Club Information

The Western Counties Force is a middle school boys team, the first in the state with their inaugural season beginning Fall 2022. The goal is to grow a middle school program and play surrounding states that already have established middle school programs, something lacking in Missouri. The program will be coordinated by Colin Heath, head coach, Alexis Mild and Joe Hunter. The ultimate goal is to grow the middle school sevens program to more than one team and progress to a Middle School 15s programs. The MRA Knights hope to expand the program to middle school girls with Alexis Mild taking the lead.

Coaches

Colin Heath

Semi-retired player and current head coach of the St Louis Royal Rambler Rugby Club. Starting playing rugby at the age of 8 years in the United Kingdom and have played pretty consistently into my early 40s. Am currently a level 300 certified coach and have been coaching men’s rugby for almost 10 years. I am married to a teacher in the Orchard Farm School District and have 4 kids.

Alexis Mosele

Coach Alexis (Lexie) Mosele grew up in Saint George Utah playing rugby for Snow Canyon High School. During her high school years she played on All-State teams, traveled to Nationals her junior year, and was invited to national U-18 camps. After high school, Lexie continued her rugby career at Lindenwood University. Since graduating college she began coaching with the Warriors youth rugby team and the MRA knights, a middle school boys team. Lexie is a level 200 certified coach through USA Rugby.

Joe Hunter III

Joe has been playing for the Royal Ramblers since 2017. He played college football at Randolph Macon before being introduced to rugby by his wife, Julia, who plays for the St. Louis Sabres. He is level 200 certified and formerly coached rugby at Chaminade.