Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. It’s just a short episode this time around as Barney reports back from the Six Nations launch in Edinburgh and he and Burnsy cast their eyes over the lasts round of action in the URC, the Celtic Challenge and the Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership.

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Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney is fresh out of Gregor Townsend’s press conference announcing the Six Nations and Scotland A squads for 2026 and he and Burnsy catch up to pick over the key selections. They also discuss Edinburgh and Glasgow’s weekends in Europe as both progress to the Round of 16, with Glasgow finishing as second seeds overall.

Then it’s into the main part of this week’s episode – a long sit down with Scotland great, Bryan Redpath, to discuss his playing, coaching and business careers, with a major focus on London Scottish and whether they could make a play to enter the URC.

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Hello Offside Liners, welcome to this week’s show. Barney and Burnsy review the latest round of action in the European Champions Cup as Edinburgh and Glasgow secure bonus point wins, they pick over the Celtic Challenge and domestic club action and debate potential selection headaches for Gregor Townsend ahead of the Six Nations

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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.

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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.

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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.

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