With no BIG MATCH to talk about, we get into the weeds talking about DEPTH and whether it really makes that much of a difference, or is it just a desire for change for changes sake to get your province's man into the jersey? Carbery, Coombes, Baloucoune and bulky meaty fleshlumpeaters are all discussed.

The Molecast

Molecast #60

A big snotty post-QF roundtable:
1) Munster v Toulouse: a clash of styles for the ages
2) Leicester v Leinster: Tigers back at the big table but no longer the alpha predator in Europe
3) Are Toulouse's monster pack Leinster Kryptonite or sick of getting on planes and running around the pitch?
4) La ROGelle vs Racing: côte du bœuf vs croissants
5) Bizarre listing of French clubs we like and one of us really can't stand Montpellier

Molecast #64

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Two Leinster matches to consider 
1) the rotated squad turning over Munster in the URC dead rubber that still has profound implications
2) the front-liners out to put some ghosts to bed against La Rochelle
MAH GAWD THAT'S WILL SKELTON'S MUSIC

Molecast #66

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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

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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 Squeeze

Molecast #99

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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 #101

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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 #103

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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 #104

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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 #105

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The tale of two Australian hookers.

Molecast #106

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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 #107

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Blue Machine rolls back into town... with work-ons — Young pups and old stagers — A Carton House Christmas — The return of An Clasaiceach

Molecast #108

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Leinster's "moral defeat" — Our new S&C Guy — The Big 10 question — Tackle technique

Molecast #109

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 #110

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 #111 (actually)

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 #112

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 #113

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 #114

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 #115

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 #116

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 #117

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 #118

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 #119

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 #120

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 #121

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 #122

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 #123

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 #124

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 #125

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 #126

A roundtable for rugby obsessives.
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