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The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby

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 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.

Latest episodes

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Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round six preview

Barney is back from his golfing jolly to join Stuart and Robin as they look ahead to the final round of matches before the Arnold Clark Men's Premiership 'welfare' break.

Oct 1
44 min

Scots teams off to a flyer in URC .... and has Ayr's bubble been burst?

A short sharp pod to start the week with Barney and Burnsy catching up to celebrate two bonus-points wins on the road for the Scots teamson the opening weekend of the URC

Sep 28
23 min

Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round five preview

Barney has gone golfing so Iain Heard - former referee turned pundit and champion of the club game - steps into the breach, and there's some big games in the Premiership

Sep 24
43 min

Struth Be Told: Edinburgh Rugby’s New Season

With the URC kicking off this weekend, Barney and Burnsy popped into the Edinburgh Rugby offices at Murrayfield to catch up with the club's managing director, Doug Struth

Sep 22
43 min

Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round four preview

Some huge games on the menu this weekend with Heriots' trip to the Greenyards to take on Melrose in a clash of two of the form teams in the league perhaps match of the da

Sep 17
40 min

What is the purpose of the Premiership? Can Scotland Women bounce back from Canada loss?

Burnsy is on a mini-tour of the UK this week but has found the time to catch up with Barney to digest last weekend's Arnold Clark Premiership action and to discuss the im

Sep 14
41 min

Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round three preview

Unbeaten sides Currie Chieftains and Melrose meet at Malleny, Hawick head into the lions den to face Ayr at Millbrae, Kelso are missing their two co-captains for a tough

Sep 10
45 min

High scores and low turnout – a crisis in Scottish rugby?

Barney and Burnsy are joined by Eric Jones to discuss all the latest in the men and women’s Premierships, which included some major blow-outs on the scoreboard. They also

Sep 7
34 min

Clubhouse: Buoyant Heriot's head to Malleny

Barney, Stuart Cameron and Robin Purdie reconvene to digest the first round of Arnold Clark Men's Premiership action last weekend, and to look ahead to round two, with ma

Sep 3
41 min

We're back!

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to season 3! Barney and Burnsy get back on the horse after a restful summer and are fired up and ready to go. This week they discuss the

Aug 31
28 min

Clubhouse: Ready for kick-off

As a fresh club season dawns, The Offside Line has launched its new weekly ‘Clubhouse’ podcast, landing every Thursday to digest the latest goings-on in the club game and

Aug 27
36 min

End of Term

It’s the final episode of season two! We delve into the U20s fifth-place play-off game with Wales, Scotland vs Fiji and a general examination of the Nations Championship.

Jul 24
38 min

Pride in Pretoria

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show as we look back on Scotland’s narrow loss to South Africa in Pretoria on Saturday and preview next weekend’s game aga

Jul 13
41 min

Argentina smashed! And a special interview with Roddy Deans

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show as we look back on Scotland’s record-breaking victory over Argentina in the first round of the inaugural Nations Cup

Jul 8
1 h 09 min

End of Season Pod

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show as we round up the 2025/26 season and we welcome our old muckers Craig Watson and Mark Palmer back to the pod. Barney

Jun 17
56 min

Glasgow blow it – again

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy pick themselves off the floor after the disappointing end to Glasgow’s URC season and delve into t

Jun 8
38 min

Murrayfield calling: Glasgow march into the URC semi-finals

This week Barney and Burnsy reflect on Glasgow's quarter-final victory over Connacht at Scotstoun – which puts them into a semi-final with the Bulls at Murrayfield – and

Jun 2
33 min

Scotland in Sevens Heaven!

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show.    Scotland in Sevens Heaven!   With Burnsy off on holiday, we’ve got a special episode this week with Barney ca

May 20
1 h 15 min

Glasgow bounce back and Edinburgh's renaissance continues

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy review their exclusive interview with Sean Everitt from last week before diving into the latest ac

May 13
35 min

This is Your Everitt

Hello Offside Liners and welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy sit down for an exclusive chat with Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt. This is an episode you do n

May 6
52 min

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