Episodes

  • Disaster podcasting, R360, Toony Redbull and rugby round-ups

    Disaster podcasting, R360, Toony Redbull and rugby round-ups
    Oct 8 2025
    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!

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé

    Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé
    Sep 30 2025

    This week Barney and Burnsy get into the Ryder Cup, celebrate Porty’s prop power and dig into the Womens’ Rugby World Cup final, the latest URC action and the Rugby Championship.


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    24 mins
  • New Scottish Women contracts and a Mark Cairns exclusive

    New Scottish Women contracts and a Mark Cairns exclusive
    Sep 25 2025
    This week the boys dive into Barney’s trip to Mull, the new the Scottish Women’s contracts, match cancellations and fixture reviews and previews, plus they sit down with Currie head coach Mark Cairns to discuss his time at the club, how the season is going and the way he and his company Coach Logic are forging new frontiers with AI.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Magnus Bradbury - the comeback captain

    Magnus Bradbury - the comeback captain
    Sep 18 2025

    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 Talent Pathway programme.

    Learn more at: https://www.scottishbs.co.uk/ and https://www.theoffsideline.com/


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The business of rugby: David Jordan and the URC

    The business of rugby: David Jordan and the URC
    Sep 11 2025
    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 share on these years. We hope you enjoy.

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    30 mins
  • Downed by Canada, it's time for the Red Roses

    Downed by Canada, it's time for the Red Roses
    Sep 9 2025
    Welcome to the Offside Line, the first for Scottish rugby. Barney and Burnsy are delighted to be joined by Stuart Bathgate to chat about the Women’s World Cup before the boys get into the latest injury news coming out of the Edinburgh and Glasgow camps; they then run an eye over the latest goings on in the men and women’s Premierships and preview this weekend’s games.

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    35 mins
  • Gregor and Franco sign on for more . . .

    Gregor and Franco sign on for more . . .
    Sep 3 2025
    This week Barney and Burnsy head down to Oriam in Edinburgh for a press conference with Alex Williamson and David Nucifora as Scottish Rugby announces new contracts for Gregor Townsend, Franco Smith and five high-performance coaches. The boys are joined by Mark Palmer from the Sunday Times to pick over everything that was discussed. They also reflect on Scotland Women’s victory over Fiji, preview their final pool game with Canada and discuss the latest action in the men and women’s domestic Premierships – plus Barney delves into the Offside Line’s new subscription model. Enjoy!

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    41 mins
  • Walloping the Welsh

    Walloping the Welsh
    Aug 25 2025
    This week Barney and Burnsy are joined by Eve McTiernan, who is part of the Offside Line team working on the ground in Manchester covering the Women’s World Cup, to discuss Scotland’s record-breaking win over Wales. The guys also review the first round of action in the Men’s Prem and Barney heads to Murrayfield to chat to Neil Graham, Gavin Scott, Stuart Edwards and Pat MacArthur about the new schools Open Conference competition.

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    58 mins