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The Offside Line Podcast

The Offside Line Podcast

David Barnes & Peter Burns

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 50

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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.


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Episode 03: Glorious weather and some glorious (and inglorious) rugby

Season 1 · Episode 3

mardi 3 septembre 2024 • Duration 33:51

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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Episode 02: Bonus Pod - the Big Interview with Matt Scott

Season 1 · Episode 2

jeudi 29 août 2024 • Duration 33:30

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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Episode 01: Is David Nucifora the man to positively reshape Scottish rugby?

Season 1 · Episode 1

mardi 27 août 2024 • Duration 44:01

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!


Please like and subscribe, leave a review and tell your friends, family and clubmates about us. If you have any questions or comments, please email us at contact@theoffsideline.com

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Introducing the Offside Line Podcast

Season 1

vendredi 23 août 2024 • Duration 18:28

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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Episode 04: Hammerings everywhere!

Season 1 · Episode 4

mardi 10 septembre 2024 • Duration 31:41

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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Episode 05: It’s an emergency pod!

Season 1 · Episode 5

mercredi 11 septembre 2024 • Duration 17:11

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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Episode 06: There’s been a murder . . .

Season 1 · Episode 6

mardi 17 septembre 2024 • Duration 53:09

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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Episode 07: Great White Shark leaves blood in the water

Season 1 · Episode 7

mardi 24 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:17:52

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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Episode 08: Dan Biggar and Ross Harries on The Biggar Picture

Season 1 · Episode 8

mardi 1 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:04:12

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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Episode 09: Hampden Roars and Lions’ Jaws

Season 1 · Episode 9

mercredi 9 octobre 2024 • Duration 55:25

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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