The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Millennium Stadium 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 pub has teleported itself inside Millenium Stadium this week to see if the men in red can manage a Slam. There's also TVs showing the other 6N matches, the U20s and Womens' matches, Super XV, the "Classic" match and LV= Cup action.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of Mervyn Davies and Jock Hobbs above the bar!




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Happy Super Saturday All. Lovely atmos about the place. Apparently a 12th of Welsh population are in Cardiff today....not sure how they worked that out.

Glas a du wrote:

MrsP wrote:Sorry Asbo, was out fetching P4 from ballet having left P1 to horse riding while MrP took P2 and 3 to and from 2 sets of athletics training and walked the P !

There are dual celebrations in this house that day Asbo. The eldest P was born on our wedding anniversary.

Talk about shotgun weddings, more of an epidural wedding!

Glas,

There are some pregnancy facts you seem to have missed there!

I'm sure I could find a simple fact sheet somewhere that would explain things!



Cari,

What proportion of the population of Wales usually live in Cardiff?

Backing Blue!

3,000,000 / 12 = 250,000.

I thought Cardiff had around 350,000 with over 840,000 (just checked) in the greater metro area?

Probably about the same MrsP...that was a stat I heard locally, I don't think it means anything. I don't know why they don't just say, there's loads of people about.

Check that out! A former Italian centre turned opera star singing at the rugby. Cool!

I'd be more impressed if an opera star made the transition to test rugby after he finished his singing career

No, that is incredible. Fair play!

Notch - well I don't think any other nation can boast such a thing can they? Career in prospect for Alun Wyn then...

Great Italian anthem at home though.

Man look at Castro at the end of the anthems!

Wouldn't like to be Jon Welsh facing that- even though I know he'll be loving it, baptism of fire.

Who's this Irish guy commentating? I've not heard him before. Sounds quite good. Should use him more often.

I never liked Castro.

Then I saw him at Ravenhill. I was so impressed with the way he conducted himself.

Now he's a big fav of mine!

He's an eejit sometimes on the pitch, but well known to be an utter gentleman off it.

He always struck me as a bit of a primadonna on the pitch and I suppose I had assumed that carried over to real life.

I was clearly wrong. The way he behaved that night was just fantastic. So impressed. Geordan Murphy too but that was no surprise!

That ball came out on the Scottish side of the line out and the Italians still managed to gather it. More effort needed there lads.

Yellow cards ahoy! A couple before half time methinks.

Kris Burton is perhaps the worst player in the 6N. He has a good boot but none of the other attributes.

Afternoon all. This is one ugly game.

75,000 for a rugby match in Italy. That's fantastic.

You're spot on notch. A lot of tension between these 2 teams at the moment.

You heading out tonight?

Nope, too much carnage. Plus I had a big night on Thursday.

But it's Paddy night!

That's poor from De Luca. Exceedingly poor.

Yeah exactly! I don't want to go out with the Holylands finest GAA stormtrooper wrecking crew. I was out the night of the Holyland riots two years ago. Talk about messy!

It won't be anything like that though, it's a weekend, they've all gone home to their mammies

Them Holylands boys are a bunch of tossers. I have a feeling if Ireland win later on they could go all out tonight.

Another yellow for Scotland. Stupid stupid stupid.

Whatever Hamilton's yellow was for it certainly wasn't pulling the man down at the lineout. Oh I hate biased commentators.

Nicholl really grinds my gears Rava. Hamilton was nowhere near the line out challenge, which Rolland waved ok. He was carded for charging sideways into the Italian maul. About the third time he's done that today.

That scottish line out is absolutely tragic.

Agree with all comments on Nichol. Ref is getting pelters on twitter. Which is harsh when there's thirty sinners out there, 3 yellow cards is about right!

Scottish forwards have been abominable in the last game and a half.

Can we make sure Asbo isn't left alone near any ledges or medicene cabinets? This has been awful.

Guys the "prize" for this game was the wooden spoon.
I have to say that on that performance Scotland "wanted" it more.

In 4 games, Ireland have scored more points than Italy and Scotland combined across 5 each!

Not bad considering how poor we've been in at least 2 of those games.

Best of luck to the welsh, Irish, french and English out there. Here's hoping for 2 enormously better games. Not that would be difficult. I'm going to begin a 9 hour drinking session. Happy Paddys Day everyone!!

Only 9 Willie? Gibbo and I did the full 12 last Saturday.

Good luck Wales. Main course on now.

If nothing else France look more up for this than in the last four games

And Wales look a bit psyched by the occasion, a bit headless and indisciplined.

They can't let their hearts rule their heads, they need to keep their cool!

Wales are in the zone now Notch. Taking advantage of their turnovers very well.

Indeed. That try was massive. They needed points to settle and the longer they went without them the more I felt there could be an upset. As it is, I see Wales as in control. France aren't all that.

Oh, and how immense in Thierry Dusatoir? Best backrower in world rugby. Big claim I know, but he is a machine.

I listened to Mark Cueto last week and he way saying that St Andre always told them to kick their way into the oppositions half and then try to play from there. Nothing has changed and they will not cause Wales too many problems with the tactics they are employing.

You know Wales are probably only a 10 away from being the best all round team in the World at the minute.

Gotta say I wouldn't back them against the All Blacks unless they were down a 10. Swap Priestland and Carter and you'd have a great game

Oh, Inverdull is insufferable.

Try RTE. No Butler, No Davies and No Inverdale

On the auld laptop at the track. Can stream BBC for free online from their own website, RTE is a bit harder. Would rather have a good picture that won't cut out!

Wish St. Andre had shown some faith in Buttin earlier, he looks as to the manor born.

France gave themselves a lifeline then stupidly gave it right back. The Grand Slam should be Wales's now.

Well done Wales.

Well done Wales.

There we are then

Congrats Welsh regs

Congrats Glas and all the Welsh regs.

That was a brilliant and brutal performance. Thoroughly enjoyable match well worth staying up for.

Hook v Pope about Sexton!! Class entertainment

You know most of us have our reservations about Ireland's Call but our players could at least mime the bucking thing. Looks like there isn't a bit of passion.