The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Oxford

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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 Oxford and the only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Seve Ballesteros, Andy Fenby, Nick Williams,Tim Visser, Adam Ashley Cooper and Paul Lawrie up on the wall.

Evening all......Red DWARF'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This best be blydi good.

red_stag wrote:Irish regs, did you see the junior cert is being phased out.

Ja. And I heard the Leaving Cert is growing in popularity.

Hi prop.

Oh, and the Wasps injury jinx continues. I found out earlier today that Nic Berry has had to retire after a series of concussion injuries.

He did well for us last season behind a very inexperienced pack.

Good luck Nic.


Plus James Bailey copped a broken leg last week on his debut.

Awful luck that, getting injured on debut.

Dragons are suffering a bit of a curse in the backrow. Obviously Lydiate is a big loss, but I do believe that Hywel Stoddart would have stepped up were it not for his rotten luck.

Off on a trip for four days from tomorrow. Nothing exciting, lot of waiting around. Hopefully get some gym work done as all I've done is pig out for my six days off work.

Linebreaker wrote:Worth every minute of it.
I love that wet dog smell. Thrilled for you Dreamer. Like either of those names.

Off to the airport to pick up brother in a short while. Got woken an hour earlier than expected by what sounded like possums rooting.
Horrible noise... like a pair of asthmatics having a 'disagreement'. They've stopped now. Just beautiful bird noises as I type.

Jeebus, breaker, that sounds like camping at Mick's in the south of France with Pete, Hoog, Gib & Rav in tents nearby

Risca Rev wrote:Awful luck that, getting injured on debut.

Dragons are suffering a bit of a curse in the backrow. Obviously Lydiate is a big loss, but I do believe that Hywel Stoddart would have stepped up were it not for his rotten luck.

Off on a trip for four days from tomorrow. Nothing exciting, lot of waiting around. Hopefully get some gym work done as all I've done is pig out for my six days off work.

The desert mountains of Syria - Such A Schlep

G'luck Rev.



DL is a big loss for Dragons. I've not made my mind up about him. He's a bit like Joe Worsley, in that JW became known as a tackling machine. JW had more to his game than that, and I suspect Lydiate feels likewise if allowed to be; especially by Gatland.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:Worth every minute of it.
I love that wet dog smell. Thrilled for you Dreamer. Like either of those names.

Off to the airport to pick up brother in a short while. Got woken an hour earlier than expected by what sounded like possums rooting.
Horrible noise... like a pair of asthmatics having a 'disagreement'. They've stopped now. Just beautiful bird noises as I type.

Jeebus, breaker, that sounds like camping at Mick's in the south of France with Pete, Hoog, Gib & Rav in tents nearby

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHfcLwEzp0&NR=1

Hope the four days go quick for you Rev

Have put a pic up of Amber in the book of face pub, and more then on my own book of face page for those that can see it.

I think I'm in love

Just watched Moneyball - proof that the stato's have something to offer!

rugbydreamer wrote:Hope the four days go quick for you Rev

Have put a pic up of Amber in the book of face pub, and more then on my own book of face page for those that can see it.

I think I'm in love

There's no need for that, Shovey, we;re just casual acquaintances

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:G'luck Rev.



DL is a big loss for Dragons. I've not made my mind up about him. He's a bit like Joe Worsley, in that JW became known as a tackling machine. JW had more to his game than that, and I suspect Lydiate feels likewise if allowed to be; especially by Gatland.

Its a huge loss for Dragons, Wales and The Lions. That's for sure. Phhook, there will be lots more of it too. Truth is, its all in the Game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUImQmqQ7s

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

rugbydreamer wrote:Hope the four days go quick for you Rev

Have put a pic up of Amber in the book of face pub, and more then on my own book of face page for those that can see it.

I think I'm in love

There's no need for that, Shovey, we;re just casual acquaintances

oh fine, and there was me thinking we were friends



Lydiate's injury is a big blow to him but I really am gutted for Hywel Stoddart. Work so long to get a pro contract then first match you get an injury that finished your season. Harsh.

Gibson wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:Worth every minute of it.
I love that wet dog smell. Thrilled for you Dreamer. Like either of those names.

Off to the airport to pick up brother in a short while. Got woken an hour earlier than expected by what sounded like possums rooting.
Horrible noise... like a pair of asthmatics having a 'disagreement'. They've stopped now. Just beautiful bird noises as I type.

Jeebus, breaker, that sounds like camping at Mick's in the south of France with Pete, Hoog, Gib & Rav in tents nearby

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHfcLwEzp0&NR=1

As, if only I was a bug on the tent flaps...

Lovely song Gibbo. Something about that era strikes a chord.

I watch Danny a lot, because I know he has his detractors and I know people think he's overrated by people like Jiffy. I watched him more than anybody v France and he really was unreal. I get to see the best of him really, as its fair to say you see more in a sense at a game, than on tv (particularly if you focus on one player more).

He'll be back by March's games I reckon. Just in time for the Championship decider v England, followed by the Dragons Amlin run in (en route to winning the flipper).

Hello everybody, in just under a month I am running the Dublin Marathon (full length Marathon) and in doing so I am trying to raise soem money for the Winnicott Foundation. This provides care for intensely unwell new born babies and comfort for their parents through supporting St Mary's Hospital, Paddington's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
 
My page is here, please donate if you think the cause is a good one! http://www.justgiving.com/James-Cooper8
And please look at the Winnicott Foundation here to see why I think it is a great cause- http://www.winnicott.org.uk/
 
Thanks everyone, regardless of whether you donate or not,
 
Best Wishes,

CJ, aka Jac


Ps really sorry for not being on here that much ATM, really busy. Hopefully better after I get this run out of the way!

No worries CJ. We all have stuff to be getting on with.

I'll check it out tomorrow.

zzzzz time.

Morning slackers,

Woke up with a shocking tooth problem, wisdom tooth I think, washes it out with a load if salt water took a couple of nurofin and away we go. I'll get a bit of "medicinal" whiskey on the bugger later


Strange day in work today, I've got one train at 1036, Hampton court and back, can go home after it. Still have to sign on for fricking 0600 though

I got it wrong, train is not until 1136

Hoog wrote:I got it wrong, train is not until 1136

Aye well, at least the passengers should get their train on time today

well, at least you didn't sleep in today...

hard luck with the tooth problem, that's never fun.

And moooorning all.

Been trying this getting up at 6.30am malarkey...seems to be going well so far (weirdly for moi)

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Hoog wrote:I got it wrong, train is not until 1136

Aye well, at least the passengers should get their train on time today

Wouldn't count on it

I’ve been getting up at 6.30am for the last year, before that it was 6am for a year and before that it was 5.30am. I must be due to move another half hour closer to work shortly.

Heading to Oktoberfest with a few folks from work later on, should be good an messy, the last few times I’ve been there 3 giant beers has had me on my ear. If you think that makes me a light weight consider that Oktoberfest beer is about 8.5% abv and it’s served by the liter. Assuming a standard pint is 568ml and 4.5% that would mean 1 Okkyfest brau contains about 3.33 times the amount of alcohol of a normal pint.

Bore da pawb / good morning all, thank Crunchie* it's Friday!

Dreamer, Amber is a beauty!

I get up at 5 on weekdays. Well, my alarm goes off at 5 anyway. I usually ride the snooze train 'til about half past.





* - other chocolate bars are available.

If that's the case then Mick then one pint (litre?) of the stuff would be enough to get me utterly tiddly!

Lucky - she is completely gorgeous. Has a real thing for feet/shoes too, hasn't started trying to eat them yet but if you sit/stand still even for a second she cwtches right up to them, head on foot, and falls asleep.

Won't get to see her now until I get back in from the rugby (where despite my anti-rain dance, the rain gods clearly haven't listened to me! Looks set to be a stinker of a day for the match )

rugbydreamer wrote:If that's the case then Mick then one pint (litre?) of the stuff would be enough to get me utterly tiddly!

Lucky - she is completely gorgeous. Has a real thing for feet/shoes too, hasn't started trying to eat them yet but if you sit/stand still even for a second she cwtches right up to them, head on foot, and falls asleep.

Won't get to see her now until I get back in from the rugby (where despite my anti-rain dance, the rain gods clearly haven't listened to me! Looks set to be a stinker of a day for the match )

Excuse my spelling, my computer thinks I'm American.

ooh no, I thought I'd probs spelt it wrong anyways, just didn't know whether to refer to it as a litre or a pint is all

Mickado wrote:Excuse my spelling

No.

Oh it’s a litre alright, I think they call it a mass (but I’ve definitely spelled that wrong). Ma-hassive!

So Micky T isn’t about for the Exeter match, shame that. Asbo, have you got your tickets sorted already? South Stand?

That's correct mick, south stand so we can all abuse him together

rugbydreamer wrote:

Lucky - she is completely gorgeous. Has a real thing for feet/shoes too, hasn't started trying to eat them yet but if you sit/stand still even for a second she cwtches right up to them, head on foot, and falls asleep.

Our first dog did that. We reckoned it was his way of ensuring you weren't going anywhere without him.

Morning all!! Been for a swim, cycled to work and I'm in the 1sts for tomorrow...boom!!

Dreamer, sounds awesome about the puppy, my sis' lab puppy used to do that (she's a bit big now so crushes your feet when she lies down!).

My get up for work is 8am, it takes me 3 mins to walk in!!

Good man CJ Will check out your site over the weekend .

Joe Schmidt has signed a 1 year contract extension that will keep him at Leinster until the end of the 2013/14 season. Deloi-rah.

I'm confused.


Reading paper today, new NBA2K13 is out. They feel the need to promote the fact that Jay Z is an Executive Producer for it.

Jay Z??? What has he got yo do with basketball or computer games that can positively contribute to the game??

Mickado wrote:Joe Schmidt has signed a 1 year contract extension that will keep him at Leinster until the end of the 2013/14 season. Deloi-rah.

Nice one, we can expect to see more 'total rugby' from your fellas for a while longer then. Hopefully we'll have caught up with you by then and playing 'completely total rugby'

Pete330v2 wrote:

Mickado wrote:Joe Schmidt has signed a 1 year contract extension that will keep him at Leinster until the end of the 2013/14 season. Deloi-rah.

Nice one, we can expect to see more 'total rugby' from your fellas for a while longer then. Hopefully we'll have caught up with you by then and playing 'completely total rugby'

Pete!! Come on now sure we passed them at the weekend

Rava wrote:

Pete330v2 wrote:

Mickado wrote:Joe Schmidt has signed a 1 year contract extension that will keep him at Leinster until the end of the 2013/14 season. Deloi-rah.

Nice one, we can expect to see more 'total rugby' from your fellas for a while longer then. Hopefully we'll have caught up with you by then and playing 'completely total rugby'

Pete!! Come on now sure we passed them at the weekend

Schmidt is yesterdays man. He is in charge of defence at Leinster and has stood idly by as they emerged as having probably the weakest defence in Europe this year.

Don't worry lads - we'll take it from here

Hoog wrote:I'm confused.


Reading paper today, new NBA2K13 is out. They feel the need to promote the fact that Jay Z is an Executive Producer for it.

Jay Z??? What has he got yo do with basketball or computer games that can positively contribute to the game??

I would seriously question the judgement of anyone who would consider signing Cher Lloyd to his record label.

Been queuing at jjb for nearly 45 minutes now. Realistically this was a bad idea. Was at the gym early this morning so I skipped breckfast and have left my water bottle in the car. This could be dangerous.

Madigan, Conway, BOD, McF, Nacewa, Sexton, Reddan
VdM, Strauss, Ross, Browne, Toner, McLaughlin, Jennings, Heaslip


The Leinster team has been "leaked" apparently...

I'd be very happy with that, all things considered.

Thats an excellent team. Really did not see Leinster being anywhere near that strong.

I have a feeling Paul O'Connell will be on the bench for us.

Queueing to get into the gym? Is it really that popular?

red_stag wrote:Thats an excellent team. Really did not see Leinster being anywhere near that strong.

I have a feeling Paul O'Connell will be on the bench for us.

The bench would be fairly weak compared to what we could produce last year, but Healy would still be in the mix.

Jjb the shop lucky. They're having a closing down sale everything is half price. Woo hoo

Oh of course!

It's official... No Healy...?

LEINSTER:

15: Ian Madigan
14: Andrew Conway
13: Brian O'Driscoll
12: Fergus McFadden
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Eoin Reddan

1: Heinke van der Merwe
2: Richardt Strauss
3: Mike Ross
4: Damian Browne
5: Devin Toner
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Shane Jennings
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Sean Cronin
17: Jack McGrath
18: Jamie Hagan
19: Tom Denton
20: Jordi Murphy
21: John Cooney
22: Noel Reid
23: Fionn Carr

That not a great looking side. I'm switching my prediction, Munster to win this one. Sorry Leinster fans.

Munster announce their team. No Paul O'Connell.

01: Dave Kilcoyne
02: Mike Sherry
03: BJ Botha
04: Donncha O'Callaghan
05: Donnacha Ryan
06: Dave O'Callaghan
07: Sean Dougall
08: Peter O'Mahony
09: Conor Murray
10: Ronan O'Gara
11: Simon Zebo
12: Casey Laulala
13: Keith Earls
14: Doug Howlett
15: Denis Hurley

16: Damien Varley
17: Wian du Preez
18: Stephen Archer
19: Billy Holland
20: Paddy Butler
21: Duncan Williams
22: Ian Keatley
23: James Downey

Way off topic for the current Leinster v Munster talk but in the latest Rugby World, they say there's been 8 HC winners from Wales

Tony Rees, Nathan Thomas, Ieuan Evans, Richard Webster, Allan Bateman, Andy Newman, Rob Howley and Gareth Thomas.