The Dew Drop Inn Virtual HEC Final Rugby Pub, Twickenham

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Chin chin and 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 arrived in London this week for the Heineken Cup final so has stocked up on cucumber sandwiches ( - KRD ) and Pimms.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of Ruan Pienaar, Stephen Ferris, Jonathon Sexton, Rob Kearney and Jonny Wilkinson (the five nominees for the ERC Player of the Year award), Nigel Owens the HEC final referee or Adam Powell (captain of Llanelli RFC who are playing Ponty in the Welsh club final on Friday). The CCTV snaps of Prop_Lyd and the other Cardiff Saracens players on tour in Croatia are fair game though.



Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t28922p950-barrel-s-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-restaurant-luderitz#1218292

Probably just mind games rodders. They'll keep us guessing on Kearney until kick off!

Apparantly Boss is injured now....sounds like a betting scam to me.....

rodders wrote:Apparantly Boss is injured now....sounds like a betting scam to me.....

Aye, he cracked his nail polish

Advantage Leinster

I'm not sure you have got this whole "advantage" thing sussed yet there Asbo!

MrsP wrote:

I'm not sure you have got this whole "advantage" thing sussed yet there Asbo!

Advantage Ulster?

Advantage Munster!

Notch wrote:

MrsP wrote:

I'm not sure you have got this whole "advantage" thing sussed yet there Asbo!

Advantage Ulster?

Yes

MrsP wrote:

I'm not sure you have got this whole "advantage" thing sussed yet there Asbo!

Sure,

AsLongAsYerHappy!

red_stag wrote:Advantage Munster!

I think that its advantage me, i dont have to watch two substandard sides in Ulster and Leinster fight over a micky mouse cup

MrsP wrote:Sure,

AsLongAsYerHappy!

Always

Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

Planet Rugby predicting Ulster to win!

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3822_7763680,00.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Advantage Leinster

Bore da/morning all! Just a few hours now till I'm on the train to Llundain, can't wait!

But first, going to chill with a couple of hours of cricket and TMS

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

I suppose I'd better get my banner ready:

C'mon Afoa, Nacewa, Thorn, & Boss (am I missing any other Kiwis? I'm pretty sure Payne's still injured).

He is still injured but sure put him on there anyway!

Kiwireddevil wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

I suppose I'd better get my banner ready:

C'mon Afoa, Nacewa, Thorn, & Boss (am I missing any other Kiwis? I'm pretty sure Payne's still injured).

Come on, Ruan, Johan, Stefan and Pedrie.

That's the spirit Biltong!

Well, maybe not the machine gun....

biltongbek wrote:
Come on, Ruan, Johan, Stefan and Pedrie.

Advantage Ulster......

MrsP wrote:That's the spirit Biltong!

Well, maybe not the machine gun....

Sorry MrsP, a little too mean?

How about this?

I'm not sure I can really condone any of the above.

Howsabout they just play rugby and the winner gets to take home the shiney shiney?

MrsP wrote:I'm not sure I can really condone any of the above.

Howsabout they just play rugby and the winner gets to take home the shiney shiney?

Ok, fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

There is a quote by Francois Pienaar that Best/Muller should definitely say if they win.

David van der Sandt asked him so much support from the South Africans helped them to win in 1995. He replied "We didn't have 62,000 fans behind us, we had 43 million South Africans."

I think it would be fitting

biltongbek wrote:

Kiwireddevil wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

I suppose I'd better get my banner ready:

C'mon Afoa, Nacewa, Thorn, & Boss (am I missing any other Kiwis? I'm pretty sure Payne's still injured).

Come on, Ruan, Johan, Stefan and Pedrie.

What about Strauss?

red_stag wrote:There is a quote by Francois Pienaar that Best/Muller should definitely say if they win.

David van der Sandt asked him so much support from the South Africans helped them to win in 1995. He replied "We didn't have 62,000 fans behind us, we had 43 million South Africans."

I think it would be fitting

I assume you mean, the 43 000 000 South africans will also support Ulster?

Mickado wrote:

biltongbek wrote:

Kiwireddevil wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

I suppose I'd better get my banner ready:

C'mon Afoa, Nacewa, Thorn, & Boss (am I missing any other Kiwis? I'm pretty sure Payne's still injured).

Come on, Ruan, Johan, Stefan and Pedrie.

What about Strauss?

sorry, mate, forgot about him, all the more reason to support Ulster.

biltongbek wrote:

red_stag wrote:There is a quote by Francois Pienaar that Best/Muller should definitely say if they win.

David van der Sandt asked him so much support from the South Africans helped them to win in 1995. He replied "We didn't have 62,000 fans behind us, we had 43 million South Africans."

I think it would be fitting

I assume you mean, the 43 000 000 South africans will also support Ulster?

No I meant there are that many of them playing with Ulster

red_stag wrote:

biltongbek wrote:

red_stag wrote:There is a quote by Francois Pienaar that Best/Muller should definitely say if they win.

David van der Sandt asked him so much support from the South Africans helped them to win in 1995. He replied "We didn't have 62,000 fans behind us, we had 43 million South Africans."

I think it would be fitting

I assume you mean, the 43 000 000 South africans will also support Ulster?

No I meant there are that many of them playing with Ulster Yes,

fixed that for you.

Stag, you were saying during the week that you don’t know who you should support.

I think this thread is surely addressing some of your doubts…

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!

15: Rob Kearney
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brian O'Driscoll
12: Gordon D'Arcy
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Eoin Reddan

1: Cian Healy
2: Richardt Strauss
3: Mike Ross
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Brad Thorn
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Sean O'Brien
8: Jamie Heaslip

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Sean Cronin
17: Heinke van der Merwe
18: Nathan White
19: Devin Toner
20: Shane Jennings
21: Isaac Boss
22: Ian Madigan
23: David Kearney

I think we all know who Stag is going to support Mick! And it's not the boys in blue I would counter the Saffer quote with this quote from the sadly departing Pedrie Wannenburg (whyyy, rends clothes etc.)

"On Saturday I'll be playing as an Ulsterman, not a South African"

Good side.

Morning all. Wish I was coming up tonight so much. Still, only 24 hours to go.

What news of the Ulster team?

As is.

Angry Tom, Farmer Best, Big John, Dan Chewy, O Captain my Captain, Fez, Chad, Wannenbosh, Ruan, Wee Jackie, Gilly, Paddy Bloody Wallace, Caveman, Trimby and the auld fella at the back.

Gibbo is playing full back for Ulster Notch??????

It's his slightly older South African counterpart Stefan Terblnache. Should have known that the term auld fella is pretty ambiguous in this group!

So they didn't go for I humph at ten. I was reading a buildup by Tyrone Howe and Paul Wallace in the Grauniad.

Mickado wrote:

biltongbek wrote:

Kiwireddevil wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MrsP wrote:Good man!

Have you got the Ulster Fleg and shirt ready?

Nope, yer man forgot the flag and I'll be wearing neutral shirt out of respect for All of my Ulster and Leinster amigos

I suppose I'd better get my banner ready:

C'mon Afoa, Nacewa, Thorn, & Boss (am I missing any other Kiwis? I'm pretty sure Payne's still injured).

Come on, Ruan, Johan, Stefan and Pedrie.

What about Strauss?

He's virtually Irish, he's been there so long.

Risca Rev wrote:Good side.

Morning all. Wish I was coming up tonight so much. Still, only 24 hours to go.

Personally I think playing a centre on the wing and an open side at 7 when you have two decent exponents of those positions on the bench is overly conservative and weakens the side.

Just in case - GUIDE

3 hours and I'm on the train to meet the "Regs" Oh yeah and watch some Inter-Pro match

I have just heard on radio that Leinster have beaten Ulster in 16 of the last 17 games between the two.

Advantage Ulster.

Aye the 17th one was a draw! .....

Advantage Ulster....

I thought the Scarlets had it bad with Munster!!!

rodders wrote:Aye the 17th one was a draw! .....

Advantage Ulster....

Just ask Gibbo or Bikkies or Hughie or MickyT about the 17th one!

They were all there with us in a very sunny Ravenhill!

I was in the terrace Mrs P..... my GFs 1st trip to Ravers I think.....