{"podcast":{"title":"The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby","slug":"the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989","podcast_index_feed_id":6997989,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-offside-line-podcast","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-offside-line-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66c5db6caba59aa5bb7c20fb/1755710009062-980f8074-664e-4414-9e4a-8b2f953a91fc.jpeg","author":"David Barnes & Peter Burns","episode_count":99,"summary":"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 sho…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:17:25.011096+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989"},"episode":{"title":"London Scottish for the URC? A Bryan Redpath special.","slug":"london-scottish-for-the-urc-a-bryan-redpath-special","published_at":"2026-01-20T19:39:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989/london-scottish-for-the-urc-a-bryan-redpath-special","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-offside-line-podcast/episodes/london-scottish-for-the-urc-a-bryan-redpath-special","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c5db6caba59aa5bb7c20fb/e/696fd9dbcf18de22d7dccbab/media.mp3","summary":"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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"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 squ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989/episodes/london-scottish-for-the-urc-a-bryan-redpath-special/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989/london-scottish-for-the-urc-a-bryan-redpath-special.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}