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

You can support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> 1) A conversation reviewing Munster's season becomes a conversation about absolutely everything 2) Team Farrell and the importance of Tonga

Molecast #96

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?

You can support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a>. 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?

Molecast #95

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

Support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> 1) Munster's biggest win in a decade at Lansdowne 2) Leinster's questions

Molecast #94

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

You can support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> 1) 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

Molecast #93

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 |

You can support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> | 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 |

Molecast #92

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

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 Final 3) Jacques Nienaber is the surprise announcement as Leinster's "Senior Coach" after the RWC

Molecast #91

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.

Support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> "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.

Molecast #90

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

You can support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> The Grand Chelem Pod! #FREED #FROM #DESIRE

Molecast #89 - The Grand Slam

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

Support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> A whole lotta heapin' goin' on: Praise for Ireland and scorn for England.

Molecast #88

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

Support the Molecast at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole</a> A 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

Molecast #87

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

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The Molecast

Mid-season Stocktake! Which notable characters from the long running Pro 14 series "went mainstream" in the last round of games, and where does that leave the future Ireland team and its captaincy, Johann van Grann's coaching trajectory and Ulster in general.

Molecast #44 (Part I)

We go long on Leinster's imperious semi-final victory against Munster, doling out praise where it's due, and then focus on a disappointing end to Ulster's otherwise excellent season. They're on the up, but Munster look to have stood still. There's also lots of anecdotes about large rugbymen.

Molecast #35

Will Connors is coming for your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle, and your number seven jersey: the man known as Porridge gets lower than Lil' Jon and smashes all in front of him as Leinster march on with another win with a young team on a tough away day.Later on we take a deep dive into a hypothetical world of a CVC Capital Partners-inspired British and Irish league, as suggested by Ospreys chairman Rob Davies' mention of it this week. If this is where we're headed, what might it look like?

Will Connors is coming for your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle, and your number seven jersey: the man known as Porridge gets lower than Lil' Jon and smashes all in front of him as Leinster march on with another win with a young team on a tough away day. Later on we take a deep dive into a hypothetical world of a CVC Capital Partners-inspired British and Irish league, as suggested by Ospreys chairman Rob Davies' mention of it this week. If this is where we're headed, what might it look like?

Molecast #43

Munster's Latham... I mean Larkham revolution yields a sliding doors moment for JJ Hanrahan and despite a cracking performance leaves them in a tight spot.  Ulster and Leinster are 2/2 with wildly varying qualities of performance. Is it Leinster's tournament to lose? And lastly international coaching tickets are moving and shaking. Is Ireland's *management* ticket out of step with the rest of world rugby?

Molecast #42

Belatedly we discuss Ireland's performance against Wales, and how a good old fashioned show of aggression dismissed some of our lingering 2019 anxieties. We also take a fairly freewheeling look at the rest of the Rugby World Cup which bloody well starts this week!

Molecast #38

Leinster's production line is the focus — and how freely they might play — but the inescapable shadow of the Rugby World Cup is never far away: what does it mean for Ireland? In Munster, Ulster fielded a pack with no Ulstermen: all the players will end up coming from St Michael's and Blackrock if no one else is producing them.And how do you deal with cheats?

Leinster's production line is the focus — and how freely they might play — but the inescapable shadow of the Rugby World Cup is never far away: what does it mean for Ireland? In Munster, Ulster fielded a pack with no Ulstermen: all the players will end up coming from St Michael's and Blackrock if no one else is producing them. And how do you deal with cheats?

Molecast #41

Chapter I: The World Cup and the Winning ThereofChapter II: The World Cup and Dumping There-out-ofExcept, like Prince's Lovesexy (or Royal Trux's Twin Infinitives) there's no separate tracks, it just blazes all the way through.

Chapter I: The World Cup and the Winning Thereof Chapter II: The World Cup and Dumping There-out-of Except, like Prince's Lovesexy (or Royal Trux's Twin Infinitives) there's no separate tracks, it just blazes all the way through.

Molecast #40

We rank Ireland both out of 1 to 10 and with the binary unsatisfactory/satisfactory distinction as we pick apart an impressive victory against France and ask if Cardiff represents a "free hit"? Have we really learned that much about ourselves other than we *still* suck at being favourites?

Molecast #29

A lot to get through, including: How did we lose to Japan? How did we actually get on against Russia when not dropping the ball? How do we go about beating Samoa?And then: These refs, eh? Here come England's White Orcs who keep passing the ball. Growing into tournaments. Fail to evolve, evolve to fail. And what will go down in the QFs?

A lot to get through, including: How did we lose to Japan? How did we actually get on against Russia when not dropping the ball? How do we go about beating Samoa? And then: These refs, eh? Here come England's White Orcs who keep passing the ball. Growing into tournaments. Fail to evolve, evolve to fail. And what will go down in the QFs?

Molecast #39

We discuss somewhat surprising Irish Rugby World Cup selection made by Joe Schmidt for Japan 2019. (We should note that the top 10 games discussed were top 10 under Schmidt, not ever.)

Molecast #37

Cheaters never win, except when you don't take their trophies back off them. The Saracens saga rolls on. Relegation a certainty but European success a possibility. Everything else seems to be up for grabs.After that we ask the difficult question about the Irish coaching ticket: how did they get the gig again?Lastly we touch briefly on the plight of Munster and their youth in the wake of their European exit.

Cheaters never win, except when you don't take their trophies back off them. The Saracens saga rolls on. Relegation a certainty but European success a possibility. Everything else seems to be up for grabs. After that we ask the difficult question about the Irish coaching ticket: how did they get the gig again? Lastly we touch briefly on the plight of Munster and their youth in the wake of their European exit.

Molecast #45

It's a post-mortem for a Six Nations that leaves everyone but Wales disappointed. Take the dog for an extra long walk because there's loads to get off our collective chests. More analytical that a Buenos Aires dinner party, we try to get inside the heads of everyone from Gatty to Joe to Genge and attempt to decipher how focus, fitness and form come together in the magic stew of victory. Congrats to Wales and hurrah for the U20s Grand Slam heroes!

It's a post-mortem for a Six Nations that leaves everyone but Wales disappointed. Take the dog for an extra long walk because there's loads to get off our collective chests. More analytical that a Buenos Aires dinner party, we try to get inside the heads of everyone from Gatty to Joe to Genge and attempt to decipher how focus, fitness and form come together in the magic stew of victory. Congrats to Wales and hurrah for the U20s Grand Slam heroes!

Molecast #30

Following a thought-provoking article by Gerry Thornley on the plight of the club game we look at the state of it after an exciting denouement to the regular season of the AIL. We also look at squad size, depth, matching players and game time, and look ahead to two tasty semi-final encounters.

Molecast #32

Three out of the four Heineken Cup quarter finals provided exceptional excitement with two bonafide classics taking place in Paris and Dublin. We pick over the bones of them, and ask how Leinster's depth is getting tested, how the rugby gods will punish Tadhg Beirne, how Ulster, Edinburgh and Racing will feel after their respective defeats.YNWA Dan Leavy!

Three out of the four Heineken Cup quarter finals provided exceptional excitement with two bonafide classics taking place in Paris and Dublin. We pick over the bones of them, and ask how Leinster's depth is getting tested, how the rugby gods will punish Tadhg Beirne, how Ulster, Edinburgh and Racing will feel after their respective defeats. YNWA Dan Leavy!

Molecast #31

Leinster hit the wall against a mighty Saracens team in Newcastle and lose their first Euro final. Did it all hinge on the big moments like Luke McGrath's wayward box kick and Liam William's ravenous hit-and-steal? In Munster there's more drama as their coaching ticket is again in search of stability after Felix Jones and Gerry Flannery turn down contracts. How do both teams prepare ahead of this weekend's huge league semi-final?

Leinster hit the wall against a mighty Saracens team in Newcastle and lose their first Euro final. Did it all hinge on the big moments like Luke McGrath's wayward box kick and Liam William's ravenous hit-and-steal? In Munster there's more drama as their coaching ticket is again in search of stability after Felix Jones and Gerry Flannery turn down contracts. How do both teams prepare ahead of this weekend's huge league semi-final?

Molecast #34

No Spala for your guts! The Battle of Bayonne! Ireland's legacy in preparing for World Cups is akin to their legacy in actual World Cups: full of wince-inducing moments of crisis and lots of existential soul-searching. As such we discuss at length where we are after a disastrous drubbing in Twickenham. We also have a brief chat about England and the All Black's but even when we are talking about them, aren't we really just talking about Ireland?

No Spala for your guts! The Battle of Bayonne! Ireland's legacy in preparing for World Cups is akin to their legacy in actual World Cups: full of wince-inducing moments of crisis and lots of existential soul-searching. As such we discuss at length where we are after a disastrous drubbing in Twickenham. We also have a brief chat about England and the All Black's but even when we are talking about them, aren't we really just talking about Ireland?

Molecast #36

[Re-uploaded with proper audio] After semi-final weekend, we give the boys in blue the credit deserve for a consummate performance at the Aviva and ask whether Munster are improving — but not quickly enough — or if their 7th semi-final loss is a reality check for them.

Molecast #33 [The Re-Up]

Did injury force Ireland's hand in terms of selection, or did Joe just not channel his inner Gatty after a disappointing performance in Rome. Is clarity of purpose what Ireland are lacking? Also: oh shit here come unbeatable Wales.

Molecast #27

As usual, the game is gone or going somewhere weird. Crisis in Wales, crisis in world rugby, crisis at World Rugby. There's not enough people close enough to each other on the planet to make the game viable in the way it wants to be while maintaining some semblance of the game's traditions: discuss. OK, we will. Welsh sociology, roads, the Belle Epoque, FIRA, it's all in here.

As usual, the game is gone or going somewhere weird. Crisis in Wales, crisis in world rugby, crisis at World Rugby. There's not enough people close enough to each other on the planet to make the game viable in the way it wants to be while maintaining some semblance of the game's traditions: discuss. OK, we will. Welsh sociology, roads, the Belle Epoque, FIRA, it's all in here.

Molecast #28

Questions raised and questions answered at Murrayfield; kick and clap at Twickenham as England launch bombs and land them all. What more do we know about Carbery and what more can we find out, and are England showing their World Cup plans already?

Molecast #26

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