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 collage of the captains of the World Cup Quarter Finalists pictures on the bar. We've got Sam Warburton, Brian O'Driscoll, Lewis Moody, Thierry Dusautoir, John Smit, James Horwill, Felipe Contepomi and Richie McCaw.

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

Notch wrote:Well done Wales. Much the better side and more deserving of a spot in the semi-final.

Disappointment for Ireland. Has the feeling of the end of an era.

Shut the Flip up notch, Mr. Flip Doom-monger, you beat this team down when ever you get the chance just be proud of the boys for doing what they did

Clerc is over! one of my fave French players

Honestly don't know who i want to win this one, but for sure, France look like they are well up for actually playing good rugby today.

CLERC!!!!!!!!!
ALLE LE BLUE!!

Haha Phil Vickery: they went through England like a tesco checkout!! He's obviously never used those blydi self service machines.

Quelle essai!

Clerc is dancing through them almost every time though

hughie1986 wrote:

Notch wrote:Well done Wales. Much the better side and more deserving of a spot in the semi-final.

Disappointment for Ireland. Has the feeling of the end of an era.

Shut the Flip up notch, Mr. Flip Doom-monger, you beat this team down when ever you get the chance just be proud of the boys for doing what they did

Don't agree with this. Notch was one of the few Irish people I saw who said Ireland for a semi all along.

Brilliant try!

Classic French turning it on now!

Medard!! best facial hair in world rugby.

what a fabulous try, France really turning it on. Am not sure from a welsh pov if that's a good thing!!

Am I dreaming? Who are this French side and where have they come from.

France really are on fire.

rugbydreamer wrote:Medard!! best facial hair in world rugby.

what a fabulous try, France really turning it on. Am not sure from a welsh pov if that's a good thing!!

It is. They'll be rubbish in the next game.

Risca Rev wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:

Notch wrote:Well done Wales. Much the better side and more deserving of a spot in the semi-final.

Disappointment for Ireland. Has the feeling of the end of an era.

Shut the Flip up notch, Mr. Flip Doom-monger, you beat this team down when ever you get the chance just be proud of the boys for doing what they did

Don't agree with this. Notch was one of the few Irish people I saw who said Ireland for a semi all along.

Me and munsty were the only ones who believed in our team, from the very start of the six nations

Its Ireland in disguise, the real France played Wales today

I dunno, France absolutely beat us up int he 6N's after warbs went off after 10 mins. They utterly destroyed us. They win this, they're going to really believe they can do it again.

I know we said France could pull a performance from nowhere but did anyone actually expect it?

Uncle Phil getting quite irate in the commentary.

England need to hold out. France will turn off and England need to turn the screw then.

This is a very good match, a France-Wales semi would be epic

I did Willy. This is so typically French.

Idiotic from Foden there.

I'm glad these quarters are showing the finer points of rugby.

Worrying about the outcome isn't the same as not supporting a team.

Everyone has their own way of handling the ups and downs of sport. Just because it's not your way doesn't make it wrong.

I don't think anyone could doubt Notch's support of Ulster or Ireland.

MBTGOG wrote:I'm glad these quarters are showing the finer points of rugby.

100% agree with this.

Fair enough Hughie. I'm sure it was Notch I was picking up on about this semi final chat, because I didn't think you would get there.

MrsP wrote:Worrying about the outcome isn't the same as not supporting a team.

Everyone has their own way of handling the ups and downs of sport. Just because it's not your way doesn't make it wrong.

I don't think anyone could doubt Notch's support of Ulster or Ireland.

+1
I don't see eye to eye with Notch all the time but I have never doubted his support for his region or country.

prop_lyd wrote:Haha Phil Vickery: they went through England like a tesco checkout!! He's obviously never used those blydi self service machines.

Words can't describe how disappointed and annoyed I am. Where was our intensity? Wales played very well but we were poor. Gave away 3 soft tries and our breakdown work was shocking. Nobody hit rucks with any sort of ferocity. I wonder did they believe some of their hype.


Wales defence was superb we didn't look like scoring for most of the match. ROG was the wrong call for this match, I felt that before the match and we actually looked decent in attack with Sexton there. I do think it is time to change the old guard,we have to back Sexton/Keatley now for the jersey. ROG was a great servant to Ireland but we have to move on. Think D'Arcy has to go too, 2nd time a big game he has missed a big tackle and it has cost us points.

Cari wrote:

prop_lyd wrote:Haha Phil Vickery: they went through England like a tesco checkout!! He's obviously never used those blydi self service machines.

One of the commentators had a Murray Mexted moment earlier - "interesting to see Flood inside Wilkonson there"

Do you think ROG might retire afterall? He was on about it early on in the competition.

I say he will.

Pete They can get something....need to score first to boost the confidence.

I would not be suprised really. He could stay at Munster though another season or two, we need him to coach keatly a bit and I would say he wants another go at the HC

He will still play for Munster, I would be in favour of bringing Keatley through regardless of whether ROG retires or not. Anyone know who got MOTM. Could have been any Welsh player, really everyone played their part. In some ways it reminded me of Ireland's win against OZ. However we were OZ this time around!

Curry - I agree, I think he will hang up his green jersey, but continue at Munster for about another year, and then maybe coach for them.

Thom - Mike Phillips

Thomond wrote:Words can't describe how disappointed and annoyed I am. Where was our intensity? Wales played very well but we were poor. Gave away 3 soft tries and our breakdown work was shocking. Nobody hit rucks with any sort of ferocity. I wonder did they believe some of their hype.


Wales defence was superb we didn't look like scoring for most of the match. ROG was the wrong call for this match, I felt that before the match and we actually looked decent in attack with Sexton there. I do think it is time to change the old guard,we have to back Sexton/Keatley now for the jersey. ROG was a great servant to Ireland but we have to move on. Think D'Arcy has to go too, 2nd time a big game he has missed a big tackle and it has cost us points.

We should have moved on from D'Arcy a while ago. Personally I thought ROG should have started given Sexton's form, but we gave up 6 points which you know ROG would have got. If we were going for tries Sexton should have been on.

Not Roberets? I thought he played best really.
Its time for ROG to go its the right time and he has done everything and more for us. Just a pity if he goes out on this low. Many others should go too imo

No it was Mike Phillips. I thought he had a good game, but I wasn't sure about the MOTM.

Halfpenny for me. Phillips is a wee Poopie. All he ever does is moan at the ref with his arms out.

Alright better head off this now. Enjoy the rest of this game and I do hope England get back into this.

To be fair Willy, he was unusually well behaved today. I was surprised.

Your scrum half and outhalf should both be d!ckheads though.

Thomond - well MP certainly is a pain in the orse for the opponents, he's always in their faces.

I personally would have given MotM to Bennett or AWJ, am so amazed with Bennett this world cup, can you remember when we were all calling for him to be dropped!? he's been incredible.

I said I thought ireland could do well in the World Cup and reach a semi-final since before the Six Nations. I feel like it's the end of an era because it unlikely that ROG, BOD and POC will play in 2015. I'm not doom mongering; by 2015 we'll have entered a new era in Irish rugby.

I must have missed the part where I said that was a bad thing anyway.

990 posts, I'll set up a new pub

Can we have a regs xv as the pictures??!!

hughie1986 wrote:

Notch wrote:Well done Wales. Much the better side and more deserving of a spot in the semi-final.

Disappointment for Ireland. Has the feeling of the end of an era.

Shut the Flip up notch, Mr. Flip Doom-monger, you beat this team down when ever you get the chance just be proud of the boys for doing what they did

Frankly I find this offensive. I don't beat this team down at all, I've spent quite a lot of money I don't have supporting them over the past four years and I'm very proud of them and what they have done.

Prop - I don't know what position I'd be....13 I suppose, with Tommy behind me at 14

I still think Mike Phillips was a little ponderous at the back of the ruck, but it was a super try. Great finish, so for that I'll let him off. After that then, you could see he was much zippier at getting the ball away. Probably high as a kite by then though.

Foden gets a try. They needed it.