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.

Panic over I've got it....don't know WTF that was on the Irish link...

Record crowd at Ravenhill tonight. Emotional night ahead. Let's go boys.

Yeah it'll be v.emotional all right Willy.

Good quality rugby going on at Ravenhill.

The PRO12 Rocks.

Great great kick by Parks. Good old BBC website

Parks is on fire. Brings so much variety to Connacht. The pack must love him too.

I'm so cross. My stream keeps dipping out. I don't know if it's my internet connection (which is usually very good) or the BBC website. Very very frustrating

Cari, PM.

Connacht staying well with Ulster. Getting mullered in the scrum, but great in defence. Parks is leading them well here. But, I feel its only a matter of time till Ulster nail a try.

Evening pub, .

Don't follow one of Gibbo's links Cari, your browser will be high-jacked by a spider-bot-ting intent on navigating you to sites unbecoming of a laydeee.

I hope all are well despite the bad times we seem to be beset by just recently.

Incidentally, I've given up smoking, I've been free of the evil vapours since Monday, I'm doing OK, but every now and again, I get possessed by demonic urges to lash out and destroy in a totally random direction.

Apologies in advance...

Seems to have calmed down now...thanks for the PM Gibbo.

Being a woman and all, I'm assembling a bathroom cabinet whilst watching this...well they both make me swear like a trooper...

Penalty try Ulster...!

Have I missed anything - like anybody pass a driving test or get a new puppy ? I'll have (Peroni)

Well done on the quitting smoking Peej! Best thing to remember is that the craving goes as quick as it comes I gave up myself four years ago. Didn't use anything either...well, if you ignore I put on about three stone...

When's Tommy going to score his hat trick?

Croeso nol Penfro! Hope you had a good holiday

Cari wrote:Seems to have calmed down now...thanks for the PM Gibbo.

Being a woman and all, I'm assembling a bathroom cabinet whilst watching this...well they both make me swear like a trooper...

Penalty try Ulster...!

IKEA yeah? Spits.

Oooh. Parks misses pen. 10-0.

Not Ikea actually Gibbo!

O's winning in Italy! 16-34 (I think). They've got to get a WBP.

Tommy's losing his shirt!

Ulster try.

Cari wrote:Croeso nol Penfro! Hope you had a good holiday

Twas lovely Cari, a fair bit of rain in Treviso (but warm) and then great weather up at Lago di Garda - over 24c every day. Just chilaxin'

Ah so a bit like Pembs, but hotter? Shame you had to come back to the orse end of a hurricane in Wales though...

17 - 0 at HT.

Croeso Penfro. I hope you both had a great time.

How goes it?

And here's that Peroni.

Well done O's 16 - 34 FT

Right, after some effing and jeffing, stoppage to see Tommy almost score, and sip coffee I've finished the cabinet. It's tidy. And I've no screws or bits left over...

I don't know why people get all snooty and stuff around flat-pack furniture, I mean, unless it's a piece of work carved from some monolithic block of solid timber, they're all feckin flatpack.

It's just some get built for you, that's all.

Go Cari, and don't be ashamed to pop a few spares in your pocket.

They use multi-packs nowadays to save time on packing the right fixings, you should have almost enough of everything and too much of the ones you don't need.

Word.

Penfro, , .

- it goes great mucker. Going to drop back out now, jeez you're not wrong Cari that rain is roddin' it down at PYS

Sale really taking it to the Tigers. First night off in 9 days- feels like bliss, and the rugby on BBC online is making it even better

Peej! Are you saying I SHOULD have bits left over...? I've screwed something I shouldn't have...

Penfro - yep, it's wazzing down in the Diff too. Supposed to be like this all night and into tomorrow. Rhod Gilbert was not wrong when he said Welsh people are born wearing cagoules....

Give it to Tommy!

Gawd that Ulster no.8 is a big barsteward but he doesn't half run...

Here comes Connacht legend John Muldoon!

Cari wrote:Peej! Are you saying I SHOULD have bits left over...? I've screwed something I shouldn't have...

Penfro - yep, it's wazzing down in the Diff too. Supposed to be like this all night and into tomorrow. Rhod Gilbert was not wrong when he said Welsh people are born wearing cagoules....

We've all done that bab. I'm not saying you should have, but if you do have it's not unusual... that's all.

Alright PJ?

Yeah, I phhokin hate IKEA and flat-packs. I remember when furniture came all stuck together an ting. Ah well. Its handy for people in flats. Specially with the stairs in Amsterdam. My lads love it. Mrs loves it.

Im just a grumpy aul bollix. Happy one tho.

Ulster look too strong here. Stand Up Connacht!

Speak for yourself Peej!

ooh hark at the Ravenhill crowd proving they can spell Connacht shoud've run in a try then...

Gibbo - do you struggle assembling flat-pack stuff? Is that why you hate it...?

The Beeb have it as...

Embra 10-10 Treviso. Another for McVisser, but no mention of the Treviso try scorer.

Scarlets 16-3 Dragons (Maule try)

Ulster 17-0 Connacht. No mention of the 2nd Ulster try scorer.

No tbp for the Os though. Biggar kicked 5 pens.

Sale 8-3 Tigers (Rob Miller try for Sale)

It's still 16-3 in Llanelli...just switched on the telly to check.

Woah! What's Sparky been on? He's all silky shiny and has huge thighs! He used to look like a matted old teddy.

Gibson wrote:Alright PJ?

Yeah, I phhokin hate IKEA and flat-packs. I remember when furniture came all stuck together an ting. Ah well. Its handy for people in flats. Specially with the stairs in Amsterdam. My lads love it. Mrs loves it.

Im just a grumpy aul bollix. Happy one tho.

Ulster look too strong here. Stand Up Connacht!

'Ow am ya Gibbo? (as if by magic, Cari)

It's OK to be grumpy man, the world needs grumpy miserable auld bollix to realign the latest generation of youffs away from the idea that all you need in life is love and peace and tranquility to make everything OK.

Suckers, eh?

Just for the record, I feckin hate IKEA, nowt against flat-pack, Sweden or their shameless peddling of dodgy meatballs before they let you out, nope, it's just the idea that there's a right way to walk through a shop, and "ye shall all follow the one true path!"

My arse, I go my own way in life - and that goes for IKEA too, MrsPeej just wont take me anymore, hypocrite!

Mention Grumpy Old Bollix (GOB) and Gibbo comes in...

ooh, I've started Xmas shopping today too.

16-13 in Llanelli now, but a Dragons player just yellow carded.

Evening all

Evening Oz

Love ye long time.

I think Notch is Paddy Jackson...

Evening Cari

How's tings with everyone? All good I hope.

I'm good thanks Oz. Had a stressful week in work, but that's over now. A weekend to look forward to - off to a good start with the O's win and an assembled bathroom cabinet.

Hope all's well on Planet Oz

Is Paul Marshall smaller than Shane Williams? I think so...oh butter fingers Tommy. Woops!

Oz, .

Sale taking the game to Tigers for the first 40, but it really isn't hard to see why they're still winless.

Plenty of ball, plenty of turf, but absolutely no control whatsoever, there's just no purpose about them.

What have they done to Sparky?! I can't tell if he's a bear or a big cat now.

MORGAN STODDART !!! Great return from that awful injury, 24-13 at PYS

Love you Penfroo.

Glorious try for Ulster. Great break, great kick, great catch and give, great finish