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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

Join us for 3 great interviews as Andrew Ridgway recaps his first season as a referee for the Iowa Youth Rugby Association, Elliot Gaul as Dubuque Rugby hosted some men's Midwest Rugby D3 and D4 playoff matches, and Patrick Lausen to recap the entire IAYRA Girls' State Tournament! So much more in-between as well to keep you updated on what's happening in rugby in our state! Join us ..read more

Great in person interview with reoccurring guest and friend of the program, Adam Falk! Get inside the mind of one of the best referees in the Midwest as he's had some huge opportunities to get involved with the Chicago Hounds of Major League Rugby as well as USA Rugby against Stade Toulousain and so much more! We touch base on the Iowa Youth Rugby Association's Girls' State Championship and the World Cup, but next week we will gather more information and do a deep dive on both! Join us for another fun episode with the Bois ..read more

Another episode of rugby information relevant to you in Iowa and the midwest from high school, to college, to senior side, to the World Cup, we try to cover it all and laughter is included! Two awesome interviews with 2 people who are making a difference in the high school scene as we talk to Annie Myers of Roosevelt Girls Rugby Jason Diedrich of Farm Boys Rugby ..read more

A MASSIVE EPISODE, with a new introduction this week, as we interviewed Iowa State Men's Head Coach Ant Frein to catch up on their great season and to preview their Alumni Weekend coming up. We also have Eric Nichols in the Wombat Den to recap and preview more World Cup action. Jeremy Newman also joins us in the Wombat Den to give us his takes on all things rugby! We recap senior side rugby, college rugby, high school rugby, and share many silly stories. An episode that was mapped out for an hour ended up being two and a half hours, so join us for the fun! Want to be on the show, have a story ..read more

Huge episode this week as we recap all the Senior Side action, the Collegiate action, mention high school action, recap the World Cup action, and we brainstorm ideas for the Iowa Rugby Union Annual Grand Meeting! Interviews with Tom McClimon of Bremer County and Cooper Isaacson of UNI Men while both their programs are on hot streaks! We also dive into the World Rugby Law Book! Join us ..read more