The Dew Drop Inn

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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?

Mickado wrote:

Scarlets v Toulouse maybe? One for the fans of cavalier rugby. That match from a few years back when Scarlets won it at the death was a true classic.

That's still one of my favourite ever matches. I do love playing the French sides usually, like the home game against Perpignan (sp?), just amazing rugby to be seen most of the time.

Prop – I was miles off. It wasn’t the week after!

Oh and Pete, surely the greatest comeback in HC history would be where the team claw back a 22 point deficit to win by 11, rather than come back from a 21 point deficit to win by 7

Stag, I'd ask people to share their guilty secrets and ask the rugby deity(ies) for forgiveness. Two problems - arguments about deity(ies) and people getting upset and arguing substantively about the rights and wrongs.

e.g. say somebody, a Welsh fan, said, erm I don't know...that he was glad the Phillips try stood because Munster get away with so much nonsense (completely hypothetical) it would upset Munster fans and Irish fans, there would be an arguments about winning at all costs etc. you know the buzz.

Close enough though Kado!!

Mickado wrote:Oh and Pete, surely the greatest comeback in HC history would be where the team claw back a 22 point deficit to win by 11, rather than come back from a 21 point deficit to win by 7

???? What game 'Kado, not the Final as you were 22 - 6 down

Yea wouldn't work on mass. Maybe limit it to be pub. BTW thats the worst kept secret I've ever heard.

Maybe my response to such a Welsh fan would be to suggest they are bitter that the Irish priovinces have got to where 10 years ago, they thought the likes of Llanelli were going to reach

All hypothetical like

See people just can't take it in the spirit it's intended!

Oh right. My mental arithmetic is deplorable. I forgot that the margin is the DIFFERENCE in scores, not just a number I picked out of my head!

I'm only messing with you Glas. I would say few of us have secrets. Most people just say what they think here either directly or cloaked as "banter"

KADO - a lot of intelligent people are crepe at Maths. Don't know what your excuse is though

rugbydreamer wrote:

That's still one of my favourite ever matches. I do love playing the French sides usually, like the home game against Perpignan (sp?), just amazing rugby to be seen most of the time.

I went the the HEC final in 2005, the highlight of the day was actually being able to buy alcohol in the stadium at Murrayfield as what was happening on the pitch was awful.

My nephew told me yesterday he had a row at school for using the 'c' word. I said "it's not clever is it?" and he said "no, it's Kumquat"

I love the swear filter.

Stag, I hide nothing but my grudging respect for your team pal.

Hey, I said I was rudey poo at arithmetic, not maths!

We should measure how good a comeback is by the following factors. The deficit (delta) the match completion coefficient (Mc – a number between 0 and 1 indicting when the comeback started), the eventual winning margin and the drama factor (which gives the match weight depending on what competition / stage it’s in).

The unit of measurement for comebacks is a “Mighty Duck”

nottins - ha fair enough! reckon I'd have been chuffed either way to see a HEC final regardless of the teams invloved. I just think the French teams suit the way the Scarlets play. Even when we're getting a pasting by them (see the away trip to Perp this year) we still see loads of running rugby and tries on show (even if it isn't my team that's doing it!)

Glas a du wrote:Stag, I hide nothing but my grudging respect for your team pal.

Yea you hide your respect very well

Glas, that reminds me of something my youngest sister, who works in a primary school, told me once. A child came to her in tears and said that 'so-and-so just called me the M word!' My sister asked the boy to elaborate and he said 'so-and-so called me a Flip muppet!'

Stag, you'll have to come to Parc for a match and a couple of pints. I'll put you up. If we draw you in the HC would you consider it?

Glas a du wrote:Stag, you'll have to come to Parc for a match and a couple of pints. I'll put you up. If we draw you in the HC would you consider it?

I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

red_stag wrote:

Glas a du wrote:Stag, you'll have to come to Parc for a match and a couple of pints. I'll put you up. If we draw you in the HC would you consider it?

I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

But Newport does??

Apologies if this has been raised earlier but what time do we hear the draw at?

rugbydreamer wrote:

red_stag wrote:

Glas a du wrote:Stag, you'll have to come to Parc for a match and a couple of pints. I'll put you up. If we draw you in the HC would you consider it?

I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

But Newport does??

Rodney Parade does. Its a ground that always comes across as a top atmosphere. Plus it might rid me of my indifference towards Dragons

red_stag wrote:I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

Philistine - the home of Dylan Thomas, the famous Mumbles Mile, Gower, National Waterfront Musuem, Plantasia ......

See nobody has a pop at him for indifference! I however get accused of hating Ulster because I question some of Munster's tactics and jokingly called them a one man team! Strewth!

And less of the Newport dissing! Its the Arson capital of the UK I will have you know!

Just had a major bit of news for 606v2 on Twitter - Victor Ubogu has agreed to a Q&A with us. I will post a thread up soon asking for questions, so get thinking!

Stag - it definitely does have great atmosphere, was one of the best I experienced last season, even if a few Dragons fans really didn't like being outsung by the Scarlets support!

PenfroPete wrote:

red_stag wrote:I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

Philistine - the home of Dylan Thomas, the famous Mumbles Mile, Gower, National Waterfront Musuem, Plantasia ......

...Wind Street, Swansea Jacks, joy riding, Barons, Townhill, Bonymaen, Winch Wen, Blaenymaes, piebald horses roaming council estates, petty theft and domestic abuse, Twin Town...

Glas a du wrote:See nobody has a pop at him for indifference!

You should talk to Rev

WillyGilly wrote:Apologies if this has been raised earlier but what time do we hear the draw at?

From midday. There's a link posted in a comment under Penfro's tv guide

Rev has a pop at everybody, it's his job after all. And you did tell him the Dragons were your least favourite ML side

Anyway. Are the Ulster fans the most touchy provincial fans? Or have I just pressed the wrong buttons?

Glas a du wrote:Rev has a pop at everybody, it's his job after all. And you did tell him the Dragons were your least favourite ML side

Anyway. Are the Ulster fans the most touchy provincial fans? Or have I just pressed the wrong buttons?

Glas I have got in trouble with the Ulster fans for saying they were the most touchy. But I meant it as a compliment. I said they reminded me of how bitter Munster fans used to be 12 years ago and I think they will use this to succeed.

They didn't agree and weren't happy with me Think it proved my point

We are not the most touchy but our team is the most persecuted and our players given the most stick and least credit, especially by the Irish fans and media.

roddersm wrote:We are not the most touchy but our team is the most persecuted and our players given the most stick and least credit, especially by the Irish fans and media.

25 minutes!!!! Nervous??!!

Rodders as I have said before to Notch, Ulster fans are the most touchy but there's a strong possibilty they have reason to be It reminds me of when Musnter used get no credit despite performing very well (or we used to feel that way anyway)

Glas a du wrote:

PenfroPete wrote:

red_stag wrote:I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

Philistine - the home of Dylan Thomas, the famous Mumbles Mile, Gower, National Waterfront Musuem, Plantasia ......

...Wind Street, Swansea Jacks, joy riding, Barons, Townhill, Bonymaen, Winch Wen, Blaenymaes, piebald horses roaming council estates, petty theft and domestic abuse, Twin Town...

Home from home for him then

PenfroPete wrote:

Glas a du wrote:

PenfroPete wrote:

red_stag wrote:I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

Philistine - the home of Dylan Thomas, the famous Mumbles Mile, Gower, National Waterfront Musuem, Plantasia ......

...Wind Street, Swansea Jacks, joy riding, Barons, Townhill, Bonymaen, Winch Wen, Blaenymaes, piebald horses roaming council estates, petty theft and domestic abuse, Twin Town...

Home from home for him then

Certainly piebalds, petty theft and domestic abuse.

red_stag wrote:Rodders as I have said before to Notch, Ulster fans are the most touchy but there's a strong possibilty they have reason to be It reminds me of when Musnter used get no credit despite performing very well (or we used to feel that way anyway)

Stag to be fair you can't blame most Irish fans for not rating us or our players when they're main source of Ulster info comes from the likes of Francis, Hook and even Pope.

We're way of the level of Munster and Leinster but hey so are most teams and a lot of teams would have been very happy with how we went last season. I just think we've been given very little credit for anything we've achieved over the years in the Irish media and some of our players get a disproportionate amount of criticism compared to other Irish players.

red_stag wrote:

PenfroPete wrote:

Glas a du wrote:

PenfroPete wrote:

red_stag wrote:I would indeed. I really want to get to all Blues, Scarlets and Dragons. For some reason Swansea doesn't appeal to me.

Philistine - the home of Dylan Thomas, the famous Mumbles Mile, Gower, National Waterfront Musuem, Plantasia ......

...Wind Street, Swansea Jacks, joy riding, Barons, Townhill, Bonymaen, Winch Wen, Blaenymaes, piebald horses roaming council estates, petty theft and domestic abuse, Twin Town...

Home from home for him then

Certainly piebalds, petty theft and domestic abuse.

That's why he wants to get away. Mind you there aren't many turn... No I wouldn't sink that low.

We all have our crosses to bear. I genuinely think no matter what kind of running rugby Musnter try to play they will never lose the boring 10 man rugby stereotype.

Cheers kiwi

Stag and Glas... Take a hike! We do enjoy playing the victim though. I think it's down to the fact that we've become a home away from home for a number of south african players. meh what can you do...

red_stag wrote:We all have our crosses to bear. I genuinely think no matter what kind of running rugby Musnter try to play they will never lose the boring 10 man rugby stereotype.

Actually I thought that the Munster stereotype was that you were a bunch of cheats

roddersm wrote:

red_stag wrote:Rodders as I have said before to Notch, Ulster fans are the most touchy but there's a strong possibilty they have reason to be It reminds me of when Musnter used get no credit despite performing very well (or we used to feel that way anyway)

Stag to be fair you can't blame most Irish fans for not rating us or our players when they're main source of Ulster info comes from the likes of Francis, Hook and even Pope.

We're way of the level of Munster and Leinster but hey so are most teams and a lot of teams would have been very happy with how we went last season. I just think we've been given very little credit for anything we've achieved over the years in the Irish media and some of our players get a disproportionate amount of criticism compared to other Irish players.

Roddersm, are you related to Notch in any way?

ERC Website has crashed bad times. might turn to twitter to get the groups....

roddersm wrote:

red_stag wrote:We all have our crosses to bear. I genuinely think no matter what kind of running rugby Musnter try to play they will never lose the boring 10 man rugby stereotype.

Actually I thought that the Munster stereotype was that you were a bunch of cheats

We have a few. Being bald is another Keith Wood, John Hayes, Paul O'Connell, Peter Stringer, Paul Burke, Paul Warwick and Keith Earls have done us no favours.

Yeah, and Scarlets fans aren't touchy at all! Especially when it comes to referee decisions...

Blydi ERC website

oh you just had to go there...

rugbydreamer wrote:oh you just had to go there...