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36. Episode 36: Sun, fun and knock-out phase runs
52:17||Season 1, Ep. 36Barney 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 contact@theoffsideline.com
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35. Episode 35: Reflections, ruminations and relegations
55:49||Season 1, Ep. 35Barney 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.
34. Episode 34: Paris preview pod
17:41||Season 1, Ep. 34Barney, 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?
33. Episode 33: Slaying the Dragon (just) – and picking over its corpse with Duncan Hodge
40:17||Season 1, Ep. 33We’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.comThe 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.32. Episode 32: Welcoming the dragon
52:49||Season 1, Ep. 32Barney 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?31. Episode 31: Farewell (for now), Calcutta
01:00:29||Season 1, Ep. 31Barney 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!30. Episode 30: Calcutta Cup preview!
43:52||Season 1, Ep. 30While 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.