The Corso Marauders Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Amsterdam

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Hello 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 its way to Amsterdam in honour of original publican Gibson who is finally back in gainful employment. One small step for man ...

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of former Corso Marauder Lawrence Dallaglio or young ice hockey prize winner (thanks to the v2ers) Chris Boyd.



Old pub https://www.606v2.com/t34157p950-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-sea-of-tranquility-luna#1518392

Spoiler:

Thought this was funny- Asbo can testify that Paul Marshall had a complete brainfart at the end of the game at Ravenhill on Friday and kicked the ball out, backwards, when there was time left on the clock. Meaning Ulster had to defend deep in their own territory late in the game when Glasgow still had a chance to score again and take a LBP.

https://www.facebook.com/paulmarshallofficial

So if you look above you can see lots of photos of him from training today sporting the official Pink Jersey that's designated for I guess the Ulster Rugby equivalent of "D!ck of the week". It's nice to see that kind of standard rugby club banter in a professional setting.

Spoiler:

Quality. Classy move to put it on his own official Faceache page.

Love it.

Welcome back prop.


Re the Lions. The rest of the coaching team will be announced next month.

Forwards - Rowntree

Backs - Schmidt

Defence - Edwards

Attack - I would appoint a coach with the remit to pull the other three traditional areas into a coherent strategy to maximise the Lions' attacking opportunities. Keep the Aussies on the back foot, because their defence is usually excellent.

Sorry, those would be my choices - not necessarily who the management team will select.

Evening Hound. Must be all those real ales that got rid of those cells.

Nice one As and Glas.

Night all. Fatty's leg. Covered a shift and it felt like I loaded around the same as Heathrow handles in a day.

Sounds good. Rowntree and Edwards are certs I would say though. Having worked alongside Gatland on the last Lions tour and been successful since then.

Ah I think I missed this page. I like the idea of that shirt and such gimmicks as punishment. Good stuff

I'm off for zzzzs, but before I go...

We need to think about attacking Oz at every opportunity. NZ have this mentality, especially on turnover ball. Hence my thinking on appointing an attack coach. Open to nominations on that front.

Night folks.

Schmidt. If we try to play like Wales v OZ we will lose, I'm already expecting some token Welsh lads so something better go right with the backs!

Evening all,


Spent today in work catching up since Thursday, nice way to spend a few hours. On the way up from guildford now on a fast train for once which mist defo is a Brucie Bonus


Big shout out to Asbo for another fine weekend in devon. He even organised the village to put on a game of cricket for me. Great day out, gutted I couldn't score a run though.

The spanels ears were top notch Thursday night though.


How is everyone anyway??

Not too bad Hugh, have to do a bit of writing tomorrow for the Journal and another place, the parents 25th anniversary was yesterday so we kind of had a celebration for that. Along with our stupendously astonishing, that was well received.


Story with you?

Yeah not to bad T, was ruined Sunday coming back up on the train with asbo after the weekend though. Two of us actually were in fairness although I didn't have the luxury of "power naps" over the weekend unlike the elder statesman

I really like this Pub. Reminds me of good times past. Just like last weekend.

Met this guy in a shoarma (kebab) shop, at 2 in the morning, not long before he fulfilled his prophecy and jumped off a high building. Don't blame me. Major speed-freak. But he was Nederland's Zappa incarnate. He signed my shoarma bag. Wished I hadn't been so out of it and had kept it. But I still treasure the moment.

This is a Clog vid of him apologising, to a boer, for shooting one of his cows in de arse, in the dark, from a moving train.

I loved Herman Brood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=4qXh2YSc56I&NR=1

He could sing as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgnOWRBaxTQ

Hope everything is all right Gibbo, you know where we are if you need a chat.


For you brother


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDU3x9o77I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thomond wrote:Schmidt. If we try to play like Wales v OZ we will lose, I'm already expecting some token Welsh lads so something better go right with the backs!

That's why picking Gatland was a mistake, he won't adapt.

Hoog wrote:Hope everything is all right Gibbo, you know where we are if you need a chat.


For you brother


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDU3x9o77I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I love you man. Haven't a jayzuz clue what yer on about. But I still love you. Its what real Dads do.

HC Tour here we come, son of mine!

Jaysus, i nearly spat me coffee out when i saw that Gibbo was alive at this hour

Well alive Billser. Even made breakfast in bed for Herself. Thank God she was lying down, cos she near fainted.

I'm biking-in today. Far quicker than Tram and Metro.

Made breakfast as well . Gibbo man, take it a little easy, you're not as young as you once were

Michelle Obama just won her husband another 4 years, to try and turn the Yanks into a civilised race. A thankless task.

She was magnificent. Stunning, vibrant, highly intelligent and crystal-clear in her words. Maybe she should take over from him.

Have a nice day yall.

Yes, but its yanks you're talking about.

Morning all. Heading west again today. Brizzle Parkway beckons.

I see Gatland has warned the Lions players (not that he's selected any yet) not to behave like England on tour.


No rift there then already.

prop_lyd wrote:Rev: I just have no brain cells!!

PJ: I've got my now, they don't seem to have it over there!!

T: Yeah an amazing area....photos should be up by tomorrow.

ASBO: Cheers fella, great start for Exeter with Budgie getting a try too!!

Damn right, oldest player ever to score in the prem - ligind

Morning all, usual for me pls: &

I posted this a couple of pubs ago:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Read back and saw some Heino talk - as far as matches go, I think I'm hosting the following, but please correct me if that is not the case and add a name if I've inadvertently missed anyone:

* Clermont (October) - Mick &Joce, Kiwi Pete, Hoog(?)
* Scarlets (December) - the Penfros, Shovey, Glas (en famille?), Rev, Staggy (maybe)
* Leinster (January) - Hoog, Dinghus, Gib, Georgie&Michelle, a selection of Micks (tbc), Puma (?)

Unless I hear otherwise, I will get tickets to at least cover the above (and a couple of spare)

Have taken care of Clermont tickets (with some spares just in case) and Hoogie is away to watch some amateur game between the Dublin4s and Llanelli, and I'm about to book Exe vs Scarlets (altho I recall that Rev may be away on a secret mission somewhere so may have to drop out, but again I'll get a few spares JIC). Glas, how many for you?

Notch wrote:Thought this was funny- Asbo can testify that Paul Marshall had a complete brainfart at the end of the game at Ravenhill on Friday and kicked the ball out, backwards, when there was time left on the clock. Meaning Ulster had to defend deep in their own territory late in the game when Glasgow still had a chance to score again and take a LBP.

https://www.facebook.com/paulmarshallofficial

So if you look above you can see lots of photos of him from training today sporting the official Pink Jersey that's designated for I guess the Ulster Rugby equivalent of "D!ck of the week". It's nice to see that kind of standard rugby club banter in a professional setting.

Spoiler:

Twas a funny moment indeed, Notch, class on the shirt (looks like Exe's Heino effort without the scribbles!)

Hoog wrote:Evening all,


Spent today in work catching up since Thursday, nice way to spend a few hours. On the way up from guildford now on a fast train for once which mist defo is a Brucie Bonus


Big shout out to Asbo for another fine weekend in devon. He even organised the village to put on a game of cricket for me. Great day out, gutted I couldn't score a run though.

The spanels ears were top notch Thursday night though.


How is everyone anyway??

At least it wasn't a golden - playing and missing three times against that attack is no mean achievement! Did you mention that you bowled the losing ball as well?!

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Morning all. Heading west again today. Brizzle Parkway beckons.

I see Gatland has warned the Lions players (not that he's selected any yet) not to behave like England on tour.


No rift there then already.

I saw that Hound and shared your thought initially, but then I checked what he actually said and he didn't mention England by name at all - shoite sensationalising journalism!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:Morning all. Heading west again today. Brizzle Parkway beckons.

I see Gatland has warned the Lions players (not that he's selected any yet) not to behave like England on tour.


No rift there then already.

I saw that Hound and shared your thought initially, but then I checked what he actually said and he didn't mention England by name at all - shoite sensationalising journalism!

He didn't have to mention England by name, As. In the context of discipline and conduct he said " We're all aware of what happened at the Rugby World Cup and the issues that arose."

I wasn't exactly scratching my head thinking which team at the RWC might have prompted that comment.

Morning folks, haven't commented in here for a couple of months so I hope everyone's doing well.

SUFTU!!!!

I'll be back!!!

Welcome back, Scotty, good to see you

Any other regz fancy either of these jaunts?:
1. 15.00 on Sat 8th Sept, London Scottish vs Newcastle Falcons at the RAG
2. 15.00 on Sun 16th Sept, Oxford Welsh vs Exeter Chiefs up in Oxford

Let me know, and I can organise some tickets

Question: If I am sending a letter to Northern Ireland from Rep of Ireland do I need an international stamp or will a domestic one do.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Hoog wrote:Evening all,


Spent today in work catching up since Thursday, nice way to spend a few hours. On the way up from guildford now on a fast train for once which mist defo is a Brucie Bonus


Big shout out to Asbo for another fine weekend in devon. He even organised the village to put on a game of cricket for me. Great day out, gutted I couldn't score a run though.

The spanels ears were top notch Thursday night though.


How is everyone anyway??

At least it wasn't a golden - playing and missing three times against that attack is no mean achievement! Did you mention that you bowled the losing ball as well?!

Ah, see what happens when you try to get an Irishman playing cricket


Morning all/

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Any other regz fancy either of these jaunts?:
1. 15.00 on Sat 8th Sept, London Scottish vs Newcastle Falcons at the RAG
2. 15.00 on Sun 16th Sept, Oxford Welsh vs Exeter Chiefs up in Oxford

Let me know, and I can organise some tickets

Count me in for Saturday at the RAG As. I'm in Portugal the following weekend though.

red_stag wrote:Question: If I am sending a letter to Northern Ireland from Rep of Ireland do I need an international stamp or will a domestic one do.

Think domestic will do. International stamp needed from Northern Ireland to Republic, but Republic to NI is domestic.

Or was it the other way around?

Notch wrote:

red_stag wrote:Question: If I am sending a letter to Northern Ireland from Rep of Ireland do I need an international stamp or will a domestic one do.

Think domestic will do. International stamp needed from Northern Ireland to Republic, but Republic to NI is domestic.

Or was it the other way around?

Nah, domestic either way.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Read back and saw some Heino talk - as far as matches go, I think I'm hosting the following, but please correct me if that is not the case and add a name if I've inadvertently missed anyone:

* Clermont (October) - Mick &Joce, Kiwi Pete, Hoog(?)
* Scarlets (December) - the Penfros, Shovey, Glas (en famille?), Rev, Staggy (maybe)
* Leinster (January) - Hoog, Dinghus, Gib, Georgie&Michelle, a selection of Micks (tbc), Puma (?) Rava (tbc)

Unless I hear otherwise, I will get tickets to at least cover the above (and a couple of spare)

As discussed As, I may make the Leinster game in January.

Pete, Ozzy, Stag - put up a comment in the writers section for the podcast thing if you want to take a look.

Rava wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Read back and saw some Heino talk - as far as matches go, I think I'm hosting the following, but please correct me if that is not the case and add a name if I've inadvertently missed anyone:

* Clermont (October) - Mick &Joce, Kiwi Pete, Hoog(?)
* Scarlets (December) - the Penfros, Shovey, Glas (en famille?), Rev, Staggy (maybe)
* Leinster (January) - Hoog, Dinghus, Gib, Georgie&Michelle, a selection of Micks (tbc), Puma (?) Rava (tbc)

Unless I hear otherwise, I will get tickets to at least cover the above (and a couple of spare)

As discussed As, I may make the Leinster game in January.

Gotcha Can't order for that one yet, but will build in a safety net anyhew when I can

FOUR times today I have seen posters mix up the words "loose" and "lose".

Infuriating.

Morning all btw, hope everyone's well?

Starting to get excited/nervous for Friday evening. Will soon see if the Scarlet result was merely a one off or something we can really build on.

Ah did you loose your cool Stag?

couldn't resist, sorry!


Cardiff regs - I might be up in the Diff this weekend (potential girls night out on the cards, not 100% sure yet) if any of yous wants to meet up on the Sunday? Will let you know as soon as I know if I'm going to be there or not

rugbydreamer wrote:

couldn't resist, sorry!


Cardiff regs - I might be up in the Diff this weekend (potential girls night out on the cards, not 100% sure yet) if any of yous wants to meet up on the Sunday? Will let you know as soon as I know if I'm going to be there or not

Penfro will be interested .

Stag is such a looser

Morning! (just...)

Well I've picked a fab week to have off. It's baaayoootiful outside just waiting in for a delivery then I'm off out again. Too nice to be indoors.

I bought something on eBay recently. Yesterday me and the Dutch seller were emailing back and forth about postage and things. Turns out she's a big Munster supporter based in the Netherlands. (Has Eirebilly got kids? ) She's really nice anyway. We had a good chinwag about rugby. She goes to Limerick a few times a year as she knows people over there. It just made me chuckle how we went from on about one thing to rugby...

Cari wrote:Morning! (just...)

Well I've picked a fab week to have off. It's baaayoootiful outside just waiting in for a delivery then I'm off out again. Too nice to be indoors.

I bought something on eBay recently. Yesterday me and the Dutch seller were emailing back and forth about postage and things. Turns out she's a big Munster supporter based in the Netherlands. (Has Eirebilly got kids? ) She's really nice anyway. We had a good chinwag about rugby. She goes to Limerick a few times a year as she knows people over there. It just made me chuckle how we went from on about one thing to rugby...

Cari, you should be careful who you talk to on the interweb

Ha yeah Rava...there's some oddbods about aren't there? Especially Dutch-Irish rugby fans...

Hi all. I'm at the lovely Tortworth Court in Gloucs. Beautiful gardens and a wonderful sunny day. Back inside in a mo for this arvo's 'entertainment'.

In the news today, Mars have lowered their Scottish sales targets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19487149

Are you wearing your best suit?
"It wasn't me yer Honour! It was them guys there that done it."

Friggin' warm here today too. Balmy evening 5 days out of winter.
It's going to be a bad year for bugs I reckon. I saw a mozzie the size of a small dragonfly just before.