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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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57:18

And sent them homeward tae think again . . .

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/02/16

Hello and welcome to the Offside Line Pod. After a very gloomy pre-match pod, the boys are in fine fettle as they take a deep dive into the 2026 Calcutta Cup and an all-round Scotland performance for the ages (scrum aside) and preview the round three challenge ahead in Cardiff.If you like what we’re doing on the pod, you’ll love what’s happening on our website. The Offside Line covers the full Scottish rugby picture,international, Premiership, club, grassroots and for just £5 a month you get the

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20:31

Live from the Eternal City: Scotland-Italy 2026 preview

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/02/06

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to a bonus episode with our intrepid men on the ground in the Eternal City ahead of Scotland versus Italy on Saturday at 2.10. Mark Palmer and Craig Watson join Barney pitch-side at the Stadio Olympico to give their insights ahead of the game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:58

The Big Six Nations Preview

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/02/02

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show.David and Pete dive deep into Scotland’s chances in the 2026 Six Nations, look back on Edinburgh and Glasgow’s latest round of action in the URC and cast an eye over clubland. We are thrilled that this week’s episode is sponsored by the WRU, who are excited to be hosting Scotland at Principality Stadium on Saturday 21st February as part of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations 2026. Don’t miss your chance to be at this epic clash in one of the best stadiums

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19:41

Six Nations Launch Pod

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/01/26

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. It’s just a short episode this time around as Barney reports back from the Six Nations launch in Edinburgh and he and Burnsy cast their eyes over the lasts round of action in the URC, the Celtic Challenge and the Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership.A quick heads-up on the Offside Line Shop - there’s currently a30% discount running on all The Offside Line branded merchandise and books for subscribers, but itfinishes this Saturday the 31st.

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1:19:31

London Scottish for the URC? A Bryan Redpath special.

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/01/20

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney is fresh out of Gregor Townsend’s press conference announcing the Six Nations and Scotland A squads for 2026 and he and Burnsy catch up to pick over the key selections. They also discuss Edinburgh and Glasgow’s weekends in Europe as both progress to the Round of 16, with Glasgow finishing as second seeds overall.Then it’s into the main part of this week’s episode – a long sit down with Scotland great, Bryan Redpath, to discuss his playing,

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45:58

Edinburgh and Glasgow march on in Europe

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2026/01/12

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy review the latest round of action in the European Champions Cup as Edinburgh and Glasgow secure bonus point wins, they pick over the Celtic Challenge and domestic club action and debate potential selection headaches for Gregor Townsend ahead of the Six NationsThis episode is sponsored by Arnold Clark. The ‘Arnold Clark Real Sale’ is on now with huge savings on offer, go to www.arnoldclark.com or visit your local branch

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52:52

The big end-of-year round-up

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/12/28

Hello and welcome to the Offside Line Pod. Barney and Burnsy are delighted to be joined by the pod’s favourite regular renegade guests, Mr Mark Palmer of the Tjmes and Sunday Times and photographer extraordinaire Mr Craig Watson. The quartet pick over the bones of the 1872 Cup second-leg at Murrayfield, round up 2025 and look forward to what awaits us in 2026.We hope our listeners have had a wonderful festive period. Here’s to 2026. Happy new year when it comes. Hosted on Acast. See

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50:28

Glorious Glasgow’s miraculous victory over Toulouse

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/12/16

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy bask in the glory of Glasgow’s extraordinary comeback win over Toulouse, delve into Edinburgh’s loss to Castres, go over the result of the National Youth Cup finals, the Grand Final of the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership, the results from the Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership and chat to Eric Jones about the upcoming Celtic Challenge.This week's episode is sponsored by Wyre. With the recent budget bringing more attention to salary

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44:18

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/11/10

Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. The curse of the All Blacks continues for another year. Barney and Burnsy dive into an analysis of the game, go over domestic fixtures and other autumn Test and preview Scotland versus Argentina this weekend. Enjoy (if you can)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03:32

Can Prince Finn and his trusty stead Zander break the...

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/11/04

This week, things go a little bit off kilter as Barney and Burnsy delve into the Curse of the All Blacks, pick over Scotland’s victory over the USA and dredge up old nightmares of Barney Snr’s Hawick scarf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:01:03

Disaster podcasting, R360, Toony Redbull and rugby...

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/10/08

This week Barney and Burnsy eventually get the podcast over the line at the third attempt – and they delve into the latest results in the men and women’s Scottish Premierships, the URC and the Rugby Championship before taking a deep dive into R360 while also scrutinising Gregor Townsend’s new role with Red Bull and the appointment of Lee Radford as Scotland defence coach. It’s all a bit of a shambles – but a fun one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:44

Magnus Bradbury - the comeback captain

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/18

Hello Offside Liners! This week Barney and Burnsy are sitting down with Edinburgh Rugby 2025/26 Captain Magnus Bradbury and Scottish Building Society CEO, Paul Denton to discuss the season ahead as well as Scottish Building Society’s extension as Main Club Partner of Edinburgh Rugby. A huge thank you to Magnus for chatting to us and to Edinburgh Rugby for setting this up. The boys also dig into the Women’s World Cup, club land and some of the controversy surrounding the roll out of the new National

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29:38

The business of rugby: David Jordan and the URC

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/09/11

Hello and welcome to a special bonus pod with David Jordan. Jordan became Glasgow Rugby’s chief executive in 1997 and was therefore right in the eye of the storm during the wild west days of early rugby professionalism. He went on to become the Celtic League’s first tournament director in 2005, running the competition out of his dining room in Bearsden. He has been at the vanguard as the league has morphed into the Pro12, Pro14 and now United Rugby Championship and he has some incredible insights to

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22:04

S2, E1: Season two kicks off!

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/08/21

Welcome to season two of the Offside Line Pod. Barney and Burnsy are back to preview the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and the men and women’s Premierships. They’re joined by Lorna Husband, who is on the ground in Manchester covering the World Cup for TOL. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:45

Episode 50: 2025 World Cup Squad Announced

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/08/08

Barney and Burnsy raise their bats to the clubhouse as they notch episode 50 of the Offside Line Pod – and they welcome Stuart Bathgate to discuss the Scotland Women’s 2025 World Cup Squad, which was unveiled at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:17

Episode 46: A bonus pod with Alex Stewart

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/06/30

This week Barney and Burnsy sitting down with Corstorphine, Edinburgh and Scotland back-rower Alex Stewart to discuss her meteoric career so far as well as her recent health developments. A huge thank you to Alex for chatting to us and to Caitlin Gould at Scottish Rugby and Emily Harrower at Edinburgh Rugby jersey sponsor Scottish Building Society for setting this up.https://www.scottishbs.co.uk/news-media/scottish-building-society-sponsors-edinburgh-rugby-women-s-team Hosted on Acast. See

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1:07:38

Episode 45: Season Review

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/06/12

Now that Scotland’s 2024/25 domestic season is over, Barney and Burnsy team up with their old pals Mark Palmer and Craig Watson to review Edinburgh and Glasgow’s performances and how they are shaping up for next season, delve into R360 once more, preview Scotland’s summer tour and pick their highlights from the year.This episode of The Offside Line Pod is brought to you by Village Health and Wellness Clubs Edinburgh. Get summer ready and enjoy a club stacked with premium kit, a brand new Box N' Burn

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1:00:51

Episode 39: Bath time

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/04/28

This week Barney and Burnsy are joined by Duncan Hodge from Accelerate Rugby to reminisce about playing for Edinburgh against Bath in Europe back in 1996 before previewing Edinburgh’s Challenge Cup quarter-final against the same opposition on Saturday. They also review last weekend’s URC results, Scotland Women’s magnificent victory over Ireland and Ayr vs Watsonians in the Arnold Clark Premiership final play-off (while also discussing domestic player pathways).This episode is brought to you in

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57:23

Episode 38: Schoooooooe!

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/04/23

This week Barney and Burnsy have an exclusive sit down with Pierre Schoeman to discuss Edinburgh’s recent turnaround in fortunes, his pride in playing for the club and the city and his ambitions with the Lions. They also talk to Emily Harrower from Scottish Building Society about their community give-back programme, analyse Edinburgh and Glasgow’s performances in the URC, Scotland Women’s game against England in the Six Nations, the Scotland U18 teams’ performances, all the action from Silver

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Episode 37: Glasgow suffer Dublin horror show but...

The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby ·

2025/04/16

This week’s episode is recorded live at the Hive Stadium, so please accept out apologies for the background noise. We were covering a brilliant event for Edinburgh and the Scottish Building Society, but you’ll have to wait until next week to hear all those bits and pieces. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this week’s show.This week Barney and Burnsy delve into the horror show that was Glasgow’s Champions Cup quarter-final defeat in Dublin, Edinburgh’s harum-scarum victory over the Bulls in the

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