The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Mexico City Rugby Cantina

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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 to Mexico City for the first qualifying match for RWC 2015. There's also TVs showing Aviva Premiership, Rabobank Pro 12 and Super XV action.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of the Grand Slam Winners or Dan Carter who returns to rugby this weekend.





Old Pub:https://www.606v2.com/t26023-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-millennium-stadium-rugby-pub

That's because it's the England AND Wales cricket board, Glas

And Ja/bore da/good morning all, hope everyone's well?

Another glorious day here today, blue skies = a happy me

You will find out then... Its better than Indian food though Munsty

MBTGOG wrote:

luckless_pedestrian wrote:What are your plans for the summer then, Munsty?

If I could manage to wrangle a job here then I'd stay in Chester for the summer. Otherwise it's back to Ireland after I get back from Tanzania until August when hopefully I'll be helping out with a few summer camps here in Chester, in Somerset and one on the Isle of Wight.

Where to?

perthshirepuma wrote:PJ, have you tasted your Glen Grant - and NOT adulterated with (shudder) ginger wine? Speyside malt does not have that unique tang of the sea and smoke which so distingjuishes the Islay malts which are obviously too sophisticated for your palate. You are probably right to stick to the syrupy whiskey - ya big girl's blouse.

Dats foightin talk dare Puma.

I'll ensure your whiskEy edcuation is more cultured, by the time we leave Dubh Linn next week.

A Crested 10 perhaps? A wee swallee of Midletons? A supson of Michael Collins 10 year Old with a nose of chocolate and caramel? An orgamsic Bushmills 12 year old?

No seaweed water roysh?

Have to say, As has a whisky cupboard to die for. Some, were sublime. Just had to indulge with Swanny & Sharpy. They made me do it.

Must try some of this...

http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/product.asp?pf_id=1000000001255&cid=8WNWGGG0YBE2NA26QGZV4S90IWXP4Q5R

Gibson wrote:

perthshirepuma wrote:PJ, have you tasted your Glen Grant - and NOT adulterated with (shudder) ginger wine? Speyside malt does not have that unique tang of the sea and smoke which so distingjuishes the Islay malts which are obviously too sophisticated for your palate. You are probably right to stick to the syrupy whiskey - ya big girl's blouse.

Dats foightin talk dare Puma.

I'll ensure your whiskEy edcuation is more cultured, by the time we leave Dubh Linn next week.

A Crested 10 perhaps? A wee swallee of Midletons? A supson of Michael Collins 10 year Old with a nose of chocolate and caramel? An orgamsic Bushmills 12 year old?

No seaweed water roysh?

Have to say, As has a whisky cupboard to die for. Some, were sublime. Just had to indulge with Swanny & Sharpy. They made me do it.

Must try some of this...

http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/product.asp?pf_id=1000000001255&cid=8WNWGGG0YBE2NA26QGZV4S90IWXP4Q5R

ingredients include "Infamy, dishonesty and villainy" - sounds like quite the tipple

Cari wrote:Morning All

Hope everyone's well. I feel that'll probably quickly disappear when I get back to work tomorrow, so I'm making the most of this day off. Just waiting for the grocery delivery to arrive.

Hope PJ had a good birthday.

Hi Cari. Ah I just went round the park this morn. Missed me cycling partner.

Enjoy the day off.

rugbydreamer wrote:That's because it's the England AND Wales cricket board, Glas

Exactly right, Dreamer.

Here's a tune for today; they're called A Band of Bees in the States, for some reason, but they're really called the Bees:

https://youtu.be/1BuDgneicW0

I can't believe Wales don't have their own cricket team.

If that's how you're going to put it, Rava, England don't have their own cricket team either.

England and Wales all out for 193. Not a Welshman in the XI, which explains it.

True that Lucky

Headlines on the ERC Website: -

Leinster Rugby have confirmed they have sold 48,000 tickets for their Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final against Cardiff Blues at the Aviva Stadium.

They can't believe the Blues have gotten this far either!

ha, that's brilliant Rava!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Happy Birthday PJ.




I could clearly see Venus above a crescent moon last night. We are a small speck in the universe. A bit how I feel about Wasps at the moment.

Anyhow, I'm off for zzzzzs.

Hound, cheer up, bud, Falcons are doing everything they can to ensure that you stay in the premiership. Remind me of the names of the Ealing backs that you rate - Chesters and ????

As –Pete Hodgkinson is the pick of the bunch but the usual back line is as follows: -

9 -Morgan Thompson
10 -Ben Ward
11 –Phil Chesters *
12 –Ronnie McLean-Dents
13 –Sam Wardingley
14 -Owen Bruynseels *
15 –Peter Hodgkinson *

Add in Callum Grant, Tom Wheatcroft *, Rory Damant (ex London Scottish) and Neil Hallett as very able replacements and they are the most exciting, and fluid, back line in National 1.

* Played for England Counties v Irish Clubs XV two weeks ago.

Gibson wrote:

Cari wrote:Morning All

Hope everyone's well. I feel that'll probably quickly disappear when I get back to work tomorrow, so I'm making the most of this day off. Just waiting for the grocery delivery to arrive.

Hope PJ had a good birthday.

Hi Cari. Ah I just went round the park this morn. Missed me cycling partner.

Enjoy the day off.

Well at least you could go off unexpectedly into other directions without me wailing behind you!

Am enjoying the day off. Just chilling out. Posted some piccies up on FB of the trip

Glad you enjoyed yourself, Cari.

Lucky - I really did. Needed the recovery after illness. How's things in Nooport?

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Happy Birthday PJ.




I could clearly see Venus above a crescent moon last night. We are a small speck in the universe. A bit how I feel about Wasps at the moment.

Anyhow, I'm off for zzzzzs.

Hound, cheer up, bud, Falcons are doing everything they can to ensure that you stay in the premiership. Remind me of the names of the Ealing backs that you rate - Chesters and ????

As –Pete Hodgkinson is the pick of the bunch but the usual back line is as follows: -

9 -Morgan Thompson
10 -Ben Ward
11 –Phil Chesters *
12 –Ronnie McLean-Dents
13 –Sam Wardingley
14 -Owen Bruynseels *
15 –Peter Hodgkinson *

Add in Callum Grant, Tom Wheatcroft *, Rory Damant (ex London Scottish) and Neil Hallett as very able replacements and they are the most exciting, and fluid, back line in National 1.

* Played for England Counties v Irish Clubs XV two weeks ago.

Brilliant, thanks bud

Welcome back to Blighty Cari and I'm glad you're feeling much better.

Thanks

Nice to get a decent Gibbo only does pawsh coffee.

Things are grand in Newport, Cari, sun shining and everything!

The heat makes it a bit smelly though doesn't it? Not in Port Talbot proportions, mind...

Huw said Sandlands used to be known as Treasure Island!

Glas a du wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Its all going pear shaped in the cricket

Who cares? I do actually. I am schizophrenic about Cricket and England. Whether I want them to win or not can vary wildly within test matches even. Sometimes I think why am I supporting England? Are Australia that objectionable? In the Ashes I was supporting the Jones boys.

You want an honest answer, Glas?
Well, yes and no...
If we're winning, then 'Yes'
When we're losing, then 'No'
Does that make any sense to you?

Anyway, I prefer watching them struggle from time to time. It's character building you know.

I thought you'd pick that up. I can get behind the Windies and the Subcontinent teams, even NZ in cricket (a 'big ask' if ever there was one) but despite wanting to support Australia Ponting, the Waughs, Warne or Lee always seem to have put me off.

I know what you mean, Glas. Over the last twenty years or so, they haven't been the most gracious victors.

Cari wrote:The heat makes it a bit smelly though doesn't it? Not in Port Talbot proportions, mind...

It doesn't need heat to make Newport smelly, Cari!

You'd get on well with my Mum She is not a big fan of those guys.

I'm the same with NZ. I'd like to see NZ do well but alas... it rarely happens.

I've lived through the Windies massacres of the 80's (in fact I was featured a few times jumping over the fence at the SCG in my disgusting addidas t-shirt... which has ironically been revived in high fashion these days) - but I somehow have a soft spot for their team now. Still want us to win the Test series of course.

I sort of like Pakistan funnily enough. I'm all for bending the rules every now and then.
I don't mind SL... but oddly, I want England & Wales to win this one.
Not a huge fan of India and SA.

I love the Windies. If I have a second Test side, it's them.

They're getting their confidence back. It will be a close Test series.
I love watching them all dancing in the crowd... some real soul there.
Unlike Australia.

I watched cricket at the SCG once. Cracking day that was.

Fairbrother hit the winning runs if i remember correctly, either that or the Aussies won and i was drunk...

Another wicket for Swanny. Sanga gone. 41/4.

Ha Billy. Things are more controlled these days. I've been through all the highs and lows at the SCG. It used to be near hysteria in some of those nail biting matches (or so it seemed) Some absolute characters there.

Now it's all very tame. Without the Hill something's been lost.

Slippery grass banks drenched with beer for one.

I am not sure how it is now breaker but when i was there in the early 90's it was madness. Brilliant atmosphere and loads of drunk people just having a grand old time.

Didnt hurt to have a nice west coast Irish accent either when it came to the Aussie ladies

Morning everyone

Afternoon Kenny, hope all is well

Tell me about it. I'm working with about four Irish blokes. They have an exceptionally heavy pull-rate... or so they say.

(not disputing their claims but they do tend to exaggerate other day-to-day things slightly... a bit like your typical Munster rugby fan)

Yes great thanks , little tired but then i shouldn't stay up chatting to Swanny

Linebreaker wrote:Tell me about it. I'm working with about four Irish blokes. They have an exceptionally heavy pull-rate... or so they say.

(not disputing their claims but they do tend to exaggerate other day-to-day things slightly... a bit like your typical Munster rugby fan)

An Irish person over exaggerate? breaker, wash your mouth out with soap

Munster fans dont exaggerate either, we know our superiority in the world

Swanny kept you up Kenny? That minx

Hey Kenny. You sound like me a few months back. It's good to have a splurge every now and then to clear the decks.

What's with the SL? What happened to Leeds? Was that just a bad day or have Saints found another gear?

Yes we were talking about that article in the papers about 1976 being the best year to be a child , it got my memory going into overdrive

eirebilly wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:Tell me about it. I'm working with about four Irish blokes. They have an exceptionally heavy pull-rate... or so they say.

(not disputing their claims but they do tend to exaggerate other day-to-day things slightly... a bit like your typical Munster rugby fan)

An Irish person over exaggerate? breaker, wash your mouth out with soap

Munster fans dont exaggerate either, we know our superiority in the world

Ooh, I know....
(bloody giant killers you lot!)

Afternoon LB , I should of seen the Saints result coming what with a new coaching team in charge ..teams tend to have a upsurge when theres been a sacking of their coach

luckless_pedestrian wrote:I love the Windies. If I have a second Test side, it's them.

France in rugby, don't tell me - football - don't really like the sport, but if I had a second team it would be Brazil.

I see. So Royce must have been on the nose then?
You must be happy with Hull KR beating Huddersfield? Good win that!
Still surprised over the Wakefield win. I didn't see that coming at all.
It's a tricky comp to pick winners I reckon.

Chuffed with Rovers win but i do wish we could be more consistant , we play well for 60 minutes a game then just stop it really annoys me

It has been hard to predict this year with everyone beating everyone else , each team has had at least one great game

We'll be right... there's only 14 more rounds to the finals.

Did you get the 1976 article in Aus ?

No, I was looking for it back in this thread. Only went back to page 8 though.

Can you post it?

All I remember from '76 was
Leif Garret & ABBA (you got bashed if you mentioned either)
Skateboards
Montreal Olympics... a bit of a let down.
getting up to no good at school... always 'in detention'

...and cross country running. We were always doing that.