The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Georgia

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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 ventured to Georgia, because rugbydreamer wants the Scarlets to find a nice forward out there.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of birthday boy Hughie, Chris Budgen, Leo Cullen, Brian O'Driscoll, Paddy Wallace, Tomas O'Leary and a red faced Ronan O'Gara on the wall.




Old Pub:https://www.606v2.com/t26870p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-shebeen-queen-at-ellis-park-johannesburg#1115697

Copy me in on that!

Kiwireddevil wrote:

Rava wrote:Kiwi, I was thinking of writing an article about the forthcoming Irish Open Golf Championship which is being held in Portrush in June.
Can you give me an idea of expected/required word count.

Hi Rava, I've had a quick look and my Super rugby previews run to just over 1500 words, which is on the long side. So anywhere between 500-1200 is grand. Any links you can dig up for pics of the course/players saves me and Adam loads of time when "typesetting" too. Otherwise I can give you access to the writers section tonight, and a quick overview of how it works then (busy day at work today)

Cheers Kiwi . No hurry as I'll have to get a draft done first. I'll keep in touch though and let you know how I'm getting on.

And me too please!!!

BTW Mick you know me well and my love of first phase tries.

MrsP wrote:Sorry Prop!



What is happening on the 25th? I've ben away see!

MrsP - it's the final of the Cardiff & District Mallett Cup, the second oldest cup competition in the world. It was first competed for in season 1893 - 1894. The Sarries have a semi-final on Tuesday, 17th

Mickado wrote:I'll send it to your hotmail Asbo. Expect it in 10/15 mins

You beaut, but seriously no rush bud - thanks

Kiwi, posted the articles in the American Football section, so if you want to post the links. It's a bit outdated now though!

Mick, could you PM me the torrent stuff if possible. Sound man

You know what, I don’t seem to have anyone’s personal email address so I’ll just PM you all.

Asbo, Stag, Luckless, Thomond and MrsP, if anyone else wants the info let me know.

Mickado wrote:You know what, I don’t seem to have anyone’s personal email address so I’ll just PM you all.

Asbo, Stag, Luckless, Thomond and MrsP, if anyone else wants the info let me know.

Thomond wrote:Kiwi, posted the articles in the American Football section, so if you want to post the links. It's a bit outdated now though!

Mick, could you PM me the torrent stuff if possible. Sound man

Cheers. Operation "catch up on articles to publish" is underway

Obviously you didn't spend much time thinking up a name for the operation.

Rava wrote:

Mickado wrote:You know what, I don’t seem to have anyone’s personal email address so I’ll just PM you all.

Asbo, Stag, Luckless, Thomond and MrsP, if anyone else wants the info let me know.

Just sent it on to you there pal.

Thomond wrote:Obviously you didn't spend much time thinking up a name for the operation.

It saved time come the "setting objectives" phase too

I would have suggested Operation Hot Mother.

Spoiler:

Or Operation That Board Game Called Operation.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Or Operation That Board Game Called Operation.

If I'd called it "stay up until 12.30 on a 'school' night wrestling with wed editing software I'd never have started"

Munster v Cross Keys will take place in Musgrave Park, Cork.

red_stag wrote:Munster v Cross Keys will take place in Musgrave Park, Cork.

A great win for Munster A on Friday, was getting text updates all the way. A massive come back and snuck it at the end, i was pretty gutted but it shows that the talent is coming through

Why to Munster get to have a team in the British and Irish Cup? Shouldn't the Irish clubs compete as clubs?

It's their A team Lucky, I don't really know why they do to be honest. But it seems to work well, I would wonder how AIL teams would do.

Stag, weekend of the HC semis is it?

Would have been better to have had a bit more notice of where that game was being played. Few Crosskeys fans going that want to book flights. Shame it's a Friday night too. Bit poor for a club final.

I think I'm managing to watch RAF v Army this afternoon. The RAF will get a stuffing, but at least I'll see some mates. Off on a different job tonight then. Some of you might want to be ready to wave at me later

I had a personal best on my bleep test today. So happy. Only meant to do a basic pass, but thought I'd go further. Could've done more as well, but settled for just having a years peace. All that smoking and drinking on the weekend obviously helped a treat.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Why to Munster get to have a team in the British and Irish Cup? Shouldn't the Irish clubs compete as clubs?

Shouldn't the Welsh compete as regions?

Mickado wrote:

red_stag wrote:Munster v Cross Keys will take place in Musgrave Park, Cork.

A great win for Munster A on Friday, was getting text updates all the way. A massive come back and snuck it at the end, i was pretty gutted but it shows that the talent is coming through

A midfield of Kerrymen though thats an alarming thought. They are the brains of the outfit!!!

MrsP wrote:Are you being a mascot Prop?

Just come onto this :o MrsP I've been very good and ignored everything you've been saying so that I cannot be ajudged to have been bullying you and now this?!

And lucky: yeah it is the arms park....feel i'm moving down in the world---Kingsholm to Millennium to Arms Park

prop_lyd wrote:

MrsP wrote:Are you being a mascot Prop?

Just come onto this :o MrsP I've been very good and ignored everything you've been saying so that I cannot be ajudged to have been bullying you and now this?!

And lucky: yeah it is the arms park....feel i'm moving down in the world---Kingsholm to Millennium to Arms Park

Prop just think of some of the great players that have graced The Arms Park - Jackie Kyle, Mike Gibson, Willie John.........

I'm noticing a trend there Rava not sure what though........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17678237 another one?! Really disappointing for Burns after his sudden rise.

prop_lyd wrote:

MrsP wrote:Are you being a mascot Prop?

Just come onto this :o MrsP I've been very good and ignored everything you've been saying so that I cannot be ajudged to have been bullying you and now this?!

And lucky: yeah it is the arms park....feel i'm moving down in the world---Kingsholm to Millennium to Arms Park

Prop!

It couldn't have been hard to ignore me as I hadn't posted anything in here in ages!

Lloyd Burns quits rugby with neck injury.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17678237

Another career cut short. Hope he recovers to full health.

MrsP wrote:

prop_lyd wrote:

MrsP wrote:Are you being a mascot Prop?

Just come onto this :o MrsP I've been very good and ignored everything you've been saying so that I cannot be ajudged to have been bullying you and now this?!

And lucky: yeah it is the arms park....feel i'm moving down in the world---Kingsholm to Millennium to Arms Park

Prop!

I'm blowing a load of hot air which makes no sense at all and no one looks up from their drinks anyway

Fixed that for you

Clearly!

Quite dangerous being able to edit quotes isn't it

Sad news about Lloyd Burns, but as Robert Beale says in the article, "I am personally relieved that this serious condition has been identified off the field of play."

Awful news about Lloyd Burns.

So it looks like the final of the B&I Cup is 17:30 kick off isn't it? Even more of a farce. Way to give people a chance to watch it.

Not ideal, Rev.

Afternoon all, quiet in here.

Just watching Ireland's Grand Slam Journey. I've watched quite a few sports documentaries and this one has to be right up there at top. The production quality is absolutely fantastic and the story is told very well moving between the first four games and the final match against Wales.

Army must be about 60 up now. Their Fijians are making all the difference, running in scores from everywhere. Seen some mates though and starting rugby training again for my station soon.

Rev, one of the Resident Battalions in Ballykelly a few years ago (Cheshire's?) had a large Fijian presence. A couple of them actually played senior rugby for City of Derry.
They arranged a few games against the local clubs but there weren't many return fixtures

Just to add if anyone is interested in watching any other sports documentaries, two I'd reccomend would be, from the ESPN 30 for 30 series, Into the Wind and Once Brothers. Two really beautiful stories.

I've just listened to this interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17678560

During it the interviewer asks Mallinder if he is worried about the game,

"....in view of what happened to Calum Clarke in the LV final..."

Nothing happened to Calum Clarke!!!!

Something pretty terrible happened to Rob Hawkins at the hand of Calum Clarke! How can an interviewer have such a twisted view of that event that somehow Clarke becomes the victim?

That is beyond baffling MrsP!

Well, the rumours were there today, and it's now been confirmed.

Stephen Jones is leaving Scarlets for Wasps

I don't know rugby without him. It was horrible enough when he went to France for two years, but he came back to us, and I'd have loved him to have stayed with us until he retired. Ah well.

Going to be so weird seeing him playing in a Wasps shirt (although I hope he has a get out clause if Wasps do end up in administration - as such a big club when I was growing up, I really hope that doesn't happen to them!)

Diolch am bopeth Stevo, a pob lwc am y dyfodol. (Thanks for everything Stevo, and good luck for the future).

I am one very upset Scarlet

Munsty, if you're into sports documentaries, watch "Straight Outta LA" or "Catching Hell".They are both apart of 30 for 30, and both on youtube. First one is the links between Gangsta rap in South Central and the Oakland Raiders (they were in LA back then) The second one is this, straight from Wikipedia. The one on Andrés Escobar, who scored an own goal for Colombia in the World Cup, which ended up knocking them out. He was subsequently murdered. (It's not on Youtube but I could probably find it for you)

"In the eighth inning of Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, with Chicago ahead 3–0 and holding a 3 games to 2 lead in the best of 7 series, several spectators attempted to catch a foul ball off the bat of Marlins' second baseman Luis Castillo. One of the fans, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball, deflecting it and disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou. If Alou had caught the ball, it would have been the second out in the inning, and the Cubs would have been just four outs away from winning the National League pennant. Instead, the Cubs ended up surrendering eight runs in the inning, giving up the lead. They went on to lose the game. When they were eliminated in the seventh game the next day, the "Steve Bartman incident" was seen as the turning point of the series"


Also NFL Films, do absolutely brilliant documentaries about each team that wins a Super Bowl and everything else (It's called America's game and they are all on Youtube). Even if you're not into American Football it's great. Would like to see something like that done for HC winners. They are shot similarly to the Grand Slam Journey Doc.

for Dreamer, I thought Wasps were in Administration though?

It's not nice when a favorite player moves on, especially when it's not a move that will enhance their career.

I really hope Wasps can get themselves sorted out.

I presume he is looking for more game time or do you think finances are the reason?

They aren't yet Thomond, but there's a big risk of it.

MrsP - not sure really. Finances probably have something to do with it, but then Stevo has always said he wanted to try his hand playing rugby in England. Tis probably a mix of a lot of things.

We do have Owen and Jordan Williams coming through at 10 behind Rhys P and Aled Thomas, so we do have the cover there, but man he's a big loss. Although guess more fro what he bring off the parc now then on it.

Signing someone if you're close to going into administration is straight out of the "How to run a football Club like Rangers/Cork City/Shamrock Rovers/half the league of Ireland" handbook.

Yeah I've seen America's Game. It's good if quite cheesy and very over the top at times. I prefer the ones they do actually on the teams that didn't win.

Seen the Escobars one. Very interesting but those ones I mentioned I thought were the stand outs mainly because of the stories they were telling.

Not surprised Jones has moved but I don't think Wasps will be the right fit for him or him for them even.

Wellies in a Wasps shirt. Now that will look strange.

There are a few more 30 for 30s I want to see but they are hard to come by. Thre is one set on June 17th 1994, ( opening day of the US World Cup the day OJ Simpson tried to run from the Police, NBA finals day, Palmer's final round of US Open golf) Have you watched all of them? Due to the success of the original 30, they made another ten I think. I wouldn't be interested in a lot of the sports on there but they are very well made documentaries.


America's game isn't that cheesy, some of the guys who do it are great characters. I thought the "Missing Rings" series was pretty good and there were some other very good ones. It's great to see teams who have been terrible for so long win the big game, they do great work on those ones (2002 Buccaneers for example)

Anyone know if they made a doc on the 1988 Dodgers run? Holly wood couldn't have scripted that - or the 1991 MLB season for that matter!

Thomond wrote: There are a few more 30 for 30s I want to see but they are hard to come by. Thre is one set on June 17th 1994, ( opening day of the US World Cup the day OJ Simpson tried to run from the Police, NBA finals day, Palmer's final round of US Open golf) Have you watched all of them? Due to the success of the original 30, they made another ten I think. I wouldn't be interested in a lot of the sports on there but they are very well made documentaries.


America's game isn't that cheesy, some of the guys who do it are great characters. I thought the "Missing Rings" series was pretty good and there were some other very good ones. It's great to see teams who have been terrible for so long win the big game, they do great work on those ones (2002 Buccaneers for example)

Maybe not cheesy, just very American.

I hear you on that.

Dodger, I don't think they did. The one on the 95 Rugby World Cup sounds interesting but I haven't seen it. Here's a list of all the stuff that's been done. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30