The Offside Line Podcast

By 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

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April 08, 2025 Episode 36: Sun, fun and knock-out phase runs
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 email your thoughts on this to [email protected]
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53min
March 24, 2025 Episode 35: Reflections, ruminations and relegations
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.
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56min
March 14, 2025 Episode 34: Paris preview pod
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?
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18min
March 10, 2025 Episode 33: Slaying the Dragon (just) – and picking over its corpse with Duncan Hodge
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 at www.acceleraterugby.com

The 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.
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41min
March 07, 2025 Episode 32: Welcoming the dragon
Barney and Burnsy preview this weekend’s Six Nations matches with a focus on Scotland hosting Wales and review the latest action in the URC and the Men’s Premiership. What do you make of their predictions? Soothsayers or stabbing around wildly in the dark?
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53min
February 26, 2025 Episode 31: Farewell (for now), Calcutta
Barney and Burnsy get together to pick over the bones of Scotland's match at Twickenham, chat Wales-Ireland, Italy-France, the Under-20s, the Prem and the URC. Enjoy!
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February 21, 2025 Episode 30: Calcutta Cup preview!
While Burnsy is stuck in Edinburgh, Barney is ensconced at Twickenham with Mark Palmer and Craig Watson and all four come together to preview the 2025 Calcutta Cup and examine the Wales-Ireland and Italy-France matches.
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44min
February 11, 2025 Episode 29: And another thing . . .
Barney and Burnsy emerge from their deep funk to dissect the horrors of Scotland’s Six Nations match against Ireland, pick over the bones of the Under 20s result and look ahead to Twickenham. They also analyse Italy’s win against Wales (and the news that Warren Gatland has stepped down as Wales head coach), England’s victory over a calamitous France, the latest round of the Celtic Challenge and the Men’s Premiership and look ahead to this weekend’s fixtures. For full match coverage and analysis, check out www.theoffsideline.com
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57min
February 04, 2025 Episode 28: Ciao bella!
Barney and Burnsy get into the nitty gritty of Scotland’s opening win of the Six Nations, discuss Wales-France, Ireland-England and the threats that Ireland are going to bring in round two. They also touch on the Celtic Challenge, the men’s Premiership and the Under-20s Six Nations with an exclusive interview with outside centre Kerr Yule. Finally, Barney dials in with Richie Vernon and Chris Fusaro as they make their way to Stranraer to begin a 700-mile cycle aiding funds for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. You can find out more (and donate) here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/washed-up-warriors-for-doddie-2025?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYYaKYuGrgBpqrbFNObJo2iAHccUM9z-9YK13-M9cEdxqrAJnm7MGzxZvw_aem_ljXUeMY0SeB8M7ekl0_iqA
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55min
January 31, 2025 Episode 27: Italy preview!
Barney and Burnsy get into the nitty gritty ahead of Scotland’s opening round clash of the 2025 Six Nations with Italy at Murrayfield. We also hear from the new CEO of Scottish Rugby, Alex Williamson, and cast an eye over the other fixtures coming our way this weekend.
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How many episodes does The Offside Line Podcast have?

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