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The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

David Barnes & Peter Burns

Welcome to the Offside Line Podcast with your hosts Peter Burns and David Barnes.In this weekly show we examine all aspects of Scottish rugby, from the grassroots level to the Test arena, and discuss the goings on in the wider global game – helped by a regular panel of special guests and featuring exclusive interviews.David Barnes has worked as a freelance rugby journalist since 2004 covering every level of the game in Scotland for publications including The Herald/Sunday Herald, The Sunday Times,

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41:30

Barney’s day off – or not

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/10/29

Barney was meant to be having a thoroughly well-deserved day off – but he couldn’t stay off the pod. This week the boys delve into a preview for Scotland-USA, Lee Radford’s teeth, Gemma Fay’s appointment as first Managing Director of Women’s Rugby, Border clubs boycotting the Scottish Cup, a tribute to the late, great Terence Froud, and a round-up of last weekend’s fixtures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:00

Bonus pod: Scotland Autumn 2025 Announcement

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/10/21

Barney is joined by Mark Palmer and Craig Watson at Oriam to pick over Gregor Townsend’s squad selections for the 2025 Autumn Tests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:06

Scotland Sevens: back from the dead

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/10/20

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show.Apologies there was no show last week, but Burnsy forgot that he was away on holiday. He and Barney catch up to discuss the resurrection of the Scotland/GB Men’s Sevens squad, cast an eye over the Scotland squad ahead of Gregor Townsend’s announcement on Tuesday, and delve into the latest URC and domestic Premiership action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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24:17

Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/30

This week Barney and Burnsy get into the Ryder Cup, celebrate Porty’s prop power and dig into the Womens’ Rugby World Cup final, the latest URC action and the Rugby Championship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:08:15

New Scottish Women contracts and a Mark Cairns exclusive

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/25

This week the boys dive into Barney’s trip to Mull, the new the Scottish Women’s contracts, match cancellations and fixture reviews and previews, plus they sit down with Currie head coach Mark Cairns to discuss his time at the club, how the season is going and the way he and his company Coach Logic are forging new frontiers with AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:22

Downed by Canada, it's time for the Red Roses

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/09

Welcome to the Offside Line, the first for Scottish rugby. Barney and Burnsy are delighted to be joined by Stuart Bathgate to chat about the Women’s World Cup before the boys get into the latest injury news coming out of the Edinburgh and Glasgow camps; they then run an eye over the latest goings on in the men and women’s Premierships and preview this weekend’s games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:38

Gregor and Franco sign on for more . . .

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/03

This week Barney and Burnsy head down to Oriam in Edinburgh for a press conference with Alex Williamson and David Nucifora as Scottish Rugby announces new contracts for Gregor Townsend, Franco Smith and five high-performance coaches. The boys are joined by Mark Palmer from theSunday Timesto pick over everything that was discussed. They also reflect on Scotland Women’s victory over Fiji, preview their final pool game with Canada and discuss the latest action in the men and women’s domestic

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57:58

Walloping the Welsh

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/08/25

This week Barney and Burnsy are joined by Eve McTiernan, who is part of the Offside Line team working on the ground in Manchester covering the Women’s World Cup, to discuss Scotland’s record-breaking win over Wales. The guys also review the first round of action in the Men’s Prem and Barney heads to Murrayfield to chat to Neil Graham, Gavin Scott, Stuart Edwards and Pat MacArthur about the new schools Open Conference competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:25

Episode 49: The MCG breakdown

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/07/28

Barney and Burnsy delve into the Lions’ second Test at the MCG and also chat about Scotland Women’s match against Italy, the heart-warming return of Emma Wassell and Rachel Malcolm’s words of disquiet about the team’s treatment by Scottish Rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 48: Melbourne Test week

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/07/23

This week the boys dive into Scotland v Samoa, coaching merry-go-rounds, the Under 20s and they review the Lions vs Australia first Test, the First Nations/Pacifica game and preview the second Test in Melbourne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:32

Episode 47: Fiji review and a Lions 1st Test preview

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/07/15

After a (very brief) summer break, Barney and Burnsy saddle up again to review Scotland’s loss to Fiji, Scotland U20’s win over Ireland and preview Scotland v Samoa and the first Test of the British & Irish Lions’ series against Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 44: R360 – a new dawn for the game?

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/06/03

This week, Barney and Burnsy talk URC quarter-finals, preview Glasgow’s semi-final visit to Leinster and review Edinburgh’s season. They also dive into the sevens programme and the newly proposed R360 breakaway tournament and what it means for global professional rugby.You can find out more about the My Nam5’s Doddie cycle talked about in the episode here: http://bit.ly/4kIijGIAnd you can buy Burnsy’s new children’s book here:

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50:57

Episode 43: Rants and reviews

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/05/28

This week Barney and Burnsy delve into the Melrose 7s, the general state of worldwide international 7s, the Club World Cup announcement, the European finals double-header and preview this week’s URC quarter-finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 42: Edinburgh and Glasgow into the URC...

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/05/20

This week Barney and Burnsy break down the final round of the United Rugby Championship regular season and look ahead to Glasgow’s home quarter-final against the Stormers and Edinburgh’s trip to the Bulls. Barney also has a little rant about the Scotland Women’s U20 announcement (and AI) which features this article:https://www.theoffsideline.com/louise-dalgliesh-names-scotland-women-u20s-squad-for-six-nations-series/Barney dives into a preview of the Melrose 7s with Malcolm Changleng and our old pod

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54:44

Episode 41: Into the Lions’ Den

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/05/13

Fresh from Burnsy attending the Lions squad announcement and speaking to one of the coaches, the boys delve into Andy Farrell’s selection and review the Glasgow and Edinburgh’s contrasting URC performances at the weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 40: Lions selection: who makes the cut?

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/05/07

This week, Barney and Burnsy look back on an action-packed weekend of action in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup and make their predictions for Andy Farrell’s 2025 Lions squad selection.They also discuss Barney’s new venture, The Inside Edge, which you can sign up to here:https://insideedgecricket.substack.comAnd if you are interested in supporting Graeme Smeaton’s insane-sounding golf challenge to raise money for the My Nam5’s Doddie Foundation, you can find his page

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52:17

Episode 36: Sun, fun and knock-out phase runs

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/04/08

Barney and Burnsy get the show back on the road after a week’s break (Burnsy is still picking himself off the floor after a vets’ tour to northern Italy) to discuss Glasgow and Edinburgh’s success in thelast-16 of the Champions and Challenge Cups, preview their quarter-final fixtures this weekend. They also dive into the third round of the Women’s Six Nations and discuss the Premiership at length, challenging listeners to come up with a new season structure for domestic Scottish club rugby – please

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55:49

Episode 35: Reflections, ruminations and relegations

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/03/24

Barney and Burnsy dive into their overall reflections on the men’s Six Nations then buoy themselves with the action from the women’s edition, give their thoughts on Gregor Townsend’s future, discuss all things URC and the Men’s Premiership and look back on 100 years at Murrayfield. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:41

Episode 34: Paris preview pod

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/03/14

Barney, Mark Palmer and Craig Watson call in from the pitch at the Stade de France to preview the final game of the 2025 Six Nations. Can Scotland pull off a miracle? And where is the title going? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:17

Episode 33: Slaying the Dragon (just) – and picking...

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/03/10

We’re delighted to be joined by the great Duncan Hodge, who among many other playing and coaching accolades, won 26 caps at fly-half for Scotland and now runs Accelerate Rugby: High performance training. You can find out more atwww.acceleraterugby.comThe boys get stuck into analysing Scotland’s Six Nations victory over Wales – what was good, what was bad and where it all nearly went horribly wrong – and look forward to the final round showdown with France in Paris. Hosted on Acast. See

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