B-Side Bois: A Rugby Podcast

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 c...

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...

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...

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'...

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!

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 Championshi...

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!

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, c...

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!

We are BACK! And we have so much rugby to cover including an interview with an up and coming rugby player in Iowa, Bernard Mcintyre of the West Des Moines Wombats. Here we go!

RUGBY IS BACK! We recap all the action in the state and have 5 interviews for you! Amy Hoehne of Des Moines Women's Rugby Brent Nelson of Iowa Central Rugby Bill Scallon President of The Iowa Rugby Union Landon Sanders of Iowa Falls Rugby "Taco" Aaron Alviar of Quad City Irish Rugby

A fun episode just with the B-Side Bois where we look at the USA Men's National teams for 15s and 7s, an update to England's Owen Farrell's Red Card Situation, the Major League Rugby Draft, the best cardio workout for rugby according to Ruck Science, break down the D3 Iowa League Opening Weekend, and so much more! Join us!

World Cup preview with Eric Nichols

Massive episode recapping Iowa Irishfest, interviews with Mike Isaacson of Denver Rugby, Todd Becker of Bremer County Rugby, and Rizzo of Badger Kings Rugby, preview of the fall seasons all around, lots of USA Rugby talk, MLR talk, PR 7s talk. Just so much great stuff in here. Check it out!

A jammed packed episode with in studio guest Brendan McConville "Gimli" and interviews with John Schwarte of Wayne State College, Tyler Gast of Iowa Selects, and Marc Blong of Intracity 7s. We talk about a bunch of other rugby stuff too. Check it out!

The Bois are BACK! After a little summer break we've got a massive episode highlighted by an interview with Brent Nelson who will be coaching the Iowa High School Selects this Saturday against Alliance Rugby in a high performance high school 15s match at Tiger Field in West Des Moines at 1pm! We will be live-streaming the action on our Facebook page. In this episode we also cover big events th...

Impromptu Episode! Toys for Tots 7s is this weekend and we get the preview from Des Moines Rugby Club President Nate Tystahl. Then, on social media this past week, Blackhawk Rugby announced that they are BACK! We hear from Pauldo (Kel) Musa on how he's making it happen! This episode is brought to you by Roder Epoxy and Convergence Acquisitions, LLC. The interviews are brought to you by Tighthe...

Big time episode from a couple of big time guests! Here's the rundown: Major League Rugby Conference Finals Recap Major League Rugby Championship Preview Collegiate Rugby Shield Preview 99th Guest Jordan Sanderson of Des Moines Rugby What is BBP Rugby? Midwest 7s All-Tournament Team Wombats New Merchandise Order Wombats Academy Team is BACK at Iowa Irish Fest High School Boys Invitational Intr...

HUGE EPISODE! After a week off we come back to one of the busiest weekends of the summer for rugby in Iowa! Here's what we cover: -Des Moines hosts USA Rugby U23 All-Star Tournament & Clinic -Block Party 7s Recap -Interview with Ian Parkinson of Iowa City Ducks -Club Nationals Information -Midwest Summer 7s Premier Standings -Iowa Selects Try Leaders -Iowa Hawkettes & Southeast Polk Bo...

Head Coach of the Iowa High School Selects Rugby program Casey Hansen joins us in the Wombat Den as he and the team gets ready to embark on their journey south to the Bloodfest 7s Tournament in Austin, Texas. He gives a run down of the U16 and U18 rosters and what he’s looking forward to during their trip. He also previews the rest of the summer for the selects and then we share rugby stories from...

We get an inside look at the Intracity 7s Rugby Series up in Mason City from our brand new correspondent, Jake Kazos of Bremer County Rugby. We ran into Jake multiple times because this guy is everywhere and loves the sport of rugby. Playing every chance he gets, he's the perfect person to check in with to get the full recap from last Wednesday's Week 1 and to help us look forward to Week...

It's the Intracity 7s draft recap episode you've all been waiting for but first we have a great interview with one of UNI Men's Rugby's newest alumni, Gabe Santoiemma. He talks about his decision to join the draft pool for Intracity 7s, what he's looking forward to for the summer, and recaps his time at UNI with some of his favorite memories. Also, in this episode we recap the...

Join us for a special interview with Iowa Youth Rugby Association Alumni, Iowa Central Community College Alumni, and current Arkansas State rugby player and current Denver Barbarian 7s player, Lane Pruisner! He walks us through his experiences in rugby from starting off at Ankeny High School in 8th grade to his aspirations as a player! A great player and a better person, this is a great look at wh...