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 playerBy The Demented Mole

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 continuedBy The Demented Mole

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 aheadBy The Demented Mole

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 CrokerBy The Demented Mole

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 achievementBy The Demented Mole

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 sensesBy The Demented Mole

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 tickerBy The Demented Mole

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", etcBy The Demented Mole

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?By The Demented Mole

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 futureBy The Demented Mole

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!By The Demented Mole

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?By The Demented Mole

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 JPRBy The Demented Mole

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?By The Demented Mole

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 advantageBy The Demented Mole

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 techniqueBy The Demented Mole

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 ClasaiceachBy The Demented Mole

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 GameBy The Demented Mole

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

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 timeBy The Demented Mole

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 muchBy The Demented Mole

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?By The Demented Mole

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*By The Demented Mole

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleWORLD 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 OperaBy The Demented Mole

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 FeverBy The Demented Mole

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 SqueezeBy The Demented Mole

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

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.By The Demented Mole

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 TongaBy The Demented Mole

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?By The Demented Mole

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

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 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 |…

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" afte…

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.By The Demented Mole

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

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

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 gameBy The Demented Mole

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

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 fightin…

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…

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…

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 shitBy The Demented Mole

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleI. Ulster's kryptonite is not being able to listen to the Molecast for 6 weeksII. Munster gorge on a strict diet of low-hanging fruitIII. Leinster almost lose and it's funIV. Ireland in the Six Nations: could it be sh*t?By The Demented Mole

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleI: Eddie Jones is hiding his plans for the Rugby World Cup better than any of his rivalsII: Would Warren go back to Wales and what would it achieve?III: Australia are an RWC dark horse — when they aren't all injuredIV: In praise of High King Josh Van Der Flier…

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleAre Australia a banana peel with Kryptonite embedded into it? Or are Ireland just on a long upwards trajectory and the Wallabies on a long slow dive?Were New Zealand ever really about to lose to Scotland? Why did they go back to the formula that decidedly didn't work during the summer? And do th…

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleDoes the World-Cup-Cycle give Ireland's powerhouse win over the Boks more meaning, or was it just a bit of a classic slobberknocker on a Saturday night?Why did Ireland 'A' miss the point so badly at the RDS?Also: Fiji selections, Australian revival and Perilous Pumas!…

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole1) Is that smell coming from the Ulster dressing room or the URC boardroom?2) Move over Bundee, Mackenzie Hansen is the new King of Connacht3) Crowley should be in the squad (woah-ooo-woah)4) Meeting the physical level of the Saffa teams5) The Blue Machine ticks onwards…

Support the Molecast at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleIreland's international squad has precious few surprises: what can you expect when you win a test series in New Zealand? Britain in Crisis! The Premiership bluster sees them lose as many clubs as Prime Ministers. Where were will it end?By The Demented Mole