The Molecast

Please support the Molecast by donating the price of a cup of coffee at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmolePost 6N healthcheck: Leinster's season starts now — Glasgow loom menacingly — What's wrong with Munster? — Does it need to get worse before it gets better, or is it just getting worse? — Connacht not doing Connacht things — Who is getting the most out of their coaching time? — Congrats to St Mary's College

The Molecast isn't paywalled but you can support its continued production by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleThe Six Nations 2026 in review — Selection vindication — Farrell's values — Ireland's winners — How do France compare? — And how about the sport itself?

*Apologies for the audio quality on one mic at the start - it clears up at 16mins*The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by buying us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleIreland tournament selections — The game done changed, got more fierce — Wales resolve — Set piece triumph, set piece failure — Crowley drifting — Scottish threat — Italian consistency — AOB

The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleFaz calls a new tune — Stand up for the Ulstermen — Getting selected is less than half the battle — Friday Night Lights — The Prendergast Grumblers — Lack of direction from 9 and the 10 Complex — Just following orders — Aerial competition and second order consequences — Hemispheric misalignment

The Molecast is not paywalled but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole"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

The Molecast is not paywalled but you can support its production by making a small donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmoleIreland's strength of schedule — Italian improvement — What went well — ... and what didn't — Half-back struggles — U20 tone setting — Players of wit and invention — How do you beat this France ("What Would Rassie Do?") — Can Wales find something to believe in — This is my house, you're listening to my music — What tune beats England?

The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its continued production by making a donation at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Beware: more swearing than usual"It's the players!" — "It's the coaching!" — "It's the performance!" — "Ireland haven't done much wrong..." — The game done changed — Where next — Team for Italy — Gregor Townsend could not get out of the way — England into hubris mode already — ""A"" game debacle — Bigger boys came

The Molecast is not paywalled, but you can support its production by donating at https://ko-fi.com/dementedmole — Ireland's selection: what is a surprise and what is the logic— France's selection: Dupont + 14 or Irish kryptonite — Ireland's prospects and the notion of a predictable championship — Will Glasgow fuel Scotland? — Can anyone stop the English boot stomping on the 6N face? — U20s hopes — England Legends vs Ireland Legends in aid of Moody Family Trust https://therpa.co.uk/news/2026/1/england-and-ireland-rugby-greats-return-to-london-to-play-in-the-annual-england-v-ireland-legends-match/