The Molecast

You can support the Molecast's production by donating the cost of a cup of coffee at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's Top Province: the one at the top of the country — The Way of Richie — Cohesion paying off — Leinster's Disparate Aims — One-man rucks and going open off 10 — Hard Times in Bath Town — AOB: Connacht, Ross Byrne, Goals from the Mark

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Support the production of the Molecast by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — "World Cup wins are all alike; every World Cup exit is unhappy in its own way" — The Euro-African Seeding Jamboree begins — Ulster's time to shine — Leinster Offside Meltdown — Why keep the ball? — Big whinge

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There’ll be no World Cup then, I’ll tell the children — In Search of a Scrum Philosophy — The Bajada — Props and Game-Time — Game-Wrecking Cr**p — Backs Rugby vs Forwards Rugby — Boks Tactical Discipline — Emotional Ireland — Bundee's Rugby Mortgage — A “Successful November”? — Lessons from Dev — Going forward

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Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland romp against Oz — Paddy Mac arrives fully formed — Sam's highs and lows — Baird's hard yards — Aussie woe — Northampton influence — Delectable Pumas — SA conspiracy

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The Molecast is not paywalled but you can support it by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Skills and confidence ebbing — Lineouts, Attack, Defence, Kicking — Charismatic Strongmen all the way down — Possibles flow while Probables stutter — MacKenzie's Murrayfield Moments — Rassie and Siya's Mentality Monsters strike AGAIN

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The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's new normal: good in moments, largely stodgy, dodgy set piece — Counterpoint: actually quite good, all things considered? — Ringrose, lineouts, execution errors — Hyper-Rationalisation —Middle-Aged Man yells at cloud — "Friendlies" — Japan Selection

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The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — We've got our Jack back — McMillan's Munster — "It's a challenging start"... and we failed it — TYFPFFS — We might lose to Zebre, but think of the dramatic potential — Silver Linings Teamsheet — Ulster are back — Shohei Otani wears Tadhg Beirne pyjamas 🤪🤨🤠

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The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — What about my guy: an Irish squad selection story— Staleness on the horizon? — Leinster win again — Munster's calm waters — Ulster's beef — Slow burn season — Doak axe — Counterfeiting a code

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The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Resource Management and Opportunity Knocking in SA — What makes a good season? — The World Cup Cycle begins now

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The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Welcome to Q4 — Women's World Cup Regrets — Stellar Boks pushing the game forwards — Leinster almost achieve perfect set of 1/10 ratings in DHL — Jersey chat — Waiting around for the season to start

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Molecast Summer Symposium — The Lions Phenomenon — Rugby and Media Landscape — Ireland on Tour — U20s Catastrophe — Espoirs in NZ

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You can donate to the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Bulls neutered — Leinster Forwards just kept rollin’ — “This Means More” — Paean to Jordie — Sam puts his head where it hurts — U20s slide — The flying Bayonnais

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You can support the production of the Molecast by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster fight — Playing off 9 v playing off 10 — Line-kicking — Take Your Points (Reprise) — Bulls on parade — Finals rugby

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You can keep the Molecast going by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland squad, surprises, disappointments — Weaknesses at 1 and 9 — Leinster wander into familiar territory — Frawley SZN — Munster return to role of heroic losers — Molebag: Irish Lions' origins — Carlos Spencer at the Rub-a-Dub — The club game and professional players

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Pt. 1: A first half of principles, a second half of realpolitik — Saints' selection gambit — UBB's kick game— Nika rides the bucking bronco

Pt. 2: Molebag — DoR job description — Ulster report card — All time flankers — Substitution wrinkles — Who would you replace Leo with? — URC QFs

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — LIONS LIONS LIONS — Who and why selections are made — How does this thing still exist — Will Aussie media be asking "Can they give a mercy try?" — Leinster still playing Northampton a week later — Crunch time in Musgrave — Opportunity knocks November edition

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — (Another) Leinster post-mortem — Northampton's Plan — Blame Game — End Game — UBB shake off Toulouse ghosts

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You can help support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A stark weekend for Irish provinces — The Ray Ridge accumulator comes in — Ulster green shoots in Shark attack — Leinster and their failed auditions — Connacht, home of false dawns — Munster chickens coming home to roost — Who are you rivals? — Hugh Cooney AIL Champ — Send you Molebag questions to dementedmole@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter or Bluesky

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You can donate to the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Rieko writes a new chapter — Selling the Leinster experience — David Humphreys: Terminator — Ulster squad gets a haircut — Mid-table Drama — Which way now, Leinsterman? — Munster screwed then victim-blamed, it's like people are trying to wind them up

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You can donate to the Molecast at our Ko-Fi page https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Rors gets over the hump — Leinster hand out Lesson No. 2 — Sam P's Kick/Pass/Run —Franco Smith's blessing — UBB and Kevin Keegan — Munster disappoint everyone — Justice for Mehrtens — David Humphreys Leinsternomics — N.B. This episode was recorded before Wednesday morning's news glut!

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — How to judge a Leinster thrashing — Competing Philosophies, Decision Making, Filing Systems — Munster Cup Magic — The Craig Casaissance — Never ending downward spiral — The Big and Little Men of Ulster — QF chat — Show them everything

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Donate to the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Half Back, Half Forward — Jack Murphy : George Ford — Ioane leads Connacht in floundering — Casey and Crowley control — L’opportunité c’est f*cking enormé pour Munster — Frawley slumps — Leinster love tackling — Saracens withdraw — Fixing the Champions Cup

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A civilian in Loftus — End-game strategy — Whither Player Welfare? — URC close season: who will grab it? — Crowley's contract options — Mayo for Rugby

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Perspective and Tempered Optimism — Ireland’s Conditioning — Where was the threat? — Rushed Referees — Doak Disasterclass — Opportunity Knocks: Summer Tour Edition — ‘Rock squeeze ‘Nure

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — The Post-Mortem of Ireland v France & The Post-Mortem of _People_ talking about Ireland v France — La France est arrivé — Could it have been different — What's coming through — Dupont's bad break

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland vs France — 6/2 and 7/1 bench cost benefit analysis — Marshalling the General — Managing the Emotions — A shot at history — The ball is not round and the game lasts 80 minutes — "You could be a man!"

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Walking into an ambush — How good were Wales, how good were Ireland? — Kicking Ireland — TYP Dan — Sick Nations — It was "A" game, I suppose — Ross to boss Gloucs

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland shrug aside any doubts in Murrayfield — Idle hands are the worst selectors — Sam Prendergast Fuss Audition — France let the moment slip — Garlands for Gats — Calis gwenwynig

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — This one is about the Six Nations

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The Champions Cup's unsquarable circle — Munster thrill but narrowly miss — Leinster's pass Bath test, fail pass test — The value of Dupont vs. the value of not giving up

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Consistency or conservatism in Irish Squad? — Agent Rabah — Enjoying Leinster Muscle in La Rochelle — Munster's Magical European Nights — Ulster failings — A changing game?

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — For Episode #150, we put a call out to listeners to submit questions for the first ever Molebag series. Thanks to all the listeners who submitted questions. We got to many of them, but there are some we didn't get around to. Fear not, we'll keep everything on file for a future dip into the Molebag. Thanks very much for the support and listenership over 150 episodes.

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Munster disappoint after bright new start — The Gleeson Conundrum — Leinster’s “Juega de Posición” — Structure vs Autonomy — Crunch time for Ulster and Munster — More Magners!

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Provincial Report Card — Munster rejuvenated by coaching ticket and PO'M renaissance — Leinster's Bomb Squad — Ulster's bum note — Connacht's Big Show

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland huff and puff — The inexplicable fall-off in skills execution — Expanded depth and competition — Changes behind the scenes — Who will stick up their hand and say “pick me” — Europe and Rugby losses

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland dominate Fiji — Sam for the Bold Step, Gus for Prez — The Selection Questions: safe and steady vs time to experiment — Whisper it Quietly: the Scots are real — What does Faz leave for Easterby?

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You can support the Molecast at our Ko-Fi page https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's dissatisfaction in victory — Where have the basics gone awry? — We need to talk about the lineout — Marginal losses — Keep it simple, stupid — Knives out for Gatland — Trust in Joe — Le Spectacle, Le Razz-ma-tazz — Shh, don't tell the soccer lads — Springboks supreme, Kolbe class

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland drop the ball literally — Ireland drop the ball metaphorically — Play better? — Ref fest — Juga, juga rugby — That's just how we play, mate

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Did Rowntree jump... or was he pushed? — Who calls the tune and who picks the team — The production line vs the winning streak — It's an art, not a science — Baseball fundamentals — Movie review (It's Moneyball, again) — Ireland vs ABs, let's gooooooo

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Faz's last Ireland squad for a year 😢 — Is this the time to "experiment"? — Ulster are free — Munster's annual funk — Big Rudy and Posh Robots

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — The Croke Park Screwjob... Leinster screw the fans out of a contest by winning the game after 14 minutes — Leinster go to 20/24 in the Cullen era against Munster — What is a Nienaber defensive system? — Experimental Law Ideas — Stephen Archer gets legitimately called a role model — It's Ben Murphy time

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Emerging Ireland. Emerging Sam — The Ginger Genius's Moment To Shine — Munster win it inside a minute — Connacht the Entertainers — Croker Fever (slowly) begins to bubble

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Munster go down in Parma, but what of it? — Leinster and the endless squad management — Connacht and the quest for the big kick — The rapid revival of the Ireland Women — Aoife Wafer's BOD-in-Paris performance — Woeful Wallabies and the Rugby Championship — Cian Healy

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — It's URC week 1, so what better time to talk about the post-season — When does the season *really* start? — Young guns go for it, then go to South Africa — The English want in — John Jeffrey done dirty

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry" — NZ falter in SA — Tours vs global jamboree — A fractured game — The good doctor Felipe's Mean Medicine — Aussies adrift

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — What even are winning and losing, when you think about it? — Ciarán Frawley and the way he could kick a ball — We have the mental — Now they know our name — A word for Beaudie 😍

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's narrow defeat in Pretoria and what to read from it — England's missed opportunity — The closing gap between North and South — Nucifora's exit statement to Irish rugby

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A complete lack of understanding of the South African sense of humour — Testing conditions — Sam Berman's Ireland — DuPont continuing genius — Who is the Cruyff of Glasgow — Damien MacKenzie, Spinaroonies and the 7.35am kick off slot

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster's frustrating, recurring nightmare — A lack of overall vision, or a tight defeat in a tough game — Munster's big, big, big regrets — Peter Armani

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Munster do the job — Van Graan's Renaissance — Big Game Ulster — Leinster: boring and bottling — A narrative vs a bunch of stuff that happened — Any redemption in Pretoria? — Emerging Ireland tour challenges

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — The XL rugby season — URC format and compromises — Who is in Leinster's head: Ulster? Themselves? Leinsterfans? — Outhalf conundrum, pt. 4 — Harry's Real World — The Sexton Succession — The O'Mahony Succession — AOB

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Please support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Lionel Messi is the "Antoine Dupont of Soccer" — Jouez jouez? Non! Kickez les points — Leinster and the eternal corner gambit — The Wizard of Oz outhalves conundrum — Omerta and Rugby Values — Carley disasterclass

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster's bungles at Ravenhill — We need to talk about Harry — ... and Luke — European Royalty and Cup Final Rugby — Leinster's selection questions — Depth and expectations for the future

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Building something at Ulster — Munster turn on the razzle dazzle — Peaking for the hard ground season —The Fabulous O'Brien Brothers — Top 14 Watch — A little bit of final fever breaks out...

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — All about the destination — A tournament that succeeds in spite of its organisers — Reflections on Croker — Kudos to Northampton — ... and to Leinster! — Don't take it for granted

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Munster relish the touring life — Leinster struggle in Africa — Any win will do for Ulster — Connacht and coaching experience — Chasing The Sun — The South African Challenge

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Let me blunt, are we facing a labor crisis — The "broken" system — Central Contracts and hot air — Communes, Cantons and Confederation — Whither the project player

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — That was the day — Leinster’s Width vs The Gambler’s Defence — Importance of the pool win — La Rochelle’s Slump — Ego trip to Cork — Corporate strategy and the Quiet Man — A saga to be continued

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster vs La Rochelle Therapy Session, Pt. 2 — No medals in the quarter-finals — Selection questions — It's just a game... but WHAT A GAME — Wings and centres at Franklins Gardens — Redemption in the Parker Pen for Ulster and Connacht

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You can support the Molecast by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster's Good Friday Rodeo — Attacking flair vs system — Milne, O'Toole, Kitschoff — Connacht's hard times — European uncertainty ahead

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You can donate to the Molecast at our Ko-Fi page https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — This is Ulsterchat with your host, Michael Chat — Blazers, Suits and Tracksuits, Rd. 2 — The league with a hole in it — Go the game — UEFA, Rammstein and Croker

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Please support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland dealing with the target on their back — Scotland park the bus — A long look at the big graph — How do we make the lines start pointing up again? — Don't lose sight of the achievement

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If you enjoy the Molecast, please support us at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Dominating the details vs. too many mistakes — The Six-Two Injury Dilemma costs big — A reminder: this is hard — AWOL Ulster and Richie's opportunity — EEEEE TALLLL YAAAH — You fill up my senses

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You can support the Molecast on https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A meditation on a single topic: how will England end up with more points than Ireland when the final whistle goes on Saturday — Statistical correlation — Things just "clicking" — Connectedness, cohesion, set piece and ticker

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland continue to settle the score against Wales — Giving the performance its due — English Jujumen lying in wait? — France and Cosmic Rugby Justice — Atmosphere, "real fans", etc

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Tempting fate or speaking truth — Gruesome metaphors for beating Italy — Did we mention that we love the Six Nations? — Mutual Malaise at Ulster — Mr Ulster to the rescue?

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's masterclass out of touch — Finding strong points, then finding weak points — Turns out missing the best player in the world is a disadvantage — A new load of faces and names to argue about into the future

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland go 6-2 — France not so jouez-jouez — A brief interlude about rugby documentaries — Can Ireland avoid disappointment? — Something about the other teams — Roll on the Six Nations!

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — We have to talk about Ulster — Anything to be said for more Leinster matches for the lads to go to?

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A "Win Today, Win Tomorrow" selection from Farrell — A hard club to join — The outhalves question — Old Captain Pete and his voodoo — ... and his contract — The Munster No. 8 factory — A tribute to JPR

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Provincial Vibe Check — Leinster's use of resources — This ship has two captains — Munster's Munsening won't spoil holidays — Connacht, errrrr — Stocking full of coal for Ulster?

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Leinster's starting and finishing — Leo, the Capo — My gawd, that's Ciarán Frawley's music! — Dan McFarland and Tony Soprano — R̶o̶l̶o̶ ̶T̶o̶m̶a̶s̶s̶i̶ Massimo Cuttita — Home advantage

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole —Leinster's "moral defeat" — Our new S&C Guy — The Big 10 question — Tackle technique

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleBlue Machine rolls back into town... with work-ons — Young pups and old stagers — A Carton House Christmas — The return of An Clasaiceach

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole After the flow, the ebb (at Rodney Parade) — The "Irish Style" — Young guns, depth and competition — A dream of a new away ground — Grow the Game vs Tend the Game

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You can suport the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleThe tale of two Australian hookers.

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleWORLD CUP WEEK 7!Joe, Cheiks and Felipe — There's ruthlessness and there's just being really, really awful — Don't need a weatherman to know that England are just going to boot the ball — Pick your Boks team and get it wrong — Prediction time

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleWORLD CUP WEEK 6!Familiar feelings, new feelings — The winning and the losing of it — Team of heart — The Draw and the Semis — Rassie you sumbitch — The Incredible Boks — That's why it hurts so much

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleWORLD CUP WEEK 5!The worm turned — Walking the walk — Bumps and bruises (mental and physical) — The opposition — Paris in Autumn — The Boks and their backs — Isn't it?

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD CUP WEEK 4! World Cup Silly Season — Formats, bloat and growing the game (except in Italy) — Tiebreakers and integrity — The ABs back in the groove — Ireland vs Scotland *objectively*

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleWORLD CUP WEEK 2! Does talking about the 7/1 split mean Rassie's already won? — How do you attack the Boks? — Taking "responsibility" — Huge opportunities in Groups C and D — World Cup Fever

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole ❤️ 🏉 📡WORLD CUP WEEK 1!Ireland's selection policy — Pacific Island half backs — "CMR" and Ingerlund Mentality — People's Democratic Republic of World Rugby — Beating the South African Squeeze

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Better late than never - your final pre-RWC Molecast (recorded earlier this week). Wild predictions to follow!

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleThe Molecast returns to feast on the Rugby World Cup warm-ups matches and wake-up calls, the performances of the Pacific island teams, Faz's political capital and uncontroversial squad and of course, England.

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole1) A conversation reviewing Munster's season becomes a conversation about absolutely everything2) Team Farrell and the importance of Tonga

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole. Stade Rochelais taste Euro-victory in Dublin to retain the Heineken Champions Cup.1) What was the winning and losing of the game? 2) Where are Leinster after two seasons full of near misses and at the end of the Lancaster era?

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole 1) Munster's biggest win in a decade at Lansdowne 2) Leinster's questions

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole1) Terenure claim their first All Ireland League title in a game that makes us think fundamentally about how to win rugby matches 2) Can the gap between the best amateurs and the academies be bridged? 3) How does Leinster vs Toulouse look from another week on? 4) Connacht - it's not how you start, it's how you finish

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole | Does Dan McFarland need a re-brand, a new challenge, a hug, or a senior coach? Why no love for the Ulstermen who finished second in the URC? | Leinster vs Toulouse is too close to call, but that doesn't mean we can't lay into the EPCR a bit for old times' sake |

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1) Munster travel to Stormers and pick up a classic road victory — but don't worry, the Moles' praise is tempered with some concerns over their back division.2) The Sam Prendergast Hype Train™️ has left the station, calling at all stops until the Rugby World Cup Final3) Jacques Nienaber is the surprise announcement as Leinster's "Senior Coach" after the RWC

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole"How do Leinster get to Carnegie Hall?" "Demographics!" Tough camparisons this weekend for Ulster and Munster but this isn't time to Break Up The Dubs.

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You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleThe Grand Chelem Pod! #FREED #FROM #DESIRE

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleA whole lotta heapin' goin' on: Praise for Ireland and scorn for England.

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleA better late than never Molecast on the excellent Italian game, what promises to be a barnburner in Murrayfield next weekend and a... eh... preview of the Edinburgh v Leinster game

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleI. The big Ireland vs France discussion: how it went downII. Welsh rugby plumbs new depths

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole 😉1) Ireland dispell Warren's voodoo with a series of rugby events2) Have our U20s finally found the kind of mutant beef on which to build our future3) What's the difference between "being good at nothing" and "not being good at anything"?4) France's meaningless away form and the fit and fighting Italians

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole1) Warren gives us the heebie-geebies! The big man's aura looms over Ireland's opening Six Nations clash — or maybe he won all his tournaments in non-vintage years 😉2) Fin Russell to kick Scotland to victory of the Injured English? One of us thinks so3) Eddie mines the Aussie digger mentality

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleLive in one take from a kitchen table:1) The phoney war of the group stages ends, and the real war begins - in two months' time2) Mid-table Munster on the up, but suffering from institutional failings3) Going in on Connacht, for some reason4) Duane Vermeulen's Saturday Night Lights

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Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole1) Ireland Six Nations squad selection and the de-throning of Joey2) Eddie Jones mate3) Rowntree not taking any shit

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