The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Pyongyang

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Fri 12 Apr 2013, 4:16 pm

First topic message reminder :

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 Pyongyang in a bid to persuade Kim Jong Un to pack away the missiles, grab a beer and watch the rugby.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Donal Walsh, Chris & the late Hannah Eaton, the retiring Marcus Horan, the recently hospitalised Schalk Burger (with meningitis), the recuperated Jacques Burger, and the three-peating ANBL champion NZ Breakers

guinness

Previous pub: https://www.606v2.com/t42107-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-walkabout-covent-garden

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 7:55 am

Linebreaker wrote:
Cari wrote:TOMMY!

TIPURIC!

That's all I have to say on the Lions. Oh and that I hope we blydi well win (Sorry Breaker )

Off out...

That's fine Cari. It's only natural you'd want that. So you'll be having a few late nights in June & July then?

Are the matches going to be played in the afternoons local time, Breaker? (Or anyone else who knows.) I have fond memories of being woken up in the early hours by my dad to watch the 1989 Test matches being played in blazing sunshine. Give me that any day than getting up at 8 a.m. to watch a floodlit match.

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:12 am

Exactly. Will never forget the Campo debacle leading to Ieuan Evans' try whilst eating my cornflakes. The tragedy was Jiffy had gone North before that tour.

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:15 am

One of the best players the Lions never had. We see Jiffy and Guscott together as pundits, but Jiffy with Robert Jones inside him and Guscott outside - that would have been potent.

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:16 am

Can you imagine the bravura attack minded outside half play of the 88 Tripple Crown on those hard pitches?

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:17 am

With Gavin Hastings coming into the line from full back...

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:19 am

The games start at 8:00pm here, Lucky - so 11am for you. The club matches start at 7:30pm here or 10:30am in the UK.

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:20 am

Pants.

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:20 am

Sky Sports got their way then. Crying or Very sad

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:22 am

Cynical, but so true. Rupe you Kumquat.

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:22 am

Do you guys work on Saturday mornings? Wink

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:23 am

Job number II - farmin.

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 8:23 am

And the odd court appearance to spring some unfortunate naughty boy.

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:25 am

An 11 o'clock kick-off time for the Tests is great news for the pubs, though.

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:26 am

Tell your clients you have important meetings in Geneva on those dates.

and Mrs G can comb the sheep that morning... Very Happy

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:29 am

They opened the pub at 8:45am in Budapest back in '05... surreal atmosphere. Very Happy

I asked the manager the night before: "Are you sure you'll be open?"

Of course... of course we are!

Great!

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:29 am

What are you expecting from the Wallabies, Breaker? I've seen the odd bit of the Super 15, but I've heard that the Australian sides are going great guns.

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:34 am

If they don't win 3-0 I'll be very, very, very disappointed! Wink

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 8:36 am

That's a steal for a Test match!

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:44 am

yeah. (sorry deleted that bit)
It works out roughly $30 for 41 sporting events.
3 x AFL, 22 x NRL + Finals/GF, Oz v Iran/Oman WCC, 2 x SXV, Lions, S.O.O. 1 & 3, Bledisloe Cup, Man U v All Stars, some Int'l cricket matches, etc... plus reciprocal arrangement with MCG for AFL (not 2nd Lions though) Sad

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 8:50 am

£825 for this year, £500 each year thereafter. Very good deal if you like sport.

Going along this Friday to watch Bulldogs (my new 'local' team) v Tigers.
So easy to get to from here. Transport is excellent.

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Wed 01 May 2013, 12:34 pm

Afternoon all.

So will the last Coro actor not in court please turn out the lights Whistle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22366981

by Luckless Pedestrian Wed 01 May 2013, 12:37 pm

Never mind the allegation, William Roache is a lousy actor, isn't he?

Why is it that long-serving soap actors are among the worst actors? That one who plays Ian Beale, for example. There have been better actors on EastEnders who they've let go, but him, they keep.

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 12:49 pm

Good podcast Pete.

Glas needs to adjust his mike... you could hardly hear him... sounded a bit muffled. I think I got the gist of what he was saying though. (something about Gatland-ball, no?) Wink

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Wed 01 May 2013, 1:19 pm

Linebreaker wrote:Good podcast Pete.

Glas needs to adjust his mike... you could hardly hear him... sounded a bit muffled. I think I got the gist of what he was saying though. (something about Gatland-ball, no?)

Cheers mate

Glas was on the landline rather than a Skype line which may make a difference - I had to spend an hour or so last night amplifying everyone's audio (except mine) in the soundfiles - I think I was too close to my microphone.

Joys of the new laptop and Windows 8 furious

, things don't work quite the same as they used to mutter mutter.

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 2:23 pm

You wouldn't understand me across a table Breaker Rolling Eyes

I genuinely pity Dreamwr who audio-types my tapes Very Happy

by **Notch** Wed 01 May 2013, 3:04 pm

Glas a du wrote:You wouldn't understand me across a table Breaker

I genuinely pity Dreamwr who audio-types my tapes

It's worse than that, most of us don't even understand you on here Very Happy

by prop_lyd Wed 01 May 2013, 3:16 pm

Ok Irish regs.................... I'm looking at Dublin hotels (either the red cow moran, the regency or the louis fitzgerald) to stay in.....any of them have good/bad reviews.

Also, if I go with one of them we'll probably look at using the Lua's.....are they reliable/any good etc?

This is for the weekend after the heiniken and amlin finals so it won't be as crowded we hope!

Cheers

by **Pal Joey** Wed 01 May 2013, 3:26 pm

Notch wrote:
Glas a du wrote:You wouldn't understand me across a table Breaker

I genuinely pity Dreamwr who audio-types my tapes

It's worse than that, most of us don't even understand you on here

I was about to say, Notch.

Glas, you also speak very quickly... poor Dreamer's lwittlwle fingers. Wink

by Glas a du Wed 01 May 2013, 3:30 pm

She manages...somehow Very Happy

by **rodders** Wed 01 May 2013, 3:36 pm

prop_lyd wrote:Ok Irish regs.................... I'm looking at Dublin hotels (either the red cow moran, the regency or the louis fitzgerald) to stay in.....any of them have good/bad reviews.

I stayed at Red Cow for last years Heino semi, can't remember the hotel. Really handy for the Luas. Had the car broken into though at the hotel overnight along with quite a few other guests, apparantly round there is notorious for it so beware....

by prop_lyd Wed 01 May 2013, 4:03 pm

Ok cool, we're flying over so wouldn't have a car to worry about at least. Ta fella!

by MrsP Thu 02 May 2013, 7:53 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22366640

Or...to paraphrase...Doctors allowed holidays!

Shocked

by Glas a du Thu 02 May 2013, 8:09 am

Sky have taken the rights to the Rabo. Are they nuts?

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 02 May 2013, 8:49 am

I read that the current broadcasters will keep their coverage rights and the the Sky matches will be additional. If that's the case, it's not a bad thing.

Unless, as is likely, Sky will have the pick of the fixtures.

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Thu 02 May 2013, 11:04 am

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:I read that the current broadcasters will keep their coverage rights and the the Sky matches will be additional. If that's the case, it's not a bad thing.

Unless, as is likely, Sky will have the pick of the fixtures.

Sky are moving to cover BT - if they can't have the Aviva, and there's a cloud over the HEC then they want some alternate rugby content.

(Spot the cynic Wink

)

by **Notch** Thu 02 May 2013, 1:34 pm

Not cynical, just accurate really. It's not clear how much of a priority the Pro12 is going to be for them though.

Wanted to share this- Paddy McAllister of Ulster has set up and is coaching a Sevens side in memory of Nevin, Graeme and Noel Spence. The goal is to raise money for various charities including Northern Ireland Kids for Cancer, which Nevin Spence was to be a patron of.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/22383546?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

With the Carrick Sevens coming up this weekend, it would be lovely to see them doing well.

by MrsP Thu 02 May 2013, 3:04 pm

How long till I can watch that sort of clip without tears in my eyes.

Sad

Great job Paddy is doing though. Hope the team do well.

by Cari Thu 02 May 2013, 6:50 pm

Good evening All coffee

Have neglected my laptop of late....there's a long weekend coming and some rugby so that should make up for it. Hope everyone's grand.

I have mixed feelings about Sky purchasing the rights to P-12 matches. I'm hoping it'll be of huge benefit to the clubs - especially the Italians. Also to the Welsh regions meaning they won't be at the mercy of the WRU so much financially and more people will go to games now that they're not free on TV. The big bummmer for me is that I'll have to give in and get Sky, but that might not be such a bad thing, and it won't be until 2014.

Good news about the RWC 2015 matches coming to the MS as well Smile

by perthshirepuma Thu 02 May 2013, 7:38 pm

Evening, folks. Just seen the timetable for tomorrow night. What?? All matches kicking off at the same time on the same night?? Why, please?

In other news, Mr Puma has now been in the pub (13th hole) with his golfing buddies for ..erm.. 4 hours. Suppose that the upside of this is I could serve him a bowl of cornflakes for his evening meal when he does eventually turn up, and he would be completely oblivious. Sigh.

by Hound of Harrow Thu 02 May 2013, 8:13 pm

Evening pubbers.

Puma, I thought it has been the case for a while that the last round of matches kick off at the same time. This is to avoid the potential for a team knowing what they need to do to a) win the league b) make the play offs c) HC qualification and d) avoid relegation.

N.B. the last two scenarios don't (usually) apply to the Rabo.

Whistle

I'll just slip out quietly.
Wink

by Hound of Harrow Thu 02 May 2013, 8:30 pm

Oh, and best of luck to the Ulster 7s venture.

thumbsup

Is this going to feature current Ulster players, or from prominent club teams?

by perthshirepuma Thu 02 May 2013, 9:27 pm

Did not realise that, Hound. Still annoying that I will only be able to see two out of the six.

Oh .. Quarter to nine was arrival time for Himself.

Poopered after spending today on the hill marking out the course for the hill race on Saturday. Posting some pics on FB.

by Glas a du Thu 02 May 2013, 9:33 pm

Hound of Harrow wrote:Evening pubbers.

Puma, I thought it has been the case for a while that the last round of matches kick off at the same time. This is to avoid the potential for a team knowing what they need to do to a) win the league b) make the play offs c) HC qualification and d) avoid relegation.

N.B. the last two scenarios don't (usually) apply to the Rabo.

I'll just slip out quietly.

by Luckless Pedestrian Fri 03 May 2013, 9:32 am

Cari wrote:
Good news about the RWC 2015 matches coming to the MS as well

I'm not happy that we've got two games at the Millennium. It's not fair on our opponents in those two matches. We're not the hosts.

by **Pal Joey** Fri 03 May 2013, 10:11 am

Hotdogs smell better when you are a neutral. Quite an unusual feeling sitting with the Bulldogs faithful. Benji's back but it will be good to see Benny Barba in action.

Lucky, there's a woman's voice on the loud speaker - it could vapourise the Pyramids it's that shrill! Very Happy

by Luckless Pedestrian Fri 03 May 2013, 10:18 am

How's the game going?

by PenfroPete Fri 03 May 2013, 11:21 am

GUIDE

.................. Run

by **Pal Joey** Fri 03 May 2013, 11:43 am

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:How's the game going?

22-0 Canterbury, place going off! Dogs are back to their old razzle dazzle... some top tries.

by Hound of Harrow Fri 03 May 2013, 12:39 pm

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:
Cari wrote:
Good news about the RWC 2015 matches coming to the MS as well

I'm not happy that we've got two games at the Millennium. It's not fair on our opponents in those two matches. We're not the hosts.

Unfortunately the RWC is also about economics and ensuring the IRB get their ~~ransom money~~ £80m fee.

It wouldn't make sense to not have Wales play there in terms of ticket sales. The organisers could have the Aussies based there I suppose. But the majority of their supporters are in London.

by Luckless Pedestrian Fri 03 May 2013, 12:54 pm

It's all about money, of course; but it's just sad seeing another obstacle placed in the way of 'lesser' nations. We say we want to spread the game but then give a helping hand to (one of) the established sides.

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