The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Cross Keys

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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 Cross Keys, as their team is in the British and Irish Cup Final.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of Richie McCaw, George Smith, Robert Nash,Billy Holland, John Muller, Greg Laidlaw, Aurelien Rougerie, Leo Cullen, Rhys Thomas and Iestyn Thomas.



Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t28083p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-edinburgh#1168404

MrsP wrote:And, actually, can I just point out that Glas was not "to blame" for any of my kids!!!!!

All MrP's fault!

Glas just put the number MrsP.... twas comedy gold at the time to be fair to him.

I remember PJ!

Gibson wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:That's a bit of a shocker, how come? Looking after the 8 kids? (blame Glas for that one).

The most important thing is that they're there and representing Ulster, and you'll be there and representing mini-P.

Sorted.

I love you PJ. The painting is fantastic. You are so talented. As well as being a total Baff roide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_ffgwLVCs

Well you're very welcome and to be fair, Barf have been ridden all season so I may as well take one for the team.



I'm backing a province for the heino this year, no doubt.



Hey, maybe I'll paint you one of Muller lifting the cup.....

MrsP wrote:I remember PJ!

Haha... how much... like... do you remember... then?

As I recall matters, I was an almost entirely innocent by-stander.

I remember more than you would like PJ.

Sloppy indeed?

PJHolybloke wrote:

Gibson wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:That's a bit of a shocker, how come? Looking after the 8 kids? (blame Glas for that one).

The most important thing is that they're there and representing Ulster, and you'll be there and representing mini-P.

Sorted.

I love you PJ. The painting is fantastic. You are so talented. As well as being a total Baff roide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_ffgwLVCs

Well you're very welcome and to be fair, Barf have been ridden all season so I may as well take one for the team.



I'm backing a province for the heino this year, no doubt.



Hey, maybe I'll paint you one of Muller lifting the cup.....

Ulster could so easily lift that Cup. No doubt about it. We will have to play better again than today - if we are to beat them. They have that very same self-belief. And brilliant players. And they know us inside-out. Hope they are full-strength.

A HC Final deserves it.

How can Kidney keep his job after that.

Going to spend some chillout time with de Missus. The kids are out celebrating Koninginnenacht. The Dam will be rocking vanavo.

Have a lovely evening all. My Cup is full. Its not all about the rugby either.

MrsP wrote:I remember more than you would like PJ.

Sloppy indeed?

Jaysus - it's true! Do you not forget anything?

In mitigation, can I claim temporary inebriation?

Glas made me do it!

Gibson wrote:Going to spend some chillout time with de Missus. The kids are out celebrating Koninginnenacht. The Dam will be rocking vanavo.

Have a lovely evening all. My Cup is full. Its not all about the rugby either.

'Night boss.

to you and yours. X

Rodders, sorry to hear about the car. Hope you get things sorted with the Insurance company.

PJ when you are doing that painting of Muller will you make sure I'm standing shoulder to .... er Elbow with him

Gibbo enjoy Queen's Day, with YOUR Queen

I thought we'd agreed on Van the Man for you Rava, one Belfast cowboy for another?

I reckon Ulster's year...

PJ Cowboy maybe, Belfast not!

Could be Ulster's year alright. Just now I'm happy to be there. After soaking up the atmosphere last year at the final I can't wait. Win or lose I intend to fully enjoy myself.
What chance you can down to London yourself? Would be brilliant to have that whiskey with you.

I'm a maybe Rava, I won't be getting tickets that's a cert , but if there's a chance for a meet and whiskey tasting, well, it would be rude not to.

Maybe we could toast Ulster's finest in a 21 year old?

Errrr, whiskey that is.

Just on the train to Crewe now where I'm being picked up and then the long journey to Heathrow. Not yet feeling the excitement, just sad having to say goodbye.

Morning folks


Where my Bacon and eggs???

Morning all,

Phew, what a weekend. Some strange emotions during our game in Dublin. Magnificent atmosphere in the ground. The Aviva was rocking at times.

Bore da pawb / good morning all, brighter this morning but it's still not very feckin' warm!

rugbydreamer wrote:This Trump v Carter game in the snooker (I've had it on in the background) is shaping up to be a v v good one.

I really enjoyed the Higginson - Jones match over the weekend. Jamie Jones is a tidy little snooker player.

I've just about come down from that weekend. Unreal

Morning folks. Lucky, its sunny and farly warm here. Not due to last though.

After the weekend just gone I'm not looking forward to this weekend, one of Wasps or Falcons to face the drop. Never been in this situation before.

Thankfully most of you won't have to ever have to endure this.

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Morning folks. Lucky, its sunny and farly warm here. Not due to last though.

After the weekend just gone I'm not looking forward to this weekend, one of Wasps or Falcons to face the drop. Never been in this situation before.

Thankfully most of you won't have to ever have to endure this.

Hound, feel for you buddy

Oh and I have several times with blydi Leeds Utd.

Yawn great weekend! Ipod-less today though!



Can't believe it Ulster v Leinster in the final, it feels like a dream! Too good to be true!

Crazy day yesterday! Is it time to start wumming about the final yet???

Should be a cracking final if the semi finals were anything to go by.

Hound we have never faced true demotion but we have had seasons in which Connacht could have taken our HEC spot which would have felt a bit like the same thing.

Not nice I know.

How did you enjoy the Edinburgh game, Mrs P? Got your voice back yet?

I actually didn't lose my voice which is a huge surprise.

I am usually fairly aware of when I am damaging it as I shout and it didn't feel that way even though I was cheering, shouting and singing an awful lot!

I did enjoy it hugely. Was great to have all the kids there with us. And despite all the stuff that we had to do before we could leave our arrangements for getting to the match could not have gone more smoothly, thanks in no small part to excellent advice from Rava!



Just a fantastic family day.

I do feel quite a bit of good will towards Ulster, although not quite to the same degree as Glas perhaps! But you know there are some sides you want to see do well, and Ulster are one of those for me. It would be great if they could win the Heino and they have the players to do it.

Thanks Lucky!

Nice to have a few positive words about Ulster from a neutral.



I am just so pleased that Brian McLoughlin's last game in charge is a HEC Final.

What a way to go!

MrsP wrote:
I am just so pleased that Brian McLoughlin's last game in charge is a HEC Final.

We could be in the RABO final yet Mrs P! BELIEVE! ......

I chatted to a few Ulster fans when you played the Dragons in the last game of last season (I think you needed to win the reach the play-offs), they were a good bunch.

rodders wrote:

MrsP wrote:
I am just so pleased that Brian McLoughlin's last game in charge is a HEC Final.

We could be in the RABO final yet Mrs P! BELIEVE! ......

I think we might have to be content with the HEC this year Rodders. Let the other teams scrabble over that one!

Might look a bit greedy to take that one too, no?

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:I chatted to a few Ulster fans when you played the Dragons in the last game of last season (I think you needed to win the reach the play-offs), they were a good bunch.

We mostly are Lucky.

A few eejits like any other team and probably a few more than usual in Dublin at the weekend but hopefully the gooduns can educate the few who need it!

Morning all.

Staying well hidden inside today, its far too orange out there for my liking

But,



It is sooo your colour William!

I thought Queen's Day was at the weekend?

Morning all,

Ha ha forget it Mrs P I want the double!

Yeah very disappointed to see quite a few fans not observe silence for the place kicks, there were a lot sat were we are not really singing or cheeing either.

Was generally a bit disappointed with the atmosphere and attitude from a lot of the Ulster supporters not sure how it came across on TV?

I suppose its wishful thinking to hope we'd get the same hardcore support we get at Ravenhill on this scale.

Rodders,

My biggest gripe was that the stadium kept playing music when all I wanted was to hear 40,000 Ulstermen sing SUFTUM!

Teenage Kicks is good and all but it wasn't what I wanted to hear!

Mist of the noise during kicks (final one apart) was from Edinburgh fans while Pienaar was kicking. We were very well behaved!

Where we were was crazy, constant singing and chanting for 80 minutes. No-one in our section was making noise for place kicks either. This is probably because we bought our tickets from the ST allocation one minute after they went on sale!

The atmosphere in the stadium in general was the best I've ever experienced in that stadium.

MrsP wrote:My biggest gripe was that the stadium kept playing music when all I wanted was to hear 40,000 Ulstermen sing SUFTUM!

Yeah it was incredibly annoying, the stadium PA people obviously didn't realise they didn't need music piped in to create the illusion of an atmosphere for once. If anything it had a detrimental effect on the atmosphere, although for a long time at the start we drowned it out.

The atmostphere in all the matches I watch over the weekend looked pretty good.

And after watching the Crusaders, Highlanders, Leinster and Ulster play I have to say to the Irish, nice work, you have learnt very well from New Zealand at the breakdown

Fair enough Mrs P, its hard to get a perspective of the whole stadium.

Really want to watch this one back on TV. Speaking of which any sign of Mickado?........

I wonder how many fans we will get travelling to Twickenham? I presume their will be more Leinster supporters?

Jeebus can't wait for the final.... I need to spend the next few weeks plotting Leinsters downfall.......

Kiwireddevil wrote:The atmostphere in all the matches I watch over the weekend looked pretty good.

And after watching the Crusaders, Highlanders, Leinster and Ulster play I have to say to the Irish, nice work, you have learnt very well from New Zealand at the breakdown

No idea what you could possibly mean!

MrsP wrote:But,



It is sooo your colour William!

I thought Queen's Day was at the weekend?

Its Queens day today. To many orange flag wavers running around outside

Actually Rodders.

We did manage to get this one recorded so we could include a wee DVD with the "flegs" for a small additional fee!

Need to arrange to get them all to you though. Any plans to visit the smoke soon?

One for the wall:

https://www.606v2.com/t28426-21-cannabis-farms-found-per-day-in-the-uk#1175732

MrsP wrote:

Kiwireddevil wrote:The atmostphere in all the matches I watch over the weekend looked pretty good.

And after watching the Crusaders, Highlanders, Leinster and Ulster play I have to say to the Irish, nice work, you have learnt very well from New Zealand at the breakdown

No idea what you could possibly mean!

Concentrating resources and securing ball at the breakdown is our hallmark

Im guessing this running "flegs" joke is a jab at Munster?

Name the price Mrs P!!

Yeah will probably be down between now and the final...maybe next weekend, will let you know sure .

red_stag wrote:Im guessing this running "flegs" joke is a jab at Munster?

No!

Not at all Stag.

It's just the way flag is pronounced by a lot of folks in Belfast. Nowt to do with Munster at all buddy!

What made you think it was a dig at Munster?

Its how they say it in Munster too.

See, Irish brothers in arms.

I follow a few Munster fans on twitter and man- I've not seen so much jealousy and bitterness of a weekend! Why is it always the crepe fans who are most apparent on the internet? Everyone I met in Limerick was incredibly sporting and then you go online...