The Offside Line

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News, views and analysis covering every strand of Scottish rugby - www.theoffsideline.com Listen to our pod at all the usual places.

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Champions Cup: Franco Smith backs returning big guns to quickly click into gear Head coach also provides injury updates on Kyle Rowe, Jamie Bhatti and Johnny Matthews

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04.12.2025 21:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sione Tuipulotu laser-focussed on his favourite time of the year “I just think about the journey now, and I'm looking forward to getting back to my club with a little bit of a chip on my shoulder with everything that's happened during the autumn and stuff like that...

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04.12.2025 19:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Get the lowdown on Scotlands 2027 RWC group and our route to being World Champions!🏆
🎙️Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!!
#podcast #RWC2027 #scotland #rugby #townsend

04.12.2025 17:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Champions Cup: 12 new faces in Glasgow Warriors XV for Sale Sharks trip Josh McKay, Stafford McDowall and Ollie Smith the only starters to keep their place after last weekend's loss to Scarlets

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04.12.2025 12:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Club XV fixture to return next year as Ireland and Scotland compete for Dalriada Trophy The contest was last played before the pandemic in 2020

🏉Club XV fixture to return next year as Ireland and Scotland compete for Dalriada Trophy

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04.12.2025 11:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Anold Clark Premiership: Paul Cairncross backs Glasgow Hawks to embrace fight for survival “There’s disappointment, of course – nobody likes letting tight games slip – but it’s about getting that 80-minute performance. Those top two inches need to be perfect."

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03.12.2025 20:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Planning already under way for World Cup 2027, says Gregor Townsend Six Nations encounters against Ireland will take on great significance for Scotland as they look to end an 11 match losing streak

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03.12.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

World Cup draw: Scotland drawn against their nemesis team again Gregor Townsend's team will face Ireland, Uruguay and Portugal in the pool stage of 2027 tournament

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03.12.2025 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Edinburgh v Toulon: Scotland pair to return for Champions Cup opener Back-row duo to miss out due to injuries picked up against Ospreys last weekend

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02.12.2025 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ollie Smith signs on for two more years at Glasgow Warriors 25-year-old agrees terms on a deal ahead of potentially playing his 50th game for the club this weekend

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02.12.2025 16:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Arnold Clark Premiership Round 11 Dream Team Ayr, Currie Chieftains, Hawick and Melrose each contribute three players to this week's selection

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02.12.2025 15:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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02.12.2025 13:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Monday Bulletin (1st December): Cherry on top with Vannes and breakaway league suffers further delay Lisa Thomson facing a spell on the sidelines and Mighty Mouse memorial for Hearts + Balls

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01.12.2025 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Boroughmuir book themselves a Youth Cup Final showdown versus Ayr Watson's finish their Open Conference campaign with a win which puts them top of the table but could still be caught by Merchiston or Strathallan

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01.12.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Arnold Clark Premiership Round 11 Leaderboard Fraser Sayers of Currie Chieftains moves to top of the league's leading try-scorer list on 10

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01.12.2025 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cartha boost survival prospects ahead of bottom of the table showdown versus Garioch Arnold Clark Women's Premiership: Stirling County deliver a declaration of intent to play-off final rivals Watsonians

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01.12.2025 12:51 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Edinburgh make heavy work of putting away a depleted Ospreys side “I'm not relieved. I'm just disappointed we didn't get the bonus point. I thought we fought well throughout the game."

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30.11.2025 10:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Second half heroes secure win for Melrose over GHA "A lot of fringe players were complaining about not getting the opportunity to put their foot forward. So we mixed the two teams, and played a game. And so the tone got set on Tuesday night."

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30.11.2025 10:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Currie Chieftains back up to second with emphatic win over Glasgow Hawks Malleny men determined not to be defined by points deduction

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30.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hawick surge to five important points in Border derby win over Kelso Mansfield men pick up five crucial points in fight to survive the drop

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30.11.2025 10:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ayr power past Heriot's to maintain 100 percent record Visitors challenged them more fiercely than most sides, but still had to give second best, with the scrum proving a winning weapon for the men from the west.

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30.11.2025 00:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

URC: Scarlets stun sluggish Glasgow as they claim shut-out win There was an injury update on Kyle Rowe too

🏉URC: Scarlets stun sluggish Glasgow as they claim shut-out win

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29.11.2025 23:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Watsonians emerge with the spoils from a grim battle versus Selkirk Hosts take control of the game playing into a difficult wind during the second half

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28.11.2025 23:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership Round 11 preview: runners, riders and verdict Heriot's head to Millbrae hoping to halt the Ayr juggernaut

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28.11.2025 18:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Arnold Clark Premiership: Currie Chieftains handed a league points deduction Malleny Park outfit sanctioned for an error in securing the correct international player clearance

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28.11.2025 17:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Eight Scots named in Great Britain Men's squad for Dubai Sevens Roan Frostwick, Damien Hoyland, Matt Davidson, Josh Radcliffe, Rory McHaffie, Ollie Duncan, Brent Jackson and Luca Bardelli selected for trip to Arabian Peninsula

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28.11.2025 13:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

10 Scotland players return for Glasgow Warriors' trip to Scarlets Kerr Johnston set for first start, nine months on from his debut and only previous appearance off the bench against the Dragons

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28.11.2025 12:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Blend of youth and experience in Edinburgh line-up for Ospreys visit Teenage tight-head prop Ollie Blyth-Lafferty is set to make his debut off the bench

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28.11.2025 12:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Friday night lights: Watsonians v Selkirk: runners, riders and verdict Arnold Clark Premiership: Watsonians President Richard Kelly backs his club to bounce back from last weekend's loss at Kelso

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28.11.2025 08:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Scottish Rugby see scope for further progress in both revenue-generation and cost-cutting Alex Williamson and David White explain why they are optimistic about the organisation's financial future

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27.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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