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 last episode of the 2024 with our Season 3 Finale! A lot of fun as we are joined by Alex Goff of Goff Rugby Report to get his view on rugby in Iowa, USA Rugby/NCR split, and how he's able to produce top level rugby reporting. We also finish our Top of the League Podcast Celebrity 15 with our wings, fullback, and coach! We make bold predictions for 2025 while looking ahead to what to watch for. We end the episode hearing from Trey Gaudet of Northwest Missouri Boys High School Rugby program and how they just started yet have already won a Nebraska state title! The Bois will take a few weeks off and we will be back and better than ever in 2025! Let us know what you want to hear and see from us in 2025! Thank you again everyone for the support and for joining us for some great rugby conversations!
We've got an OG episode of the podcast today with only Philly V & Mr. Gray! They cover the happenings in the Iowa Rugby Union, College Rugby Updates with Bowl Games & National Tournaments. A little Major League Rugby Talk. We outline major events for 2025 and preview next week's season 3 finale episode! Episode ends with a great interview with the brand new head coach of the Valley Tigers Boys Rugby Club, Victor Wong! Join us for a fun episode!
Join us for a jammed packed episode where we talk all things international rugby from the past month of test matches. Whose stock is rising, who is falling off a cliff, who surprised us, what's going on with the USA Eagles? We also discuss some local college news as well as updates from the Iowa Rugby Union! Check out BBP Sport for their new special on team kits!
A jammed packed episode with THREE huge interviews of people doing big things from local clubs on a national level! We hear from Lilly Stough from WSR Girls rugby and her experience winning the IAYRA state championship as well as her time out in Chula Vista for the U18 Rugby Pathways 7s High-Performance Camp. We check in with Nick Marker from UNI Men's Rugby and hear about their season and their mindset ahead of the D2 NCR National Playoffs. We also check in with Iowa State Men's Head Coach Ant Frein ahead of their Heart of America Conference Championship Clash with the University of Iowa! We also have other MLR news, international news, and some fun! Join us!
Join us as we talk rugby in the USA. Joined by Producer Kress of the Top of the League Podcast!
The Bois record from SingleSpeed Brewing Co. in Des Moines as they are the playoff sponsor for the West Des Moines Wombats. Hear from bar manager Ben as well as multiple Wombats as we recap the happenings of IAYRA girls rugby and look ahead to the Midwest playoffs! Join us!
Join us as the Bois recap the past couple weeks for local college rugby, senior side rugby, high school rugby, and chat about the happenings of rugby world wide! A fun episode with no guest this week!
Another episode with the Bois where we recap the Iowa Youth Rugby Association Girls Week 1 action from Monday night. We hear from Norwalk Girls Rugby Assistant Coach Bryant Reynolds. We also recap college rugby matches, senior side matches, international matches, and we pick our #6, #7, #8 players in the Top of the League Podcast Celebrity Top 15 Challenge! And plenty of silly banter in between! Join us!
Join us for our Iowa Youth Rugby Association Girls' preview show with special interviews from Casey Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock, Salty Thompson & Kelsie McDowell of EIRA! Girls' 7s High School Season starts Monday and then on next Wednesday there is an EIRA High Performance Identification camp in Des Moines! We also break down all the college, senior side, and international rugby action! Join us for a fun one!
Join us for a great episode with ALL FOUR BOIS IN STUDIO for the first time in 8 weeks! Great banter and some rugby news to share with you! Here's a rundown: -Ambassadors League -College Recap -Iowa Falls High School Rugby -Midwest Rugby Update -Interview with Jessi Inman of Cedar Falls Girls Rugby -Interview with Annahlee Huspen & Colby Wiederholt of Urbandale Girls Rugby -International Rugby Recap -Celebrity Tight 5 Fantasy Draft (We copied Top of the League Podcast's Idea and to engage with them) Note: We apologize for the popping sound in the audio in this episode. One of our microphone cords is damaged and we were unable to remove the sound from the audio. Also, around the 1 hour 26 minute mark you can hear one of the microphones die LIVE on the air. If anyone knows how audio works, we would love to work with you!
We are BACK! Well, kind of. It's just Mr. Gray & Nichols recapping summer and looking at the kickoff of all the fall rugby seasons!
Huge episode where we interview Joe Lippert starting at 1:14:00, we hear his take on Olympic 7s, USA Rugby, NCR All-American Tour in France, Vail Rugby and more! We also talk about upcoming summer tournaments in Iowa, EIRA updates, NAI 7s, and so many international test matches and other random nuggets!
HUGE Episode as we talk to Brand New Head coach of the NEWEST D1 NCAA Women's Varsity program, Kelsie McDowell of La Salle University. We also check in with great friend of the podcast, Erik Frana, to hear about his time this past weekend at the Mid Summer Classic as a part of the Iowa High School Selects Coaching Staff! Then we talk about a bunch of rugby stuff including MLR Playoffs, Rugby 25 the Video Game, International Matches, U20 Matches, and other rugby fun stuff! Join us!
Join us for an interview with Ty Adams who recently graduated from Fort Dodge and how rugby helped him be able to play football at the collegiate level! We also break down all the 7s action of the summer from Iowa High School Selects, to Wombats Academy, to the Iowa Summer 7s Series, to Block Party 7s, and to the Olympics! We also discuss all the international championships happening across multiple pro leagues as well as international friendlies! So much happening! Check it out!
Massive episode today as have two HUGE interviews! First we talk to Taylor Isberner from Des Moines Women's rugby (18:42-51:56) then Samuel Ciancutti of Barstool Rugby and Toledo Celtics (55:58-1:20:56). We also check in on the Iowa Hawkettes playing for the Midwest Thunderbirds, Iowa Summer 7s Series, Iowa City Block Party 7s, Iowa State Men's CRAA All Americans, MLR Playoff Picture, International Playoff Matches, International Friendlies, USA Player Selections for Men's and Women's teams, NCR Selects playing in France and so much more!
Check it out! The Bois are on their own with their first episode ever with no interview guest! We cover all the updates in the Iowa Rugby Union, Iowa Summer 7s Series, Fall schedules for senior sides and colleges, international pro league playoffs, and just general friendship!
Join us for updates all about the Iowa Rugby Union with the President, Bryant Reynolds
Join us for another installment of the podcast as the Bois interview former UNI Women's Panther and current Tampa Bay Krewe player, Molly Douglas as we hear from her experience on winning the D2 Women's National Title a couple of weeks ago. She gives us some great insight on how they did it as well as some ideas for how to make women's rugby in Iowa better! Other topics covered include: -Iowa Rugby Union Summer AGM Announcement -Iowa Selects High School Boys U16 & U18 Roster Announcements -Treyden Fuchs-Pearson signs to play with Iowa State Men's Rugby from Cedar Rapids Prairie -Bremer Youth Rugby U14 is making some noise -Investec Champions Cup Review -Challenge Cup Review -Investec Player of the Year Review -International Player Movements -Major Legue Rugby Recap -USA Eagles U20s getting more opportunities -And more!
Join us for our next installment of the show with our widest range of topics as we cover from Iowa High School Rugby to Major League Rugby to Women's International Rugby to Collegiate Rugby and so much more! A very special interview with Mason Koch of the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby along with his former high school coach Josh Flammang of the Iowa City Trojans! A great behind the scenes look at how the Iowa City Trojans operate and a look how Mason was able to go from Iowa City to Dartmouth to Major League Rugby. We also cover many new college signings for boys and girls from the IAYRA looking to be the next in line to make the jump to the next level! Check it out!