B-Side Bois: A Rugby Podcast

A fantastic episode with an in-studio interview of a guest we've had on our wish list since the start of this podcast. The legendary Paul Damge stops by the Wombat Den to share part of his rugby story and thoughts on the current state of rugby in Iowa and more! We cover the NCR CRC7s brackets, some updates with senior side rugby, and Thudnerbirds and Iowa Rugby Union Select side updates as well! You do not want to miss this episode!

Week 4 Recap of the Iowa Youth Rugby Association and an interview with the head coach of Cedar Rapids Washington Boys' Rugby! We have updates to the Iowa High School Selects and the Hawkettes with some exciting college signings of a few of our high school athletes! Updates on the ACR 7s Nationals and ACR 15s National Championship with Iowa State University! Check it out!

Join us for a jammed packed episode with TWO awesome interviews! Here's a rundown of the show: 0:00-1:56 Opening Song/Andrew Zellmer 1:56-19:32- Iowa State vs Sam Houston State Recap, Des Moines Rugby vs Eastside Banshees Recap, West Des Moines Wombats vs Fox Valley Maori Preview 19:32-29:41- Cooper Isaacson Interview talks UNI Men's Rugby 7s and NCR CRC 7s Nationals in DC Coming Up 30:03-51:06 Meghan Flanigan Interview talks UNI Women's Rugby 7s and NCR CRC 7s Nationals in DC Coming Up 51:06-End of Show- Weekend Recap with Iowa Central Community College Men and maybe a women's team?!, University of Iowa Women, University of Iowa Men, Women's Midwest Collegiate Rugby Conference 7s Tournament, Iowa State Women, Tackle Height Trial, Matt Giteau Law, and other random rugby nuggets!

Join us for our IAYRA Week 3 recap of the high school boys’ season as we have interviews from: North Polk Head Coach Justin McKay, Denver Coach Cooper Isaacson, and Columbus Catholic Coach Robby Asplund! Philly V & Mr. Gray then dive into the standings to see where teams are sitting at the halfway point! Don’t forget about boys Iowa selects tryouts this Saturday in Bondurant at 9am. We also check in on the Iowa Hawkettes!

Join us for a massive and fun episode of the podcast! Quick hits of what's to come: 0:00-21:18 Hernia Talk, Rugby Recruiting Ideas, Weekend Recaps for Des Moines Rugby, Kansas City RFC, Iowa Central Community College, West Des Moines Wombats, Iowa State University, Iowa Falls Rugby, and River City Rugby 21:18-30:01 Drew Guinn of Iowa State Men's Rugby Interview 30:24-47:47 Jaxon Stokley, Ramon Serrano, & Luke Nenes of Sam Houston State Rugby (there is some static from our mic cords at the start of the interview but it gets better after about a minute! We are working on a solution for next week!) 47:47-End of Show Banter about World Cup of Club Rugby, Rees-Zammit update, favorite candy bars, nicknames, randomness, and friendship!

Join us for updates from the IAYRA boys spring rugby 7s league! Interviews from Norwalk’s head coach Matt Daniels and one of WSR’s head coaches Casey Hansen!

Join us for our special SECOND episode of the week where Mr. Gray and International Correspondent Eric Nichols catch up with long time friend from the UNI Men's Rugby club, Chris Aguero. Chris played in high school for Muscatine, then UNI Men's Rugby, then senior side rugby with the Austin Huns, and now he's with the Columbus Castaways. We talk about what has made each club great while sharing stories along the way! Great insight for anyone trying to improve their club's culture or systems! We also touch base on some MLR and International rugby stories! Join us!

Week 1 of the IAYRA Boys season is in the books and we check in from all 4 of last Friday’s sites to get the inside scoop! A lot of great rugby was played, the league is getting deeper, and some interesting stories are taking shape! We’ve got 4 coaches that give us a little insight on the programs including Erik Frana head coach from Cedar Rapids Prairie, Tom McClimon head coach of Fort Dodge, DeAndre Moore head coach of Urbandale, and our own Philly V freshman coach of Valley. We also share the 2024 class of the Iowa Rugby Union Hall of Fame and news with the Midwest 7s Series for this summer!

MASSIVE EPISODE ALERT! We've got everything, don't believe us, check out this run down: -NashBash Fallout -Iowa Summer 7s Series -Iowa Rugby Union Hall of Fame -All-Iowa Tournament -IAYRA Week 1 Preview -Parker Czipar Interview -Joe Lippert Interview -A bunch of other stuff happening in the world of rugby

The Wombats are on the road to Nashville for the 2024 Nashbash Tournament! To pass the time and get some good road trip and Nashville stories, Mr. Gray brought the mics and recorded this episode on the road with the fellas! Join us!

We are BACK again to recap what we've missed in the last month while also diving into the high school boys' IAYRA season. We interview one of the top seniors in the state, Ian Murra of Cedar Falls Rugby, and Aiden Lewis, head coach of Ames Atomics and scrumhalf for Iowa State University. Eric Nichols checks in and recaps the 6 Nations. We preview Nashbash a little while also dissecting some issues we have with the logic of The Lion King. Join us!

A very fun episode with the Bois where we talk with Marc Blong who is the head of the brand new Ambassadors League Committee! Learn all about this new venture. The Bois also dive into some upcoming 7s news, stories about Nashville, and we check in with Eric Nichols on 6 Nations updates!

A throwback episode with just Philly V & Mr. Gray as they interview the brand new President of the Iowa Rugby Union, Bryant Reynolds. Bryant is also a member of the Des Moines Rugby Club and a coach for the Norwalk Girls High School team. We discuss all of the exciting things that are happening behind the scenes to make sure our union has a fantastic year of rugby in 2024. This includes the creation of brand new committees to work on special projects like the Iowa Summer 7s Series, All-Iowa Tournament, Women's Development, Select Side Teams, Ambassador League, and so much more! The Bois also discuss the 1st Round of the 6 Nations, some exciting World Rugby news, opportunity to grow the game with the L1 coaching and refereeing certification clinics, and exciting news out of the Northeast Wisconsin Rugby Foundation! If you want to know what's happening in rugby in our area or want to be involved, you do not want to miss this episode!

A throwback episode with just Philly V & Mr. Gray as they interview the brand new President of the Iowa Rugby Union, Bryant Reynolds. Bryant is also a member of the Des Moines Rugby Club and a coach for the Norwalk Girls High School team. We discuss all of the exciting things that are happening behind the scenes to make sure our union has a fantastic year of rugby in 2024. This includes the creation of brand new committees to work on special projects like the Iowa Summer 7s Series, All-Iowa Tournament, Women's Development, Select Side Teams, Ambassador League, and so much more! The Bois also discuss the 1st Round of the 6 Nations, some exciting World Rugby news, opportunity to grow the game with the L1 coaching and refereeing certification clinics, and exciting news out of the Northeast Wisconsin Rugby Foundation! If you want to know what's happening in rugby in our area or want to be involved, you do not want to miss this episode!

We are back for season 3 of the show! Join Mr. Gray, Philly V, International Correspondent Eric Nichols, and Gimli as we look at the 6 Nations Documentary on Netflix, preview the upcoming men’s and women’s 6 Nations, we interview Michael Pisney from the world famous Denver Barbarians, and we talk all things local rugby in the Midwest and Iowa!

Season 2 Finale with a great interview with legendary Iowa High School coach Brent Wheeler or Cope as many people know him as. He has some breaking news regarding his coaching future for us! A couple of news and notes about rugby in Iowa and updates for the show going into 2024! Thanks for listening everyone! Cheers!

Who saw this coming? 100 episodes of the B-Side Bois Podcast! We use this episode to take a break from checking in on the world of rugby and instead we invite some of our oldest rugby friends to share stories of from our rugby days while also take a look forward how we can continue to impact the game through coaching and refereeing. A lot of fun, a lot of laughs, a couple of good ideas, a lot of cut content, but a good time had by all! Join us for this special episode! Thank you everyone who has made this possible! Here's to 100 more! This episode features our hosts Mr. Gray, Philly V, Gimli, International Correspondent Eric Nichols, and our guests, Grant Steffen, Erik Frana, Jeremy Newman, Ben Villim, and Tyler Dailey!

New episode this week featuring an interview with Iowa Central alumni and current Chicago Hounds Academy player, Aiden Farrell. We also take a look at breaking news in the MLR with the announcement of the Toronto Arrows suspending operations which leads us to Gimli's Nugget about the history of Canadian Rugby and the parallels to United States Rugby. Updates from around the Iowa and Midwest as well! Join us for episode 99!

A little delay on this week's episode but it's worth the wait. We hear from a legend of rugby in Iowa, Jeff McHenry. He's currently coaching the Des Moines Women's team and has been involved as a player, coach, and ref for over 20 years. We also take a look at UNI Men's Rugby's run in the NCR Nationals Tournament. Iowa State Men's Rugby is hosting a FREE coaching clinic this January. We also take a look at some USA Rugby news, MLR News, and a new segment with Gimli! Lots of laughs in this one, you don't want to miss!

A jammed packed episode where we finally hear Eric Nichols thoughts on the World Cup Final, we check in with Ian Klein of Iowa State Men's rugby who had a great weekend winning the Heart of America Conference for 2nd year in a row. We have updates with Iowa Men's Rugby, UNI Women's Rugby, Iowa State Women's Rugby, and UNI Men's Rugby. We also take a look at the Senior Side's Midwest Championship matches. We look at the USA vs Brazil match as well as many other updates!