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BBC News
14-05-2025
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Will Edinburgh make play-offs? What's behind Glasgow dip?
Tom English and Andy Burke look back on contrasting form for Edinburgh and Glasgow in the URC, answer audience questions and preview a big weekend and subscribe to the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast
BBC News
09-05-2025
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What are Scotland's Lions saying?
Andy Burke and Tom English talk to six of the eight Scots selected for the 2025 Lions tour - Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings, Sione Tuipulotu, Huw Jones, Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre to the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast
BBC News
07-05-2025
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BBC's Andy Burke answers your Scottish rugby questions
BBC Sport Scotland rugby reporter Andy Burke has been answering some of your questions as Andy Farrell prepares to name his Lions squad on Thursday. David asked: With all the recent performances in Six Nations and Europe, my prediction is 30 out of 37 of the Lions squad will be Irish or English. Farrell will go safe and what he knows. Do you think I'll be far wide of the mark? Andy answered: I'd like to think the spread of players across the nations will be a little more even than that. Andy Nicol, Tom English and I made our squad predictions on this week's BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast and I had 13 Irish, 12 English, nine Scots and four Welsh players. That may be a little on the hopeful side (I had 11 Scots in my original draft!) but the beauty of the Lions is it's four countries coming together, not one or two dominating with a smattering of players from the other nations. Scotland have been where Wales are now and it's horrible when you don't see your country well represented in a Lions squad. All that being said, Farrell won't be too concerned if he upsets a few folk with his selections. He'll pick whoever he feels is best placed to get the job done Down Under. Jamie asked: Given we could have as many as eight Scottish backs picked for the Lions tour, with five realistically with a chance of playing in the opening Test match, how telling is it that Gregor Townsend hasn't made the coaching squad but Johnny Sexton has? Andy answered: Well firstly we don't know if Townsend was offered a role with the Lions. I suspect having toured as part of Warren Gatland's backroom team to South Africa in 2021, Townsend may not have fancied another stint as someone else's assistant. That's just a personal view. I've no idea if he was offered a role or not. It is testament to Townsend's work with the Scotland backs that so many of them are in Lions contention. The appointment of Sexton was a real surprise. What does that tell us? That Sexton and Farrell are incredibly tight, view the game the same way and Farrell believes the Ireland legend has something to offer, be it his rugby brain or ability to drive standards. Let's hope Sexton has an appreciation for the abilities of some of those Scottish backs.
BBC News
30-04-2025
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Listen: Edinburgh 'on cusp of breakthrough'?
This week's BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast sees Andy Burke and Tom English at the Hive Stadium in Edinburgh to speak to club veteran Grant Gilchrist before the Challenge Cup semi-final with Bath on and Tom also look back on Scotland's Women's Six Nations victory against Ireland, Glasgow's URC defeat by the Bulls, and ponder whether Finn Russell will get a Lions and subscribe on BBC Sounds
BBC News
16-04-2025
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Listen to latest episode of BBC's Scottish Rugby Podcast
Tom English and Andy Burke discuss contrasting fortunes for Edinburgh and Glasgow in Europe, plus disappointment for Scotland in the Women's Six to the latest episode of the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast.
