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The Official Scottish Rugby Podcast brings fans exclusive behind the scenes interviews and information, news and discussion from the home of Scottish Rugby. It showcases the game across the country at all levels this podcast offering should be on every Scottish rugby fan's podcast playlist.
Episodes
![Meryl Smith | Seeking home comforts](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Meryl Smith | Seeking home comforts
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Scotland full-back Meryl Smith joins Caroline and Chris on this week's podcast to chat about the historic win against Wales in Cardiff.
Smith, who plays for Bristol Bears, also looks ahead to Saturday's match against France in the Guinness Women's Six Nations at Hive Stadium and talks about some of the differences playing full-back, compared to centre or stand-off.
![Matt Banahan | International rugby player to international rugby coach](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Matt Banahan | International rugby player to international rugby coach
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Scotland women's attack coach Matt Banahan joins Caroline and Chris on this week's podcast.
The former England international, who played for Gloucester and Bath, hung up his boots in 2021 and joined Bryan Easson's coaching team in 2023, ahead of their successful WXV 2 campaign in South Africa.
Ahead of this year's Guinness Women's Six Nations, which gets underway this weekend, Banahan chats about the growth of the women's game, transitioning from player to coach and what their priorities are for the campaign ahead.
![Dr James Robson MBE | End of an era](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Dr James Robson MBE | End of an era
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Scottish Rugby’s former Chief Medical Officer and current Scotland Team Doctor, Dr James Robson MBE joins Caroline and Chris on this week's episode of the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast ahead of his final game this weekend.
Robson will retire following this weekend's match against Ireland, after 33 years at Scottish Rugby.
He reflects on some of the highs and lows of his career, chats about that moment when he lifted the Calcutta Cup last month following Scotland's win over England and looks ahead to life after rugby.
This is a wide-ranging and emotional chat with a man who has given so much to Scottish Rugby over the last three decades.
![Andy Christie, Rachel Malcolm & Emma Orr](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Andy Christie, Rachel Malcolm & Emma Orr
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
On this week's podcast Chris and Caroline are in the Scotland men's team hotel to speak to backrower, Andy Christie, who has made an impact off the bench during the last couple of rounds of the Guinness Men's Six Nations.
Andy talks about coming back from injury, the win over England and looks ahead to this weekend's match against Italy in Rome.
He also chats about the work he does for charities, including being a Patron for Show Racism the Red Card.
Chris and Caroline then head to Hive Stadium to catch up with Scotland women's captain Rachel Malcolm and centre Emma Orr, ahead of the upcoming Guinness Women's Six Nations, which kicks off in just over two weeks.
![Rory Darge & Ewan Ashman | Leadership, friendship & Calcutta Cup](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Rory Darge & Ewan Ashman | Leadership, friendship & Calcutta Cup
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Scotland co-captain Rory Darge and hooker Ewan Ashman join us on this week's Official Scottish Rugby Podcast.
Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair chat to them about leadership, their friendship and look ahead to this weekend's highly-anticipated Calcutta Cup match against England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. If selected it will be their first involvement in the historic fixture.
![Six Nations catch up with Chris and Caroline](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Six Nations catch up with Chris and Caroline
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
This week our hosts Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair chat about the recent matches in both the U20 Six Nations and Guinness Men's Six Nations.
Scotland men are one from two after the first two rounds of matches and next up they host England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Saturday 24 February.
Meanwhile, Scotland U20 have narrowly lost their first two matches as they get set to welcome England to Hive Stadium on Friday 23 February.
Chris and Caroline review both tournaments so far from a Scotland perspective.
![Kenny Murray | Developing the next generation of Scotland players](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Kenny Murray | Developing the next generation of Scotland players
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Scotland Under-20 Head Coach Kenny Murray joins Chris and Caroline this week to chat about the upcoming home games against France and England at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh.
Kenny looks back on the game against Wales and chats about his excitement at helping to develop the next generation of Scotland players.
![James Gay-Rees | The story behind Six Nations: Full Contact on Netflix](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
James Gay-Rees | The story behind Six Nations: Full Contact on Netflix
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Award winning British film producer, James Gay-Rees joins Chris and Caroline on this week's Official Scottish Rugby Podcast to chat about his brand new docuseries, Six Nations: Full Contact.
The behind the scenes documentary, which is now available to watch on Netflix, follows Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy during last year's Guinness Six Nations.
James chats about the process of pitching the series to Netflix, some of the challenges they faced over the last 12 months and what suprised him when he was making the series.
![Finn Russell & Blair Kinghorn | Netflix, Scotland, Six Nations](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Finn Russell & Blair Kinghorn | Netflix, Scotland, Six Nations
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Scotland duo Finn Russell and Blair Kinghorn join Caroline and Chris on this week's epsiode to talk about the new Netflix docu-series, Six Nations: Full Contact, which has been released today.
Both players feature heavily throughout and in the first epsiode you see Finn at home in Paris with his family.
The pair also look ahead to the Guinness Six Nations and the opening match against Wales a week on Saturday, while Finn talks about being named co-captain for the Championship.
![2024 Guinness Six Nations Preview](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4222126/SR_SROP_ChannelIcon_2000x2000_72dpi_v3_bk6ri_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
2024 Guinness Six Nations Preview
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Chris Paterson and Caroline Blair return for the first podcast of 2024 and this week they're joined by four members of Gregor Townsend's Scotland squad for the upcoming Guinness Men's Six Nations.
Duhan van der Merwe, Ben Healy, Kyle Rowe and Harry Paterson look ahead to the Championship getting underway in just over two weeks.