Barrel's Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub & Restaurant, Luderitz

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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 stayed in Africa this week as part of its build up to the Heineken Cup final, and attached itself to Barrels restaurant in Luderitz, Namibia, known for its beer, Eisbein and sing-a-longs.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of Simon Danielli, Federico Aramburu and the possibly Auckland-bound Joe Schmidt.



Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t28543p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-dar-es-salaam#1202251

The Red Stag emoticons.

I like the Christmas one!

Ozzy!

Put in a good word for us, would ya?

Ozzy3213 wrote:Think you might need an admin for this one as it is above our lowly moderator rank to make these decisions!

Ah, I know you can pull some strings Ozymandius

Puppyface;

I'm not sure that calling Ozzy a "Puppy Face" will necessarily have the desired effect there Notch!!

No... I was doing my Puppy face like;

Spoiler:

Evening everyone

I'm currently on the hunt for any raffle prizes to help raise funds to kit out my 10s team, if in anyway you feel you could help us please let me know.

It can be anything from a tin of beans to whatever you want it to be.

All prizes would be appreciated and some will even appear on Ebay at a later date to which i will try and get around to posting links to.


Thanks

Driver

Eirebilly has already been kind enough to donate some Cameras

Dublin will be the epicentre of European club rugby when the Irish capital stages both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals in May 2013.

Tournament organisers, ERC, have announced that the RDS will be the venue for the Amlin Challenge Cup final on Friday, 17 May, 2013 with the Heineken Cup showpiece going ahead the following day at the nearby Aviva Stadium as the main event of a weekend festival double-header.

With the two finals being played in close proximity, up to 70,000 supporters will flock to the city to savour what has become an unmissable weekend festival of European club rugby.

2013 will be the third occasion that the Heineken Cup final has been staged in Dublin, while next year will be the first time that Dublin has hosted the Amlin Challenge Cup final. The public ticket allocation for both 2013 finals will go on sale on Monday, 21 May at 12.00 noon with full details on www.ercrugby.com

RYANAIR TRAVELLERS THIS WEEKEND PLEASE NOTE

18/19 May - Ryanair.com 24 Hour Closure


The www.ryanair.com website will be closed for upgrade maintenance at the below times between Fri. 18 May and Sun. 20 May. Passengers must ensure that they have booked tickets, checked in online and printed their boarding passes etc. prior to the below times.

1. Online Check-in - Not available from 16:00 hrs on Fri. 18 May until 12:00 hrs. Sun. 20 May

2. Bookings cannot be made on Ryanair.com from 22:00 hrs on Fri. 18 May until 22:00hrs Sat. 19 May

3. Flight Changes cannot be made from 22:00 hrs on Fri. 18 May until 22:00hrs Sat. 19 May

Ryanair wishes to apologise to all passengers who may be affected by our website closure which is unavoidable in order to upgrade the www.ryanair.com website.

http://www.ryanair.com/ie/notices/gops/120508-newskiesclosure-en-GB

Jeebus Ryanair are a shower of bandits .....think we're travelling with them...nice one Rava!

Penfro - not sure if you've seen this, but the Ponty v Llanelli game is on the Sat now instead, ko 7:35 pm http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/22271.php

Evening good people.

I've had an invite from Ticketmaster to apply early for tickets for the finals in Dublin next year. Gold tickets for both games are €99 and €75 for 'standard'. The difference between the two is not clear, but they cover both finals.

Not sure how many tickets I'm allowed to apply for.

I got same Hound

Arrrrgggghhhhhh!

Slight potential fly in the P ointment!

The wee fella was at training tonight and tweeked a Hamstring!



Ulsters in 4 1/2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hard to hurdle or LJ on a dodgy hammy!

Ice ice ice ice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ice compression elevation.

I wish I was fit enough to tweak a hamstring.

I just hope and pray it settles for him and stays settled while he competes!

Trying to keep him inactive for 4 1/2 days will be some task!!!!!!!!!

Hound. Hang fire on any ticket purchase until the weekend. We can discuss requirements over a

Ok Rava.

We could be looking at a Quins v Toulon final.

That will obviously be the Amlin Final on the Friday night.
I suspect there could be a repeat of this years final on the Saturday

Man I forgot how good School of Hard Knocks is!! Gives me good advice for my job too, would love to be able to get involved in their set up!!

Bore da pawb / good morning all. Looks like I'm making the tea and coffee this morning, but I'm not doing any washing up!

Scrubber.

MrsP wrote:Arrrrgggghhhhhh!

Slight potential fly in the P ointment!

The wee fella was at training tonight and tweeked a Hamstring!



Ulsters in 4 1/2 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hard to hurdle or LJ on a dodgy hammy!

Ice ice ice ice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty mean to kick yer wee lad in the ham just so you can get to Twickenham

Morning all, usual for me pls: &

In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: "This time, like all times, is a very good time, if we but know what to do with it"

I just can't beleive he has got injured.

He was flying too.

Have to get him to a physio.

Morning all. I'm loving this drought we're in the middle of! Got soaked on the way to the station

MICKADO - Happy Birthday

ALL - are any of the regs heading out to The Stoop on Friday but NOT going to the final. I know people are heading out to meet Ozzy but are they all going to the final, heading out and going to a pub near the Stoop or are some staying in a pub in central London ? I just need to know if I get my ticket from Kairdif to Paddington or to Twickenham Thanks in advance

Morning folks.

Hound, i saw that email about the 2 tickets for next year. not sure what the difference is but €75 aint bad for a pair of tickets. I have a feeling this one will sell out early, a load of Irish people will be on a rugby high this weekend regardless of the result. I really like the idea that I can walk from my place to the HC final.

Morning people of the oval ball.

Happy Birthday Mick,
Happy birthday to you
You were born in the zoo
With the monkeys and the donkeys
and you smell like pooooooo toooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Mickado, happy b'day AGAIN! For you, my friend:

Spoiler:

Bore da/good morning all.

I'm going to miss the days when there was a chance of the HEC final being played across the street from my flat

Happy Birthday/Penblwydd Hapus Mick!

Morning all and thanks for the birthday wishes/pints/poems/pictures (in particular the picture).

As, who’s yerwan?

PenfroPete wrote:MICKADO - Happy Birthday

ALL - are any of the regs heading out to The Stoop on Friday but NOT going to the final. I know people are heading out to meet Ozzy but are they all going to the final, heading out and going to a pub near the Stoop or are some staying in a pub in central London ? I just need to know if I get my ticket from Kairdif to Paddington or to Twickenham Thanks in advance

Penfro, I am not going to be able to go to the final myself as I can't afford it so will just be going along to meet a few people and have a quick pint. I finish work at 4 so should be in Twickenham or wherever everyone is going to be by around 5.

Ozzy3213 wrote:

PenfroPete wrote:MICKADO - Happy Birthday

ALL - are any of the regs heading out to The Stoop on Friday but NOT going to the final. I know people are heading out to meet Ozzy but are they all going to the final, heading out and going to a pub near the Stoop or are some staying in a pub in central London ? I just need to know if I get my ticket from Kairdif to Paddington or to Twickenham Thanks in advance

Penfro, I am not going to be able to go to the final myself as I can't afford it so will just be going along to meet a few people and have a quick pint. I finish work at 4 so should be in Twickenham or wherever everyone is going to be by around 5.

Both Petes, I'll text you, but we'll aim to meet you at the Stoop - Olly Kohn's hog roast stand does a decent line in real ale in the car park apparently

Declan Kidney is announcing the Irish preliminary tour for Barbarians and New Zealand today.

Prediction: Board to go into meltdown despite Deccie picking an extended squad of about 60 players.

ASBO - sound I'll get my ticket for Friday from Kairdif to Twickenham. Then a single back from Paddington for Sunday. - works out £1.50 more than a Kairdif - Paddington return

Penfro - see my earlier post about Friday. I'm not sure if anyone is going to Twickenham but not to. the game. I will be watching the Amlin final at the ' Wasps' pub in Marylebone.

Mickado - that's what I thought about the tickets. Would need to bring about half a mill tocover beer and food though.

Maybe the way you drink mate

€100 for a night out is the low end of things usually. What recession? Re-Session more like it.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Mickado, happy b'day AGAIN! For you, my friend:

Spoiler:

Can I just say, I have meet Bikkies a few times and I can definately tell you that, unless he has changed considerably, that is DEFINATELY NOT BIKKIES!!!!!!

MrsP wrote:I just can't beleive he has got injured.

He was flying too.

Have to get him to a physio.

Kids are made of rubber Mrs P...4 1/2 days is forever to recover from a tweak for them, wouldn't worry about it

Happy B'day Mick

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Mickado, happy b'day AGAIN! For you, my friend:

Spoiler:

What a pretty young lass.

Happy birthday Mick

Happy birthday Mickalele - some cake, a pint and song for you...

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

Ah, Penfro - I see you're sorted for Friday. The Prince Blucher on Twickenham Green would be the nicest pub to meet/watch the game on TV. About 10 minutes from the Stoop, but a fair way from the station.

And Happy Birthday Mickado do.

Sorry, everyone's going to have to make their own tea, I'm busy at work (it's a rare occurence). That includes you, birthday boy!

Morning all.

Happy birthday 'Kado

I don't have a ticket to the Amlin, but I think I'll try to duck out to the Stoop for a quick catch up, as I can then do a dash down to Acton for an Aussie friend's moving home party (she's taking advantage of the Indoor Netball World Champs being in Brisbane this year, so she heads over to play for England, and stays there).

As the coda of 'I'm Every Woman' by Chaka Khan started to fade, Ken Bruce came on and said, "well she's certainly making enough noise for all of them!"

red_stag wrote:Declan Kidney is announcing the Irish preliminary tour for Barbarians and New Zealand today.

Prediction: Board to go into meltdown despite Deccie picking an extended squad of about 60 players.

What time Stag?

Why can't this be delayed until after the HEC final? Surely this just serves as a distraction to the players on the eve of the biggest club game of the season?

red_stag wrote:Declan Kidney is announcing the Irish preliminary tour for Barbarians and New Zealand today.

Prediction: Board to go into meltdown despite Deccie picking an extended squad of about 60 players.

He's going to announce all the players! Is this the actual tour squad or a hedge your bets, extended squad with players who have no hope in hell of traveling?

The Barbarians squad has been named anyway;

Backs - Isa Nacewa (Fiji), Mils Muliaina (New Zealand), Ian Balshaw (England), Cedric Heymans (France), Shane Williams (Wales), Paul Sackey (England), Sailosi Tagicakibau (Samoa), Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu (Samoa), Mike Tindall (England), Damien Traille (France), Felipe Contepomi (Argentine), Stephen Donald (New Zealand), Stephen Jones (Wales), Rory Lawson (Scotland), Jerome Fillol (France)

Forwards - Schalk Brits (South Africa), Benoit August (France), John Smit (South Africa), Aled de Malmanche (New Zealand), John Afoa (New Zealand), Duncan Jones (Wales), B J Botha (South Africa), Neemia Tialata (New Zealand), Jerome Thion (France), Mick O'Driscoll (Ireland), Anton van Zyl (South Africa), Pelu Taele (Samoa), Raphael Lakafia (France), Antoine Burban (France), Akupusi Qera (Fiji), John Beattie (Scotland), Pedrie Wannenburg (South Africa), Juan Manuel Leguizamon (Argentina)

It's a wonderful group of players this time, the kind of calibre of squad the Barbarians always aim for but sometimes fail to get these days. Would love to see Nacewa, Afoa and Wannenburg get to line out against Ireland.

rodders wrote:

red_stag wrote:Declan Kidney is announcing the Irish preliminary tour for Barbarians and New Zealand today.

Prediction: Board to go into meltdown despite Deccie picking an extended squad of about 60 players.

What time Stag?

Why can't this be delayed until after the HEC final? Surely this just serves as a distraction to the players on the eve of the biggest club game of the season?

True Rodders, but as we have all been reminded - the national team comes first

That's a cracking Barbarians squad.

Happy Birthday Mick