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!




Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t25452-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub

I tell ya folks, you don’t know your born in the UK with those deals on your phone.

I don’t know why but Ireland is one of the most expensive places in Europe to own a phone. I have a good deal, and it’s 250 text, 250 mins, 2GB data, free O2 to O2 calls, €45 a month. And that’s a GOOD deal!!

Well my phone did cost £100 (got some money taken off with my phone fund so woo!)

Are you paying your phone off through your contract as apposed to having bought it outright? might be why it's that much?

But you've got an iPhone, haven't you, Mick? They're always more expensive.

That’s just the plan I’m on. I could be on an iPhone or a HTC or whatever, the tariff costs that no matter what. The 200 quid I stumped up, up front was based on the phone I got.

Not sure how it works over there, (I’m just shooting the breeze at this stage, not ranting ) but over here you get a phone which costs €600 quid, for €200 or maybe for free, but then you have to sign up to an 18 or 24 month contract, so you’re paying the full price of it back no matter what.

Dreamer the more you pay up front the less you will pay monthly. How long is your contract for and will you get an upgrade?

I hope the new phone doesn't lose peoples numbers like your old one

the package would have been £10.50 a month, regardless of what I paid for the phone, am pretty sure I had to pay for it out right anyways.

Tis a 12 month contract, so can get an upgrade after 10 months if I like.

just figured I'm spending £15-20 a month on pay as you go, may as well get more for less this way.

Ha god know where numbers disappear to on my phone, going to have to write down all my old phone numbers tonight, going to take me aaages to put them onto my new one.

Best way is to put your new number up in FB and ask your friends to text/phone. Just save their details to your phone then.

I dyed my hair blonde today for chairty.

I look like my own evil twin.

Mickado wrote:I dyed my hair blonde today for chairty.

I look like my own evil twin.

Wow, now that I have to see! Stick a photo on FA Mickado, pretty please, ta!

Which charity is it for?

seriously Mick?!

aye put a photo up on FB!


Rava - got the same number thankfully, although not set my new phone up yet, shall have to have a mess around with it all this evening.

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Get your taste buds attuned to Cwrw Haf lucky. Lots of it

That's on tap in my local

I'm not a great fan of the Cwrw Gaeaf.

The statistical conclusion to the 6Ns for the wall: https://www.606v2.com/t26444-stat-s-6n-team-and-bi-lions-xv

me neither Lucky, can only drink that in half pints, but then I'm not a fan of dark ales anyways.

Bought the wife a new nother car (well it new to her I suppose, I sold her old one in November and she's been walking everywhere). A fiat zincshedunto. This hard on the heels of a cheap smart phone rip off after she washed my old phone that she'd been using in January. She's still got her contract since the late 90's. She does well to spend a pound a month as long as she doesn't send any texts (they are 80p each). I'm well generous me

Pedrie Wannenburg to Leave Ulster.
Just announced on the Ulster Rugby website. No idea where he is off to but wish him well.

Hope we can get a top class replacement for him. Over to you Hump Sen

Don't you have anyone in your academy to come through and replace him?

Roger Wilson has been signed so he would be a direct replacement and we have Ali Birch coming through but he's a 7. Back row is a bit bare. Young guy called Iain Henderson had a very good U20 Six Nations at lock but has played most of his Rugby up to now as an 8. He's in the squad for the weekend though I don't think he will travel. There was talk that Falloon might be on his way as well so we could be on the lookout for a good NIQ Openside. Warburton available?

Rava wrote:Pedrie Wannenburg to Leave Ulster.
Just announced on the Ulster Rugby website. No idea where he is off to but wish him well.

Hope we can get a top class replacement for him. Over to you Hump Sen

Yeah, Xavier Rush

Rava wrote:Roger Wilson has been signed so he would be a direct replacement and we have Ali Birch coming through but he's a 7. Back row is a bit bare. Young guy called Iain Henderson had a very good U20 Six Nations at lock but has played most of his Rugby up to now as an 8. He's in the squad for the weekend though I don't think he will travel. There was talk that Falloon might be on his way as well so we could be on the lookout for a good NIQ Openside. Warburton available?

You'd do worse than to tap up Navidi, his understudy.

Martyn's not having his contract renewed at the Blues apparently, why not have him?

In all honesty though, I'd just play some of your academy players, see how they go.

He's a great player, Wannenberg.

From the ethicist Professor Albert Spencer:

There is a growing belief that sport, rather than encouraging moral value and spiritual values, promotes the antithesis: man's inevitable fall from grace through egotism, cynicism, nihilism, an obsessive focus on money and a win at all costs mentality that fosters disrespect for competitors and society. There are frequent news stories about athletes who violate both civil and moral behavioural codes through alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, theft, promiscuity, violence and even murder

afternoon Munsty.

A bit right and a lot of wrong in that.

It was for Daffodil day tomorrow, which is a cancer charity. They raised a few bob for it here.

It's only spay on though, it'll wash out later.

Hi Munsty.

aaah I was thinking, if you'd dyed it properly, with your colour hair, you'd have had to have bleached it first

You alright Dreamer? Are you feeling a bit better after that thing about whether to move or stay? Enjoy the game at the weekend? I'll hold off on the pint, trying to do some research at the moment. Which bits are right and which are wrong?

Mick,

Miss you!

Rava,

How are you mo chara? Are you well?

Aye I'm okay Munsty, head's still all over the place, but am applying for jobs every night so we shall see. Plus the sun is shining so that always makes me feel better. Got to top up on all the vitamin D.

And yeah the game was okay, think I was too emotionally charged to enjoy it properly, but I've watched it back lots so can appreciate it more now

I still see that sport on a whole encourages moral values and spiritual values, all the negatives it talks about, sure you see it a bit, but for the main part I would see it as simply not being true, definitely no where near what the majority view of what sport should be/is.

Miss you too man. If a baby was born the last time i saw you, it would be driving by now.

rugbydreamer wrote:aaah I was thinking, if you'd dyed it properly, with your colour hair, you'd have had to have bleached it first

We're all out of domestos. Thank god!

Corinthian spirit is incompatible with professional sport. However 'professional' in terms of sportsmen does not seem to have the same connotation as in business life. It's time the governing bodies take charges of bringing the 'profession' rather than the game or sport in disrepute. To do that they need to reform from the male dominated, misogynistic, cliques they have become into administrative bodies worthy of the name. Oh yes and if any rugby player behaves like a he should have to answer to his own fans.

Got to top up on all the vitamin D.

drink some milk.

Mick,

Any chance you could still make an appearance in Chester when you come over?

Dreamer,

Any exciting jobs or places?

The course I'm on may be making me more cynical towards sport but I certainly feel watching it, I would definitely be more on the side of Spencer's views.

Munsty I'm grand. Hope you are too.

I applied for an admin role at London Zoo. I could work near penguins! (totally not the only reason I applied for that one )


But no, I wouldn't term any of them exciting jobs, or places, I mean is England exciting?

I actually think for the most part the phrase exciting job is pretty much an oxymoron.


Glas - not a big fan of milk, a result from having to drink goats milk as a kid (ha!) because my sister was allergic to the cows stuff.

London Zoo? That's freaking awesome.

Also, I'm want to say this, but England is in fact quite exciting.

Rava,

I'm fantastic. Lots of good things going on in this neck of the woods. Plus, it's only just over a month before I head to Dubai and Tanzania.

ooh actually, forgot I applied for a sports researcher job too, so not exciting really, but I'd bloody love that one. There wasn't a closing date for applications to go in though, so got no clue when/IF I'll ever hear back from that one

Not hopeful on hearing back from any of them really, not whe you consider how many people are applying for each job, but then if I don't apply I'll never be in with a chance.

What are you going to be doing out in Dubai and Tanzania?

What's the sports researcher job? You're right about applying. As Wayne Gretzky, the great Canadian hockey player, said, you'll miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

In Dubai, I'm going to see one of my older and best friends for 4 days, then going to Tanzania for 5 weeks teaching in an international primary school.

It's about researching sponsorship, media and broadcasting deals across all sports and how it affects the global sports market etc. Just things like that. Acutally sounds a bit boring when I write it like that, but I love all sport so being able to research it all, reckon I'd really enjoy it.

Teaching out there? Munsty that's amazing! That's such a great opportunity, I reckon you'll love it.

No it sounds interesting to me. We've done a bit of stuff on that this year in sociology and it is fascinating. We're blessed here in that we have two very good and engaging lecturers, especially our Welsh, working class, former army, foul mouthed, chip on the shoulder lecturer.

Yeah it should be fantastic. When I got the opportunity, I knew there was no way I could turn it down.

Sorry Kate I'm on the commute here, didn't see your post. I won't be able to make it down unfortunately. Amanda has plans for us all day with her familiars, luckily one of those is to see the match, but itll be a drop into a pub and leave afterwards job.

Dreamer they all sound amazing. Go for it your well suited to so many things. And Munsty de-flipping-lighted for you. chuffed to bits good news all around

MBTGOG wrote:From the ethicist Professor Albert Spencer:

There is a growing belief that sport, rather than encouraging moral value and spiritual values, promotes the antithesis: man's inevitable fall from grace through egotism, cynicism, nihilism, an obsessive focus on money and a win at all costs mentality that fosters disrespect for competitors and society. There are frequent news stories about athletes who violate both civil and moral behavioural codes through alcohol and drug abuse, gambling, theft, promiscuity, violence and even murder

Munsty, tá suim beag agat san NFL, an bhfuilim ceart? Ar chuala tú faoí Bounty Gate? Is rud a tá bhaint le morality agus rudaí mar sin. Seo rud a scriobh mé air. http://www.sportpulse.net/content/bounty-gate-story-new-orleans-defence-2998

It was Irish week last week and I didn't type any Irish messages in here so I felt I had to! Basically, I comment on Munsty's quote and say how an issue unfolding in America at the moment deals a bit with the topic. The issue I'm talking about is similar to what happened in the Northampton V Leicester game last Sunday. Except this one involved money! Some might be interested in it anyway.

Thomson why is bounty gate such a big deal i don't see issue with it

Paying a fella 10 grand to knock another player out of the game? You don't see a problem with that? Seriously? The Saints defence have injured a lot of guys and have ended at least one QBs career.


The Saints were known for their late and illegal hits from the year they won the Super Bowl. If they are fair hits grand. But if you look at the NFC Championship game, you will see a lot of late, low and illegal hits. Look at this vid, largely late and just cheap shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPZCVCZNc50

Fairy nuff Mick.

Cheers Stag.

Thomond,

That is really interesting stuff but more worrying than anything.

Maybe I've misunderstood it. I thought it was simply paying a communal kitty for the guy with more quarterback sacks.

I haven't read it anywhere bar Thomond's article but if that is right its about paying people to injure their counterparts.