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Molecast #180 | The Molecast
"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? — Bi...
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"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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"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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Molecast #180 | The Molecast
"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? — Bi...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"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 — Backs Rugby vs Forwards Rugby — Boks Tactical Discipline — Emotional Ireland — Bundee's Rugby Mortgage — Lessons from Dev — Going forward
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Molecast #179 | The Molecast
In Search of a Scrum Philosophy
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November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There’ll be no World Cup then, I’ll tell the children — In Search of a Scrum Philosophy — The Bajada — Props and Game-Time — Backs Rugby vs Forwards Rugby — Boks Tactical Discipline — Emotional Ireland — Bundee's Rugby Mortgage — Lessons from Dev — Going forward
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Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — 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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Molecast #178 | The Molecast
Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — Ireland romp against Oz — Paddy Mac arrives fully formed — Sam's highs and lows — Baird's hard yards — Aussie woe — Northampton influ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Apologies for the poor sound quality on one of the microphones! — 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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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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Molecast #177 | The Molecast
Support the Molecast by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Charismatic Strongmen all the way down — Possibles flow while Probables stutter — MacKenzie's Murrayfield Moments — Rassie and Siya...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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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Roigard on Graham in the corner worthy of our profile pic. DMac with the head taped and the bloodied jersey with two reputation making moments from the 50/22 and the finish on the left wing. Shades of Ireland’s defeat in 2013. Cracking rugby match. The best of the game.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Roigard on Graham in the corner worthy of our profile pic. DMac with the head taped and the bloodied jersey with two reputation making moments from the 50/22 and the finish on the left wing. Shades of Ireland’s defeat in 2013. Cracking rugby match. The best of the game.
Ireland's new normal: good 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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Molecast #176 | The Molecast
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 ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ireland's new normal: good 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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No Molecast this week - back after the NZ game in Chicago!
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
No Molecast this week - back after the NZ game in Chicago!
We've got our Jack back — McMillan's Munster — "It's a challenging start"... and we failed it — TYFPFFS — Think of the dramatic potential — Silver Linings Teamsheet — Ulster are back — Shohei Otani wears Tadhg Beirne pyjamas 🤪🤨🤠
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Molecast #175 | The Molecast
You can support the Molecast's production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — We've got our Jack back — "It's a challenging start"... and we failed it — Silver Linings Teams...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We've got our Jack back — McMillan's Munster — "It's a challenging start"... and we failed it — TYFPFFS — Think of the dramatic potential — Silver Linings Teamsheet — Ulster are back — Shohei Otani wears Tadhg Beirne pyjamas 🤪🤨🤠
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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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Molecast #174 | The Molecast
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 — Round the URC house...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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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Resource Management and Opportunity Knocking in SA — What makes a good season? — The World Cup Cycle begins now
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Molecast #173 | The Molecast
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October 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Resource Management and Opportunity Knocking in SA — What makes a good season? — The World Cup Cycle begins now
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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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Molecast #172 | The Molecast
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October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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 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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Molecast #171 | The Molecast
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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August 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Support the Molecast at 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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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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Molecast #170 | The Molecast
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 ...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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Leinster fight — Playing off 9 v playing off 10 — Line-kicking — Take Your Points (Reprise) — Bulls on parade — Finals rugby
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Molecast #169 | The Molecast
Donate 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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June 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Leinster fight — Playing off 9 v playing off 10 — Line-kicking — Take Your Points (Reprise) — Bulls on parade — Finals rugby
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Ireland squad surprises & disappointments — Weaknesses at 1 and 9 — Leinster in familiar territory — Munster return to role of heroic losers — Molebag: Irish Lions' origins — Carlos Spencer — The club professionals
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Molecast #168: Molebag | The Molecast
Ireland squad surprises & disappointments — Weaknesses at 1 and 9 — Leinster in familiar territory — Munster return to role of heroic losers — Molebag: Irish Lions' origins — Carlos Spencer — The ...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ireland squad surprises & disappointments — Weaknesses at 1 and 9 — Leinster in familiar territory — Munster return to role of heroic losers — Molebag: Irish Lions' origins — Carlos Spencer — The club professionals
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Leinster need to get their head out their collective ass and stop thinking about Northampton and Lions. Will be another semi-final defeat if they play like that next week.
May 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Leinster need to get their head out their collective ass and stop thinking about Northampton and Lions. Will be another semi-final defeat if they play like that next week.
Pt. 1: A first half of principles, a second half of realpolitik — Saints' selection gambit — UBB's kick game— Nika rides the bucking bronco
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Molecast #167: Molebag | The Molecast
Support the Molecast by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — A first half of principles, a second half of realpolitik — Saints' selection gambit — UBB's kick game— Nika rides the bucking bronc...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Pt. 1: A first half of principles, a second half of realpolitik — Saints' selection gambit — UBB's kick game— Nika rides the bucking bronco
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Incredible defiance from Saints to be in with a shout in the last ten. Pollock’s little jersey tug recalled Dan Leavy’s stray hold against Toulon in 2015. UBB deserved winners. Wild wild game. Fair play to the ref.
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Incredible defiance from Saints to be in with a shout in the last ten. Pollock’s little jersey tug recalled Dan Leavy’s stray hold against Toulon in 2015. UBB deserved winners. Wild wild game. Fair play to the ref.
Fin Smith DG winner coming.
May 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fin Smith DG winner coming.
This game is so crazily fast it’s pretty much all being reffed via replay.
May 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This game is so crazily fast it’s pretty much all being reffed via replay.
Feels like there could be 70 points in this game!
May 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Feels like there could be 70 points in this game!
Terrible kit match up here.
May 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Terrible kit match up here.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, no Molecast this week.
We will be back next week with reflections on the ICC Final and a bursting Molebag full of listener questions. 🏉 🎙️ 📱
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May 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Due to unforeseen circumstances, no Molecast this week.
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Took me a while but I finally summed up the courage to listen to this and it's very good, as usual. Lord knows doing even a high level rewatch nearly killed me, so god bless these gluttons for punishment for going so forensically into what went wrong - and what Saints did right. .
(Another) Leinster post-mortem — Northampton's Plan — Blame Game — End Game — UBB shake off Toulouse ghosts
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Molecast #165 | The Molecast
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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May 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Took me a while but I finally summed up the courage to listen to this and it's very good, as usual. Lord knows doing even a high level rewatch nearly killed me, so god bless these gluttons for punishment for going so forensically into what went wrong - and what Saints did right. .
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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Molecast #166: Lionscast | The Molecast
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?...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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