The Offside Line Podcast: The First for Scottish Rugby17 Des 2024

Episode 23: Hampden is calling

This week Barney and Burnsy dive into an 1872 Cup preview with an exclusive interview with Glasgow’s Stafford McDowall. We also chat to new Glasgow signing Lisa Martin ahead of the women’s Edinburgh-Glasgow derby, which opens the 2024/25 Celtic Challenge campaign.

There is also a full run-down on the Youth Cup finals, the Women’s Premiership Grand Final, the latest round of the Men’s Premiership, the two age-grade internationals and review the weekend’s Champions Cup and Challenge Cup action.

The Offside Line is brought to you in association with Polaris Publishing Ltd. We’re just over a week out from Christmas and there’s still time to get the perfect present for the Scottish rugby fan in your life. This is Murrayfield is the critically acclaimed history of the old ground, published ahead of its centenary next year, it tells the story in 100 key games. And even though I have to shelve all dignity when saying this: it’s funny, insightful and packed full of glorious recollections from players on both sides of matches features and features some gorgeous photography. Buy it now from www.polarispublishing.com

We are also brought to you by Premier Sports, the official broadcaster of the URC, the Investec Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup and the French Top14. You can subscribe now for £10.99 per month on www.premiersports.com – if you can’t make it along to Hampden on Sunday or to Murrayfield on 28 December, you can catch all the action on Premier Sports.

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15 Okt 41min

Hook, line and Sinclair

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13 Okt 1h 9min

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8 Okt 49min

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6 Okt 37min

Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round six preview

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1 Okt 44min

Scots teams off to a flyer in URC .... and has Ayr's bubble been burst?

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28 Sep 23min

Clubhouse: Arnold Clark Men's Premiership round five preview

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24 Sep 43min