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A roundtable for rugby obsessives. Donate to the help the podcast at www.ko-fi.com/dementedmole or at the support link above

The Demented Mole


    • Dec 5, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 4m AVG DURATION
    • 147 EPISODES


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    Molecast #147

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 55:22


    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

    Molecast #146

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 65:44


    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?

    Molecast #145

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 96:20


    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

    Molecast #144

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 57:42


    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

    Molecast #143

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 63:02


    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

    Molecast #142

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 70:13


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

    Molecast #141

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 60:20


    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

    Molecast #140

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 51:34


    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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    Molecast #139

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 91:03


    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

    Molecast #138

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 68:05


    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

    Molecast #137

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 51:53


    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

    Molecast #136

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 83:27


    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

    Molecast #135

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 66:11


    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

    Molecast #134

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 74:56


    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

    Molecast #133

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 89:02


    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

    Molecast #132

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 91:37


    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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    Molecast #131

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 74:57


    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

    Molecast #130

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 71:05


    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

    Molecast #129

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 62:41


    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

    Molecast #128

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 47:15


    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...

    Molecast #127

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 76:29


    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

    Molecast #126

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 70:11


    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

    Molecast #125

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 76:21


    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

    Molecast #124

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 81:39


    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

    Molecast #123

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 80:55


    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

    Molecast #122

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 60:41


    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

    Molecast #121

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 63:19


    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

    Molecast #120

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 75:39


    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

    Molecast #119

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 66:45


    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

    Molecast #118

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 51:41


    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

    Molecast #117

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 62:19


    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

    Molecast #116

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 59:27


    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?

    Molecast #115

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 66:15


    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

    Molecast #114

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 64:08


    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!

    Molecast #113

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 63:49


    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?

    Molecast #112

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 62:27


    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

    Molecast #111 (actually)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 50:23


    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?

    Molecast #110

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 69:38


    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

    Molecast #109

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 53:37


    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

    Molecast #108

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 51:42


    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

    Molecast #107

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 70:58


    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

    Molecast #106

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 75:28


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

    Molecast #105

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 43:19


    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

    Molecast #104

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 65:33


    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

    Molecast #103

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 70:43


    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?

    Molecast #102

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 48:40


    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*

    Molecast #101

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 67:30


    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

    Molecast #100

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 54:59


    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

    Molecast #99

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 59:30


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

    Molecast #98

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 56:02


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

    Molecast #97

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 52:13


    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.

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