The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

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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 only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the Tommy Bowe photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?

Salt & Vinegar Walkers.

Penicillin

Morphine or Penicillin.

You know what medical care was like then? Not so good!

red_stag wrote:Ah its not that bad so. Here's a random discussion. If you went back in time by 1000 years and were to bring a gift with you to give to the people there what would it be?

Bear in mind no electricity.

A box set of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Translated into Latin.

(the 1911 edition was the last to attempt to be "The sum of human knowledge")

I would bring back the Stone of Scoon to scotland

red_stag wrote:Ah its not that bad so. Here's a random discussion. If you went back in time by 1000 years and were to bring a gift with you to give to the people there what would it be?

Bear in mind no electricity.

Hmmm, electricity?

red_stag wrote:Ah its not that bad so. Here's a random discussion. If you went back in time by 1000 years and were to bring a gift with you to give to the people there what would it be?

Bear in mind no electricity.

One of those washing up liquid dispensers that are built into the sponge handle.

Or a bicycle – the most fantastic engineering invention of all time. It’s as close to perfect as is possible!

Did anyone see Piutau escaped a ban for the punches he threw on the weekend? "Exceptional circumstances". I just can't quite believe it.

MR. scotland27 wrote:I would bring back the Stone of Scoon to scotland

1,000 years ago, we still had it, my friend!!! Ed I nicked it in 1296, not the real one tho, cos we hid that donkeys ago !!

Staggy - the gift of hindsight

Radge -even I have a go at Sportsguru during the internationals. I surprised myself actually I think my success rate was about 70%.

MBTGOG wrote:Did anyone see Piutau escaped a ban for the punches he threw on the weekend? "Exceptional circumstances". I just can't quite believe it.

Yep, and the guy he hit got 6 weeks (for causing the "exceptional circumstances" ... )

Now if the hearing had been in South Africa ...

red_stag wrote:Ah its not that bad so. Here's a random discussion. If you went back in time by 1000 years and were to bring a gift with you to give to the people there what would it be?

Bear in mind no electricity.

Perhaps in that case a nuclear power plant.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

MR. scotland27 wrote:I would bring back the Stone of Scoon to scotland

1,000 years ago, we still had it, my friend!!! Ed I nicked it in 1296, not the real one tho, cos we hid that donkeys ago !!

Fair point

And BBC's 606 has finally gone - RIP

Now, where's Portnoys gone?

Kiwi,

I think 6 weeks is right for Rhodes as what he did was shocking but in this instance they have condoned retaliation.

"Sorry, you can only contribute to 606 during opening hours. These are 0900-2300 UK time, seven days a week, but may vary to accommodate sporting events and UK public holidays"

Old 606 is closed to new postings. So the "anaesthetic" part of the lethal injection cocktail has been administered.


Munsty, I agree, 2-4 weeks for retaliation would have been in order.

The IRB needs to do something about citing processes globally.

Asbo - it hasn't really gone, just permanently closed... it'll be the web equivalent of a derelict building before long.

Citing, Residency and the Scrum are currently the 3 biggest problems rugby faces. If we got these sewn up rugby would have fewer problems (though inevitably new ones would raise their head).

We have deal with aerial ping pong pretty well.

Cari wrote:Asbo - it hasn't really gone, just permanently closed... it'll be the web equivalent of a derelict building before long.

The deflated football is rather apt

Looking on the bright side thats not nearly bad as whats facing fifa stag......

Kiwi that football looks sad

red_stag wrote:Ah its not that bad so. Here's a random discussion. If you went back in time by 1000 years and were to bring a gift with you to give to the people there what would it be?

Bear in mind no electricity.

I'd bring electricity then

Exactly Scotland. Things aren't really that bad for rugby. I can't think of many more major problems we are facing. There are inconveniences but nothing major.

An interesting opinion piece by Taine Randell on training demands. I don't always agree with Taine, but this one makes some good points. The reference to being flogged in training at Sarries ,akes me wonder if they've changed anything too.

red_stag wrote:Exactly Scotland. Things aren't really that bad for rugby. I can't think of many more major problems we are facing. There are inconveniences but nothing major.

After Bloddgate there has nt been much controversy which is a good thing

For those who follow Sevens, Tomasi Cama (NZ), Tim Mikkelson (NZ) and Cecil Afrika (SA) have been nominated for IRB 7s player of the year

MrScot, to me bloodgate was over hyped as a scandal. it was a very blatent piece of cheating that was severly dealt with.

Good news for Scottish fans, Nikki Walker will be available for the World Cup:

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5488.php

Stag, the blast furnace (for making steel).

Cari wrote:Good news for Scottish fans, Nikki Walker will be available for the World Cup:

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5488.php

Not convinced that represents good news for us, Cariadwr, tbh

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Cari wrote:Good news for Scottish fans, Nikki Walker will be available for the World Cup:

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5488.php

Not convinced that represents good news for us, Cariadwr, tbh

I was waiting for that reply from you Asbo!

OK then so good news for Scottish fans EXCEPT Asbo

Hi Moderators will you do me a favour. theres an article I wrote just now about best world cup matches. Can you change "games" to "matches" in the title as I can't access the article now at work as it has games in the title.

Note to self - take advantage of the features on here to avoid looking a prat.

Frivolity to lift the post bank holiday blues:

https://www.606v2.com/t5916-if-walker-was-a-crisp#136835

red_stag wrote:MrScot, to me bloodgate was over hyped as a scandal. it was a very blatent piece of cheating that was severly dealt with.

Whether it was over hyped it was widely reported which rugby look bad, however was dealt with serverly.

MR. scotland27 wrote:

red_stag wrote:MrScot, to me bloodgate was over hyped as a scandal. it was a very blatent piece of cheating that was severly dealt with.

Whether it was over hyped it was widely reported which rugby look bad, however was dealt with serverly.

Yes it did. To me it wasn't a big deal - it was a once off but yes it made rugby look very bad

Cari wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Cari wrote:Good news for Scottish fans, Nikki Walker will be available for the World Cup:

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5488.php

Not convinced that represents good news for us, Cariadwr, tbh

I was waiting for that reply from you Asbo!

OK then so good news for Scottish fans EXCEPT Asbo

I didnae want to be the one to say it.....

I mean noone tries harder than Nikki Walker but he just does not have the creativity inside him for Scotland he does at the O's. Which makes me slightly nervous about Big Vis for Scotland.

Edinburgh for all their other shortcomings have some very creative men in the middle that give Visser the space he needs. Walker is much of the same

But the Edinburgh centres are all Scottish. Why don't they pick them internationally?

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

Cari wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Cari wrote:Good news for Scottish fans, Nikki Walker will be available for the World Cup:

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5488.php

Not convinced that represents good news for us, Cariadwr, tbh

I was waiting for that reply from you Asbo!

OK then so good news for Scottish fans EXCEPT Asbo

I didnae want to be the one to say it.....

I mean noone tries harder than Nikki Walker but he just does not have the creativity inside him for Scotland he does at the O's. Which makes me slightly nervous about Big Vis for Scotland.

Edinburgh for all their other shortcomings have some very creative men in the middle that give Visser the space he needs. Walker is much of the same

I still think Visser will still do well for scotland as he is a more rounded player than Walker, who still has some bad defensive flaws. Also Ansboro can be quite creative given quick enough ball, so those two coulod be quite a good parteneship in years to come.

Creative at that level Stag. Different game altogether at Test level.


Kiwi,

From what I've seen, it should be Cecil Afrika.

Here's an interesting one. Are there any hobby horses you have that you believe in but others don't accept so readily. For example Portnoy has his issue with the playoffs, Notch has the Paddy Wallace thing etc?

My own is that test rugby is over rated outside of the World Cup and the 6 Nations is a poor tournament in contrast to other ones.

red_stag wrote:But the Edinburgh centres are all Scottish. Why don't they pick them internationally?

Dunno Mate,

I have always said I would like to see if Cairns and NDL could bring their Edinburgh Partnership to Scotland but they are rarely given a chance at international level. Throw into the mix the likes of Jim King and John Houston and we have alternatives to the Morrison and Lamontesque Gym Monkey Crash ball centres. Players qith genuine flair, pace and an eye for the gaps. AR is far to conservative for that though.

Stag,

Mine would be too many substitutes.

Stag - I've amended the title of your article, well I hope I have anyway. Still half asleep. Couldn't sleep last night so still not really with it right now

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

red_stag wrote:But the Edinburgh centres are all Scottish. Why don't they pick them internationally?

Dunno Mate,

I have always said I would like to see if Cairns and NDL could bring their Edinburgh Partnership to Scotland but they are rarely given a chance at international level. Throw into the mix the likes of Jim King and John Houston and we have alternatives to the Morrison and Lamontesque Gym Monkey Crash ball centres. Players qith genuine flair, pace and an eye for the gaps. AR is far to conservative for that though.

The Scotland set up do have some weird fixation with Morrison though, he is a good player but it can't hurt to try someone different there, he can be quite one dimensional.

Lamont was a revelation but is there a fear he might be figured out as this Six Nations he was a surprise package.

Those centres might look good at Edinburgh but I just don't see them as good enough for this level.

red_stag wrote:Here's an interesting one. Are there any hobby horses you have that you believe in but others don't accept so readily. For example Portnoy has his issue with the playoffs, Notch has the Paddy Wallace thing etc?

My own is that test rugby is over rated outside of the World Cup and the 6 Nations is a poor tournament in contrast to other ones.

You know mine. But for those that don't - the need to rationalise the laws of the game, and HC and Amlin qualification to be tied to ML final placings.

Radge, The Scarlets have played Lamont at centre and he did well. It is not just the step up in quality to international rugby I think that causes the problem but AR and DP.

I'll give you DP Glas, but it's always, always going to be harder for a centre fond of the crash-ball to batter his way through at test level. Defences are simply better organised and space is at a premium.

That's my point though Notch, Llanelli used him as a 13 hitting the line at pace. He actually passed the ball to the full back or wings and ran good support lines to get it back. They did not use him as a crash ball 12 as Scotland did.