The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Jedburgh

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Sláinte 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 made it's way to Jedburgh, home of Greig Laidlaw who kicked the winning points for Scotland on Tuesday night.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of all of the June Internationals debutants hanging over the bar.

Old pub: https://www.606v2.com/t30214p1000-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-sixmilebridge#1286837

I hope they teach yer woman Ireland's Call and get her over to NZ for our game next weekend

rugbydreamer wrote:good luck Breaker

You too dreamer!

Rava wrote:I hope they teach yer woman Ireland's Call and get her over to NZ for our game next weekend

Oh gees we have another 2 games to go....

Rava wrote:I hope they teach yer woman Ireland's Call and get her over to NZ for our game next weekend

Personally I blame Declan Kidney for the Irish anthem shambles. His backing track for Ireland's Call is pure Plastic Paddy cheesy schlock. He's chosen to lead into the anthems with a synth-pop beat that sounds like it was made on a Fisher Price keyboard and a cringeworthy guitar slide that could have been lifted from the music of a sexually frustrated 45 year-old geography teacher; utterly incongruous when juxtaposed with the gravity our oppositions anthems are generally treated with.

How did Declan Kidney get the job of arranging the backing track in the first place? Is it because he has experience co-ordinating the amateur choir in his local parish- why were more qualified musicians from Ulster and Leinster overlooked for the job?

Everything is Declan Kidneys fault. He missed a lot of tackles out there today too.

Bad Deccie

Wales getting schooled here....

I'm gonna watch this video every day of Euro 2012;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwSL-IUym08

First test done, result went as I thought, just really hope the injuries in the Wales backs aren't too bad. My poor Georgie and Scott

Utterly pants fringe defense needs massive improvement for us.


Congrats breaker, enjoy the win!

Well done Aus. Congrats Breaker

Wales will be better for the game but as you say Dreamer the injuries might be a factor.
Wasn't Genia sublime today. And without Ferris there to give him a lift as well

I'll miss England later so good luck Hound, Swanny and any other English who are looking in.
Oh and good luck Biltong as well

Pints for the Kiwis and ozzies !

Rory, I hope you have enjoyed the backrow play this morning and particularly opensides of the quality of McCaw, Pocock, Warbs and SOB. Great performances from all of them.
Thought Lydiate played well first half and faded. Higginbotham was immense for Aus.

Thanks dreamer & Rava

I'm just relieved it's over. I was impressed with the speedy ball at times but also frustrated by the usual mistakes made after good build ups. Wales will improve I think... so it's still a cracking series ahead.

Cheers Rodders!

Well put it this way breaker, we can't get worse!



(Or I really, really hope not )


rava - been some sublime play from the 7's on show so far this weekend.

Rava wrote:Rory, I hope you have enjoyed the backrow play this morning and particularly opensides of the quality of McCaw, Pocock, Warbs and SOB. Great performances from all of them.
Thought Lydiate played well first half and faded. Higginbotham was immense for Aus.

I have indeed! I hope you saw my thread all about the irish back row options in the club section!

SOB in particular made 18 tackles!

So for all Dreamers talk before the match, turned out Australia were better. I actually thought Wales and England would win today.

what talk?

I dunno you probably talked them up. . . .

what by saying I didn't think they'd win the first test?

aye, such a talker I am....

Im just assuming based on your track record. Honestly its like Mrs Gatland. The opposition should be pinning your comments to the dressing room wall.

God I know, always talking up my team with such rampant positive thoughts, you know me...

Afternoon.

I'm not going to moan, but Duw, that hurt. Glad to see Beck come off the bench (although not due to Williams' injury. Hope he's OK). He'll get better. *sigh* there's always next time. And on the upside it was great to see the regs and watch two good matches on a big screen instead of the PC. Every cloud...

Don't worry, you'll be back Cari.

Wales are always a very dangerous side and the next game will be no different. Oz were more switched on tonight. (We were pretty desperate too!) There will be more twists and turns I feel.

There's too much blydi sport, isn't there?. A long day for me already and a feast of football still ahead! This cricket is killing me too...

Congrats Breaker and Kiwi Pete, good wins for your lads - commiserations to others

Cheers As. You're doing very well yet again in the tipping comp. On an absolute roll there on SG!

So apparently Ireland are now the worst side to ever play the game and all players we thought were very good about about 8:29 this morning are now all shoite. Anyway, nearly done a preview of Ireland v Croatia.

Duff or McClean thomond?

Duff's in, Trap named it yesterday. I would pick McClean and drop MuckGeady.

Will give you a preview seeing as I know you all really want to see it (please note: I haven't finished it, haven't done spell/grammar checks on it mysel, nor have the writing team)

It's fair to say that Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland side were not expected to get to the Euros. Their group looked relatively easy on paper, Russia were the only clear heavyweights, but Ireland did struggle against some of the lesser sides at times. They struggled at home against Macedonia and Slovakia, most notably. Yet under "Trap" as he is known by the Irish faithful, Ireland have become quite a resolute side. In the 2 campaigns he has presided over (2010 World Cup Qualification and Euro 2012 qualification), Ireland have only lost two games. They lost to France in Dublin during their World Cup playoff, and to Russia in the Aviva Stadium. Both games were lost by a solitary goal. They did look outclassed in both matches (Russia raced to a 3 nil lead before Ireland clawed 2 goals back) they still managed to stay competitive. In what is quite a tough group, Ireland will need to harness their ability to stay in the game if they are to achieve success.

Ireland are going to field the following team: Given; O'Shea, St Ledger, Dunne, Ward; Duff, Whelan, Andrews, McGeady; Doyle, Keane

Ireland will line up in a 4-4-2 formation ad they have done throughout Trapattoni's tenure. This will likely cause them problems throughout the tournament, and Croatia will also cause some problems. With their formation, Ireland are often left short in midfield, the majority of teams in the current era operate with 3 or more in the middle of the park. It puts a lot of pressure on both Whelan and Andrews as well as the centre backs, who may have to deal with an oncoming midfielder and a troublesome striker. Slaven Billic, Croatia manager, is somewhat flexible in his formations, he is known to operate 4-1-3-2, 4-2-3-1 or the classic 4-4-2. Croatia play good attacking football, but this can often be part of their down fall Croatia, have lacked a decent defensive midfielder since the retirement of Niko Kovac and at times, Croatia can get overran in midfield. In attack, they can be breath taking. Luka Modric is a name all Premier League fans will know, the Tottenham man, is a fantastic playmaker with the ability to grab a few goals. Darijo Srna, the right sided midfielder or wing back, is electrifying going forward and is also a decent defender, Damien Duff and Stephen Ward will have to keep a close eye on the wideman. Vedran Corluka is one of the more recognisable names of the Croatian defence. He spent 3 seasons at Tottenham before going on loan to Bayern Leverkusen this year. He could end up filling in at centre back but he is traditionally a left or right back. Croatia's defence isn't great, in a group containing Greece (not exactly attacking!), Latvia, Malta, Israel and Georgia (Latvia, Malta and Israel are quite poor, Georgia are improving but still quite weak), Croatia conceded 7 goals. They finished second in their group .Croatia also came through the playoffs to get to the Championships, beating Turkey on their way to Poland. They showed signs of improvement in the playoffs though, beating Turkey 3-0 over two legs.

Thomond, do you by any chance have a link fot the SA game?

There are a number of guys in the "match link" thread requiring assistance.

thanks

Sent Pms to those who looked for it

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Congrats Breaker and Kiwi Pete, good wins for your lads - commiserations to others

Have you anything stronger......?..... ...... on the plus side you'd get some good odds on Ireland winning the series 2-1 now.....

Man alive Asbo, that's one hell of a round!

Then again, I suppose the Aston Martin set can afford it...

I like loud.

https://youtu.be/3D6nt2bviIU

Afternoon pub. It was nice to meet up with most of the Welsh regs yesterday and this morning. I'm propped up against the bar in the 'Wasps Nest' in Marylebone.


Comgrats to NZ and Aus on their wins earlier.

Prynhawn da, Hound, it was good to meet you earlier - for only the second time! Now let's hope for an England win and another blow for the northern hemisphere!

Writer,s if you could have a sconce. Sound.

I'll give it a gander, Thomond. My main thought at the moment is what the etymology of sconce is. I likes me my etymology.

https://youtu.be/cCCIChRnnmo

http://www.slang.ie/index.php?county=Dublin&entry=sconce

And Thomond, this is where I thank you for your links!

This is a fascinating Test match in prospect, properly fascinating. How far have England come? Will Heyneke Meyer's winning style translate to the Test arena? Boy howdy, there's only one way to find out!

It's weird, I don't tend to use them anymore but I'm still the supplier.


(That makes it sound like I deal Heroin, only on the weekends....)

Linebreaker wrote:Don't worry, you'll be back Cari.

Cheers Breaker Congrats to your lads. Enjoy the win.

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Afternoon pub. It was nice to meet up with most of the Welsh regs yesterday and this morning. I'm propped up against the bar in the 'Wasps Nest' in Marylebone.

That was quick for public transport! Ditto on meeting everyone. It's always a pleasure never a chore. Let's hope England can salvage something for the NH today.

Howdy, Cari.

Breaker, you have a gem in Will Genia (as if you needed me to tell you!). What disappointed me was that we weren't wise to him sniping around the fringes. (The world knows he's a sniping scrum half!) That's a huge reconnaissance failure on Shaun Edwards's part.

Great to meet up with some of the local regs and to host the

- we looked seriously under cooked for 50 minutes and did anyone else notice what we did in the pub ? Mr Joubert ran some great blocking lines for the Aussies

Breaker - congrats on the win today, lets's do it all again next week

Hello again Lucky.

Have SA got a fella called "Hoohaaa" playing for them?

Ha, that's Hougaard, Cari!

Good start for England. Keep it simple, take your early points.

Brilliant by Johnson, just as it was poor by Hougaard. Once that ball's in his hands, charge the fecker down!

I've got South African commentary now Lucky, so they say his name properly. They're not as one eyed as you'd expect either.

That's probably Hugh Bladen Cari, he's one of my favourite commentators.

I've been out.

Anyone care to share a quick synopsis of our match?

Any positives???

Even slight glimmers?????

MrsP wrote:I've been out.

Anyone care to share a quick synopsis of our match?

Any positives???

Even slight glimmers?????

Well we didn't concede 50 points, well chuffed about that.

Mrs P - Chilli had a good game, McFadden scored a try, and they both looked fit I don't think you had any serious injuries either.

You made half-breaks in midfield, Mrs P - if you can get players on the shoulder, you can cause those pesky New Zealanders some problems. The other thing is the concession of penalties. But God bless these three-Test series, there's the chance of redemption!

How did England steal that?! Stunning defence!