HUGE Episode as we preview the 1A and 2A State Championship Tournaments for the boys' IAYRA spring rugby season! We also catch up with Casey Hansen, coach of Waverly-Shell Rock and the Iowa High School Selects. A lot of information in this one! Join us Friday night as we will be live-streaming from Southeast Polk for the 2A State Championship IAYRA Tournament!

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...

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...

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!...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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!

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 Championship and the World Cup, but next week we will gather more information and do a deep dive on both! Join us for...

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, college rugby, high school rugby, and share many silly stories. An episode that was mapped out for an...