{"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":"Pride in Pretoria","slug":"pride-in-pretoria","published_at":"2026-07-13T12:41:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-offside-line-podcast-the-first-for-scottish-rugby-6997989/pride-in-pretoria","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/pride-in-pretoria","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66c5db6caba59aa5bb7c20fb/e/6a54dcf97987e974eadaf552/media.mp3","summary":"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 against Fiji at Murrayfield, and we’ll also be delving into the U20s match against Argentina in the Junior World Cup. This episode is brought to you by PhiiT Limited and their app, PitchsidePal. If you've ever played club rugby, you'll know the drill - the physio is texting coaches at midnight about who's available, players are waiting to find out if they're cleared, and someone's injury notes are on a piece of paper that's about to go through the wash. Sara Marshall has been that physio – at Edinburgh Uni, Watsonians and Lasswade – and she built PitchsidePal to sort it out. It's a single platform for physios, coaches and players to manage injuries, clinic bookings, return-to-play dates and communications, all in one place, designed specifically for the amateur game. If your club needs to get organised, there's a preseason offer on right now – use code  PRESEASON26  for 5% off your first year's subscription before 31st August. Visit  phiit.org.uk   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"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 we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2497,"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/pride-in-pretoria/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/pride-in-pretoria.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}