
The big end-of-year round-up
28/12/2025 | 52 min
Hello and welcome to the Offside Line Pod. Barney and Burnsy are delighted to be joined by the pod’s favourite regular renegade guests, Mr Mark Palmer of the Tjmes and Sunday Times and photographer extraordinaire Mr Craig Watson. The quartet pick over the bones of the 1872 Cup second-leg at Murrayfield, round up 2025 and look forward to what awaits us in 2026. We hope our listeners have had a wonderful festive period. Here’s to 2026. Happy new year when it comes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas Eve Eve and 1872 first leg review
23/12/2025 | 24 min
Barney and Burnsy get together for a quick pre-Christmas pod to discuss the 1872 Cup first leg, the Celtic Challenge and the Inter-District Championship. Merry Christmas to all our listeners, we hope you have a wonderful time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glorious Glasgow’s miraculous victory over Toulouse
16/12/2025 | 50 min
Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy bask in the glory of Glasgow’s extraordinary comeback win over Toulouse, delve into Edinburgh’s loss to Castres, go over the result of the National Youth Cup finals, the Grand Final of the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership, the results from the Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership and chat to Eric Jones about the upcoming Celtic Challenge.This week's episode is sponsored by Wyre. With the recent budget bringing more attention to salary sacrifice schemes, Wyre provides a unique way to simplify your company's car / travel benefits: SalaryBoost. It's the best way to not only save your business money, but also provide a competitive edge in retaining top talent. Sign your business up with Wyre and you'll be able to provide employees with incredible savings on new electric cars, while saving your business £1,500 a year on average for every staff member who takes a car. Stay ahead of the curve with Wyre trywyre.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women’s Rugby Special with Eric Jones
11/12/2025 | 38 min
Hello Offside-liners, welcome to a special women’s rugby bonus pod ahead of the play-off Grand Final between Stirling County and Watsonians. In this episode, Barney and Burnsy sit down with Eric Jones, until recently the head coach of last year’s champions Corstorphine Cougars to talk about the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership, the pathway, the Celtic Challenge and Test rugby as well as his own coaching career. We hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with us via our social media channels or you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Delicious humble pie
08/12/2025 | 40 min
Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy get tucked into some delicious humble pie after writing off Glasgow and Edinburgh’s chances in the opening round of the Champions Cup, only for both sides to record famous bonus-point victories. They analyse these two games and dive into the usual examination of domestic rugby. And don’t forget, we have a whole new range of Offside Line merch which you can now purchase from the site, along with a selection of brilliant rugby books – a one-stop-shop for all your Christmas presents. https://www.theoffsideline.com/shop/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.



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