about that article. I see it has caused a wee bit of debate.
I'll consider changing the title again

Back from 't Vitinary. 2 lambs, one dead, no Caesar. Breech presentation but the lamb had died a couple of days ago. If I'd have known that I could have delivered it myself. Always a risk with young ewes of breaking the ribs. Thankfully she had twins so there is a relatively happy ending.

Cymro,

I suppose it depends whether someone is using the technically incorrect name to offend or cause trouble or just because it is a genuine shortening of the name with no agenda whatsoever.

People talk about "Liverpool" in footballing terms without it meaning the only team from that city.

The teams in the Rabo only play one team from Cardiff so it is understandable to call that team "Cardiff" without any agenda. The fact that there is another team of that name playing in a different league is neirther here nor there.

When are asking Penfro how the "Sarries" did this week we are not trying to offend and he knows that in that context we mean "his" Sarries whon are also from Cardiff.

I've now added a Poll to the Article

Glas, . At least there is a survivor.

Exactly. Decent looking ram lamb as well. Bit of a roller coaster this time of year is.

Some of us are fighting hard to get the fans to recognise the Blues Dragons Scarlets and Ospreys as true regions.
I and a few others try and hint that the city or town name needs to be dropped or in Cardiff's case they should be called either Cardiff Blues or just simply the Blues.

Obviously it's not the first time you have heard that said ? I could understand newcomers to the forum calling them Cardiff but the regs should know by now that most Welsh fans don't use the town or city name.

Cymro, for me its a bit like calling your granny Nan. Its what you are used to. If that offends you then I'm sorry. None was meant.

Yeah, coz wer 2 lazy to spel proper

I can understand you being upset with those who aer using the name to resist Regionalisation but that would probably be solely the position of some Welsh fans. For the rest of us it is just as valid to refer to the Cardiff Blues as "Cardiff", "The Blues" or "Cardiff Blues" in the same way we do with the Leicester Tigers.

No agenda. Just the short way of referring to the team we play from Cardiff.

In the same way that someone from NZ calling the Lions "The British Lions" would be a shorthand rather than the intended sleight that someone from these islands might be suspected of for using the same phrase.

I really do try to remember to use "The Blues" since I discovered it was frowned upon but I never really regarded it in that way until it was pointed out and old habits die hard.

But, most importantly, no offence is ever intended by it.

Aye, I've started doing it out of badness in just the last few days. I wouldn't get too exercised about it though.

As you say, as soon as they change their name no-one will call them Cardiff anymore anyway. I don't call Llanelli by their pre-regional name for instance.

I know no offence is intended but be prepared to be reminded when you forget

Da Bloos wat play in Keaardiff.

Cymroglan wrote:I know no offence is intended but be prepared to be reminded when you forget

And Gibbo said the other night you were a nice man

Okay!



Be prepared to be gently mocked when you remind me!

Don't they have to have Cardiff in the name if they play at the Arms Park? Something to do with Cardiff Athletic Club which owns the ground apparently. They also have to play in Blue and Black.

This talking about some Welsh teams is a bit of minefield for the uninitiated MrsPenfro.

Scarey stuff.

Why do they have to play in Blue and Black?

Something to do with the Athletic Club again. They're the ones that own the Arms Park. It's contained in some sort of covenant, I'm not 100% certain.
That's also why the WRU weren't allowed to finish off the Millennium Stadium, the old codgers at the Athletic Club didn't want to lose the parking in the centre of town either!!! .

Sorry, correction, their wives didn't want to lose the parking!

How do you mean, "weren't allowed to finish off the Millenium Stadium..."?

Isn't it finished?

Looks much more finished than our stadium.

There's one end that's not finished off properly, if you look at the Stadium the one side isn't tiered properly. The intention was to knock down the Arms Park but the Athletic Club wouldn't let them do it.

I'd never noticed that before.

Just had a wee look on Google and I see what you mean.

Not as noticable as the "Connacht end" (as ummm, calls it) of the new stadium at Lansdowne Road.

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/v/wales/cardiff/millenniumstadiumaerial-cb14640.jpg.html

http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/406253/enlarge

It looks symmetrical from the aerial view but I found pictures from inside and one end has different tiering.

What has Cardiff Athletics Club got to do with the CAP?

There's not a track there is there?

MrsP wrote:It looks symmetrical from the aerial view but I found pictures from inside and one end has different tiering.

What has Cardiff Athletics Club got to do with the CAP?

There's not a track there is there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Athletic_Club Saves typing

MrsP wrote:How do you mean, "weren't allowed to finish off the Millenium Stadium..."?

Isn't it finished?

The 'dip' at the North Stand (aka Glanmor's Gap) is the unfinished bit MrsP . The original (1997/8 - pre-regional) idea was for the WRU to buy the Arms Park and build a purpose built stadium for Cardiff Athletic Club (including Cardiff RFC) down in the Bay area. Then they would have been able to mount the pitch on rails and roll it out into the sunshine, like a Sapporo Dome stadium used for the FIFA World Cup in Japan - LINK

Cardiff Athletic Club is a sports club not a purely an athletics club. It has hockey, cricket, bowls sections (and probably others) in addition to the rugby section

So,

Cardiff Athletics Club run Cardiff Rugby club but not Cardiff Blues Rugby club and they have nothing whatsoever to do with Athletics which has a track near the old Cardiff City Football club's ground while the new ground for the Cardiff City Football club is where the Cardiff Blues rugby club play?

Just don't call them Cardiff????

And you lot wonder why us mere mortals get the names wrong sometimes!!!!!

Notch wrote:Looks much more finished than our stadium.

Patience dear boy. I am on it

Evening folks,


Valentines Day, good people enjoyed, would just like to take a moment to remember the poor young people who were killed in the Stardust fire 32 years ago.


For those of you who don't know what I'm.talking about


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcizhnIU2lI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not as noticable as the "Connacht end" (as ummm, calls it) of the new stadium at Lansdowne Road.

He is a wonderful man.

Hughie, I remember that. Such a terrible thing.

P.S.can any writers have a pip in the writers section at the latest ramblings. Taverymuch.

Off to the maternity ward. See you later.

Just saw you post Hughie. Apologies for any crassness in the juxtaposition.