David Barnes
Owner at The Offside Line
Journalist at Freelance
Rugby journo - The Offside Line - @theoffsideline
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1 day ago |
theoffsideline.com | David Barnes
EDINBURGH have named 12 players who will leave the club at the end of the season. On top of the already announced departures of flanker Jamie Ritchie, hooker Dave Cherry, scrum-half Ali Price and centre Matt Scott, it has now been confirmed that fellow Scotland caps Mark Bennett, Javan Sebastian and Jamie Hodgson are also moving on, as is injury-cursed Argentina star Emiliano Boffelli.
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1 day ago |
theoffsideline.com | David Barnes
EDINBURGH have signed utility-back Piers O’Connor from Connacht on a two-year deal. The 29-year-old, who is equally adept in the centres, wing and at full-back, will make the move to the Scottish capital this summer.
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1 day ago |
theoffsideline.com | David Barnes
HOLLIE DAVIDSON will become first female referee to officiate an EPCR Final when she takes charge of the Challenge Cup climax next Friday [23rd May] between Bath Rugby and Lyon Olympique Universitaire at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Her assistant referees will be Gianluca Gnecchi of Italy and and Eoghan Cross of Ireland, while fellow Scot Mike Adamson will be the Television Match Official.
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2 days ago |
theoffsideline.com | David Barnes
MATT SCOTT has announced his retirement from playing rugby, bringing the curtain down on a 14 year professional career which has seen him play 100 games during three stints with Edinburgh(2011-2016, 2018-2019 and 2024-25), 35 games for Gloucester (2016-2018) and 80 games for Leicester Tigers (2019-2024), as well as earning 40 caps for Scotland.
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2 days ago |
theoffsideline.com | David Barnes
EDINBURGH will have to wait until the weekend to find out whether Champions Cup rugby will be on the agenda at Hive Stadium next season, but that has not slowed down the process of assembling a squad for the 2025-26 campaign, with the number of senior squad or academy players to have signed contract extensions with the club in recent month now up to 26, plus five new recruits in the shape of capped hooker Dylan Richardson, props Rhys Litterick and James Whitcombe, and wingers Malelili Satala...
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What are the chances of Robin 💣 Hislop and Matt Scott - who are both on this @EdinburghRugby leavers list - having made their debuts for the club against Cardiff on the same day back in September 2011.
🏉 Edinburgh release list of 12 summer leavers @EdinburghRugby https://t.co/HacO1gkfzd
Really excited to see how this goes ...
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