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The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

David Barnes & Peter Burns
The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby
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  • The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

    The big end-of-year round-up

    2025/12/28 | 52 mins.

    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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

    Christmas Eve Eve and 1872 first leg review

    2025/12/23 | 24 mins.

    Barney and Burnsy get together for a quick pre-Christmas pod to discuss the 1872 Cup first leg, the Celtic Challenge and the Inter-District Championship. Merry Christmas to all our listeners, we hope you have a wonderful time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

    Glorious Glasgow’s miraculous victory over Toulouse

    2025/12/16 | 50 mins.

    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 sacrifice schemes, Wyre provides a unique way to simplify your company's car / travel benefits: SalaryBoost. It's the best way to not only save your business money, but also provide a competitive edge in retaining top talent. Sign your business up with Wyre and you'll be able to provide employees with incredible savings on new electric cars, while saving your business £1,500 a year on average for every staff member who takes a car. Stay ahead of the curve with Wyre trywyre.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Women’s Rugby Special with Eric Jones

    2025/12/11 | 38 mins.

    Hello Offside-liners, welcome to a special women’s rugby bonus pod ahead of the play-off Grand Final between Stirling County and Watsonians. In this episode, Barney and Burnsy sit down with Eric Jones, until recently the head coach of last year’s champions Corstorphine Cougars to talk about the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership, the pathway, the Celtic Challenge and Test rugby as well as his own coaching career. We hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with us via our social media channels or you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

    Delicious humble pie

    2025/12/08 | 40 mins.

    Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy get tucked into some delicious humble pie after writing off Glasgow and Edinburgh’s chances in the opening round of the Champions Cup, only for both sides to record famous bonus-point victories. They analyse these two games and dive into the usual examination of domestic rugby. And don’t forget, we have a whole new range of Offside Line merch which you can now purchase from the site, along with a selection of brilliant rugby books – a one-stop-shop for all your Christmas presents. https://www.theoffsideline.com/shop/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

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, The Telegraph, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday/Evening News, The Daily Record, The Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday and The Sun. He established the Offside Line in 2016 to provide high-quality, independent and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of Scottish rugby.In 2005 he co-authored Jim Renwick’s autobiography, Centre of Excellence, and in 2008 was shortlisted for Rugby Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards for The Accies: The Cradle of Scottish Rugby. He is the co-author of the critically acclaimed Behind the Thistle: Playing Rugby for Scotland and Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions.Peter Burns is a William Hill Sportsbook of the Year shortlisted author and the managing director of Polaris Publishing Ltd. He has written eleven sports books, including Behind the Thistle: Playing Rugby for Scotland, This is Murrayfield: 100 Years of History in 100 Matches, Behind the Lions: Playing Rugby for the British & Irish Lions, This is Your Everest: The Lions, the Springboks and the Epic Tour of 1997, When Lions Roared: The Lions, the All Blacks and the Legendary Tour of 1971 and The Men in the Arena: England, Australia and the Battle for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is also the author of the forthcoming children's book series, Shadow Thieves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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