Episodes
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This week Barney and Burnsy get into the meat of the first two Autumn Nations Tests that saw Scotland take on Fiji, while England faced New Zealand. They also look at the various permutations that Gregor Townsend might look to unleash against the Springboks on Sunday.
There is also a special segment with Jamie Lindsay from Breadalbane Finance and the boys dive into domestic action in the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership.
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Barney and Burnsy catch up for a quick bonus pod to discuss Gregor Townsend’s selection for the Scotland-Fiji game at Murrayfield, which kicks off the 2024 Autumn Nations campaign and make some predictions for the weekend’s action.
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Barney and Burnsy go through all the weekend's action in the Men and Women's Premiership and the URC and are joined by special guest Scott Wright, the former Scotland 7s great and current coach of Melrose.
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This week Barney and Burnsy are joined by George Horne from Glasgow’s base in Stellenbosch to review the Warriors’ game against the Sharks, preview their match against the Stormers and chat about the 1872 Cup game at Hampden (tickets for which go on sale on Friday 25 October). They also do a deep-dive into Selkirk vs Heriot’s, discuss all things Men and Women’s Premiership, then rove the rugby landscape from the Premiership to the Top 14 and the URC (with special focus on Edinburgh’s victory over Cardiff), and discuss the new law variations being introduced for the Autumn Nations Series.
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Join the guys as they dissect a cracking weekend of rugby in the URC, WXV2, the Men and Women’s Premierships and chat to Alan Lorimer for our first section on schools rugby - and examine whether Edinburgh's result against the Stormers is a turning point for the team or a dead cat bounce.
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This week the boys delve into Glasgow’s announcement that they are going to hold their leg of the 1872 Cup at Hampden Park, the Glasgow triumph on the field in Cardiff, Scotland Women rolling on in South Africa with their victory over Japan and look at some cracking matches in the men and women’s Premierships. Oh, and they also conduct a thorough post-mortum of Edinburgh’s dire effort on the High Veldt against the Lions. With special guest slots from Al Kellock and Brenden Nel.
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The boys have a chat about all things domestic Scottish rugby, Scotland Women at WXV2, the Rugby Championship and Scots abroad before getting into the meat of the episode - an in-depth interview with Dan Biggar and Ross Harries about their new collaboration The Biggar Picture: My Life in Rugby.
This fascinating and often touching read lifts the lid on Dan's life and career. It is available from Amazon, Waterstones and WHSmith as well as from independent bookshops on https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/my-story-dan-biggar/7579261?ean=9781035028054
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This week Barney and Burnsy chat about John Jeffrey’s acrimonious withdrawal from the campaign to become the head of World Rugby alongside special guest Mark Palmer from The Times; we hear from Gregor Townsend at the launch of a new charity, GREAT, and his fundraising trip to Japan for 40tude; we chat domestic rugby, looking at the opening round of the URC and another thrilling weekend in the Rugby Championship.
Gregor’s trip to Japan aims to raise money to establish the Tom Smith Screening Fund, which will subsidise free screening for colon cancer for women and men aged 35-50 – named after the Scottish rugby legend who tragically died from colon (bowel) cancer in 2022. Gregor and his wife Claire and Tom’s widow Zoe will be part of a team taking on the Tom Smith Ginza Ridge Challenge, attempting to summit ‘4 peaks in 4 days for 40tude’ on the Ginza Ridge in the Northern Japanese Alps.
If you would like to donate to this important cause and/or to GREAT, there are links below:
http://www.justgiving.com/page/gregor-townsend-1724406162792
www.greatrugby.scot
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Barney has to hold his hands up for throwing Musselburgh head coach Derek O’Riordan under the bus before their game against Ayr at the weekend. Stuart Bathgate makes a return to the pod to discuss Scotland Women’s tremendous win over Fiji and Edinburgh’s pre-season victory over Gloucester. And the boys have a deep dive into the mooted creation of either a British and Irish league or a revamped Anglo-Welsh league.
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It’s an emergency pod! Barney and Burnsy cancel all their plans to bring you news of Scottish Rugby’s breaking announcement that Alex Williamson is going to be new Chief Executive, finally plugging the hole left by Mark Dodson’s departure.
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This week Barney and Burnsy chat about Scotland Women’s thumping victory over Wales, another epic between South Africa and New Zealand, the Argentine rope-a-dope pulled against Australia, the latest goings on at Edinburgh and Glasgow and a round-up of the weekend’s action in the Arnold Clark Men and Women’s Premierships.
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This week Barney and Burnsy are joined by Stuart Bathgate as they dive into the latest action in the Arnold Clark Men and Women’s Premierships, discuss the Rugby Championship, Scotland Women versus Wales, Glasgow’s bomb squad getting a doing by Zebre and reveal a potential comeback story that would make a movie if it came to fruition . . .
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On this special Big Interview bonus pod, we head to Murrayfield for a chat with Matt Scott. The Scotland centre has recently re-joined Edinburgh for his third stint at the club after four seasons at Leicester Tigers, where he was a key part of the Steve Borthwick revolution that took the most storied club in England from the doldrums to Premiership champions. We talk about his club career at Currie, his rise into professional rugby, his time with Edinburgh, Gloucester, Leicester and Scotland and his life beyond the grass.
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In today’s episode David and Pete discuss the SRU’s appointment of David Nucifora, look at Leon MacDonald’s departure from the All Blacks, have a chat with the Daily Telegraph’s Chief Rugby Correspondent, Gavin Mairs, about Felix Jones’s departure from England, review the first round of the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership and look ahead to the first weekend of fixtures in the Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership. We hope you enjoy!
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Welcome to the Offside Line Podcast with David Barnes, editor of the Offside Line, and author Peter Burns. This episode is a little introduction to your hosts, sets out our plans for the show and previews the opening weekend of the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership season with special guests Rachel Law from Watsonians and Izzy Desoindre from Cartha Queen’s Park.
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