Episodes

  • Episode 27: Italy preview!

    Episode 27: Italy preview!
    Jan 31 2025
    Barney and Burnsy get into the nitty gritty ahead of Scotland’s opening round clash of the 2025 Six Nations with Italy at Murrayfield. We also hear from the new CEO of Scottish Rugby, Alex Williamson, and cast an eye over the other fixtures coming our way this weekend.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 26: The Pigeon of Misfortune

    Episode 26: The Pigeon of Misfortune
    Jan 23 2025
    This week Barney and Burnsy dive into Saturday’s Premiership matches, the Celtic Challenge and review two rounds of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup action. Barney tells us all about his trip to Rome for the Six Nations launch and then the conversation turns to Scotland’s pre-tournament injury woes, where the Pigeon of Misfortune sh*ts on the squad as Sione Tuipulotu, Scott Cummings and Dylan Richardson are ruled out before a ball has been kicked. Will these injuries (plus others, such as Kyle Steyn’s) derail Scotland’s Six Nations chances? We wait and see . . .

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    38 mins
  • Episode 25: The Struth and nothing but the Struth

    Episode 25: The Struth and nothing but the Struth
    Jan 16 2025
    This week Barney and Burnsy head down to the Edinburgh HQ at Murrayfield for an exclusive sit down with the club’s managing director Doug Struth. They talk past, present and future in the men and women’s teams and discuss the club’s far-reaching ambitions. A massive thank you to Doug and Stuart Rutherford for this interview.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 24: The big 2024 review and 2025 preview

    Episode 24: The big 2024 review and 2025 preview
    Dec 31 2024
    Merry Christmas and a happy new year one and all! It’s the mega review of 2024 and our preview of 2025. Barney and Burnsy are joined by special guests Mark Palmer from The Times and Sunday Times and Craig Watson, sports photography supremo, to talk through their 2024 highlights and their predictions for 2025. Sit back and enjoy.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Episode 23: Hampden is calling

    Episode 23: Hampden is calling
    Dec 17 2024

    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.


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    35 mins
  • Episode 22: More Currie, please

    Episode 22: More Currie, please
    Dec 12 2024
    In this bumper episode, Barney and Burnsy welcome special guest Matt Currie to the pod as he signs a new two-year deal at Edinburgh. They also speak to Heriot’s men’s coach Bob McKillop and we hear from the SRU’s new performance director David Nucifora. There is, of course, the usual run-down on domestic rugby with a look back at the Schools Cup finals day, preview the Youth Cup Finals coming up on Sunday, delve into the action in the Men and Women’s Premierships, and chat Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby, the Celtic Challenge and Emerging Scotland.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 21: Jamie Dobie and Calum Forrester

    Episode 21: Jamie Dobie and Calum Forrester
    Dec 4 2024
    This week Barney and Burnsy head to the Clubhouse restaurant in Glasgow for an exclusive sit-down with GHA’s head coach Calum Forrester before swinging over to Scotstoun for a chat with Glasgow and Scotland scrum-half/ wing Jamie Dobie. We discuss all things domestic rugby in the men and women’s Premierships and GHA’s campaign in Division One, review Edinburgh and Glasgow’s matches against Bennetton and the Scarlets, and preview a big weekend of European rugby.

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    44 mins
  • Episode 20: The Autumn Review

    Episode 20: The Autumn Review
    Nov 28 2024
    On this week’s show, Barney and Burnsy review Scotland’s Autumn Nations Series performances, discuss Scotland A vs Chile and delve in the SRU’s AGM.

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    30 mins