The Ray Ridge Acca finally comes in

Themes from the summer — Sound the familiar complaint — Struggling URC? — Season previews

New combinations, similar sensation — "They think they're so f'in smart!" — Up and down Ireland — "That's the guy who looks after the rugby?!?" — ROG at the RDS — Maul Rats

Leinster repeat on the Bulls — Big finish to tough season — Cullen Era over — Job Opportunity — Faz stands up many Ulstermen

Leinster's season of grind continues against Stormers — Glasgow salt their own wounds — James Lowe's Contracts and Departure — Molebag Listener's Questions

Leinster coaches, skin thickness, "the Media" — All Time Lowe — Munster JETS — Glasgow good all over

This isn't going to make you feel better Leinster fans

The Ulster Tripod — Silver linings in abundance — Connacht consistency — Wafer power — Munster get the job done — Gleeson green shoots — Leinster go all Lancaster Leinster — Underdogs, Performance, Pl...

Connacht and Munster moving in opposite directions — Lancaster raising the floor — Munster still haven't hit bottom — Ravenhill classic — Doak's night of highs and lows — Leinster's competition for fi...

The one where Leinster get back to the final — Many strengths and some frailties — A lucky general — Getting the best players on the pitch — Bath red zone regrets — Footage missing — Broken play Borde...

Leinster's NCO's fail to get the job over the line — Scrum-half frustrations — Strength of schedule — Munster flankers go try mad against callow Ulster — The Lions are coming — Toulon and our taut, sh...

Statement season — "Band of Bros." — Ulster's demolition derby and the run in from hell — Connacht storm DHL — Who is calling the shots at Munster — URC's appointment viewing — AIL thrives

The Search for the Moly Grail

Munster against the wind — Bad ball to bad carriers — Brothers in intercepts — Risking it all for a shot at the big time — Rieko chat — Sasha AWOL — The "real" final — Connacht are changed, changed utterly — It was forward — We <3 Dragons

Munster's grim financial situation — A multitude of issues tied together — Irish rugby precarity — Will "just doing enough" be enough for Leinster — Ulster and Connacht have the winning habit

Leinster's season starts now — What's wrong with Munster? — Connacht not doing Connacht things — Who is getting the most out of their coaching time?

The Six Nations 2026 in review — Selection vindication — Farrell's values — Ireland's winners — How do France compare? — And how about the sport itself?

Ireland tournament selections — The game done changed, got more fierce — Wales resolve — Set piece triumph, set piece failure — Crowley drifting — Scottish threat — Italian consistency — AOB

Selection shake-up — Ireland's 9 Complex and Ireland's 10 Complex – Competition for the ball — Hemispheric misalignment

"The narrative has changed", but what has actually changed? — Get Confident, Stupid! — Xs and Os — English helping hand — The Platonic Baloucoune — U20s Prelude — Welsh resurgence — Captain Dupont

Ireland's strength of schedule — Half-back struggles — Wit and invention — How do you beat France? — Wales need something to believe in — This is my house, you're listening to my music

From "Ireland's haven't done much wrong here" to the sky falling in — a post-mortem.

Ireland's selection — France's selection — Irish prospects — Championship overview — U20s hopes

Leinster *find a way* in front of the new Clan Stand — Loosehead crisis — Bohan opportunity — Ulster don't find a way — Devine heads north — Munster against the wind — TYP international edition — Farr...

Part 1: The Tale of Leinster's two narrow wins — Part 2: The tale of Munster's two narrow defeats — 3: Predicting the Irish 6N squad

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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? — Bi...

In Search of a Scrum Philosophy

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Resource Management and Opportunity Knocking in SA — What makes a good ...

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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

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 ...

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

Ireland squad surprises &amp; disappointments — Weaknesses at 1 and 9 — Leinster in familiar territory — Munster return to role of heroic losers — Molebag: Irish Lions' origins — Carlos Spencer — The ...

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...