The Molecast

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

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?

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

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

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

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Faz's last Ireland squad for a year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 — 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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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!

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD 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

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD 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

You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD 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?

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*

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD CUP WEEK 3! The precipitous decline Eddie Jones — the worst Wallabies — how did Ireland *not* lose? — what does it all mean — the Scrum Half of the Opera

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole WORLD 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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Better late than never - your final pre-RWC Molecast (recorded earlier this week). Wild predictions to follow!

You can support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole The 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.