2003–04 Glasgow Warriors season

Glasgow Warriors 2003 / 2004
Ground(s)Hughenden Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Coach(es)Scotland Hugh Campbell
Captain(s)Scotland Cameron Mather
Most capsScotland Sean Lamont
Scotland Andrew Hall (28)
Top scorerScotland Dan Parks (214)
Most triesScotland Sean Lamont (11)
League(s)2003–04 Celtic League
11th
1st kit
2nd kit

The 2003–04 season is the eighth in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Rugby.

The 2003–04 season saw Glasgow Rugby compete in the competitions: the Celtic League; the European Challenge Cup, the Parker Pen Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons; and the inaugural Celtic Cup.

Season Overview

Team

Coaches

Staff

  • Chairman: George Blackie
  • Chief executive: David Jordan
  • Media Manager: Bill McMurtrie
  • Team Facilitator: Dougie Mills
  • Sales & Marketing Executive: Gordon Hood
  • Administration Manager: Diane Murphy
  • Team doctor: Gerry Haggerty
  • Physiotherapists: Bob Stewart, Fiona Shanks

Squad

 

Hookers

Scotland Gordon Bulloch
New Zealand Simon Gunn
Scotland Scott Lawson

Props

Scotland Chris Birchall
Scotland Alan Brown
Scotland Lee Harrison
Scotland Andrew Kelly
Scotland Euan Murray
Scotland Matt Proudfoot

Locks

England Joe Beardshaw
Scotland Andrew Hall
Scotland Nathan Ross

 

Loose forwards

Scotland Paul Dearlove
Scotland Donnie Macfadyen
Scotland Cameron Mather
Scotland Rory McKay
Scotland Jon Petrie
Scotland Roland Reid
Scotland Andrew Wilson

Scrum halves

Scotland Graeme Beveridge
Scotland Richard McKnight
Scotland Mark McMillan
Scotland Sam Pinder
Scotland Kenny Sinclair

Fly halves

Scotland Calvin Howarth
Scotland Dan Parks

 

Centres

Scotland Alan Bulloch
Scotland Andrew Henderson
Scotland Graeme Morrison
New Zealand Joe Naufahu

Back Three

Scotland Rory Kerr
Scotland Sean Lamont
England Gareth Maclure
Scotland Glenn Metcalfe
Scotland Dave Millard
Scotland Stuart Moffat
Scotland Jon Steel

 

Academy players

Glasgow had a number of academy players this season. Each player was teamed with a mentor.[1]

Back up players

Glasgow also had a roll of back-up players from various clubs:[2]

  • Scotland Colin Gregor (Watsonians)
  • Scotland Rory Couper (Boroughmuir)
  • Scotland Fergus Pringle (Hawick)
  • Scotland John Stewart (Stirling County)
  • Scotland Olly Brown (Boroughmuir)
  • Scotland Graham Kiddie (Boroughmuir)
  • Scotland Jamie Syme (Heriot's)
  • Scotland Ian Dryburgh (Watsonians)
  • Scotland Chris Sinclair (Heriot's)
  • Scotland Danny Wright (Watsonians)
  • Scotland Jamie Fowlie (Forrester)
  • Scotland Colin Whitaker (Dundee HSFP)[3]
  • Australia Mark Sitch (Glasgow Hawks)[3]

Player statistics

During the 2003–04 season, Glasgow have used 36 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Pos. Nation Name Celtic League Celtic Cup Challenge Cup Total
Apps
(sub)
Tries Points
kicked
Apps
(sub)
Tries Points
kicked
Apps
(sub)
Tries Points
kicked
Apps
(sub)
Total Pts
HK Scotland Gordon Bulloch 6(1) 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10(1) 15
HK New Zealand Simon Gunn 8(2) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10(2) 0
HK Scotland Scott Lawson 10(9) 1 0 1(2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 11(13) 5
PR Scotland Chris Birchall (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
PR Scotland Lee Harrison 10(2) 1 0 3 0 0 1(2) 0 0 14(4) 5
PR Scotland Andrew Kelly 10{3) 0 0 1(1) 0 0 2(2) 0 0 13(6) 0
PR Scotland Euan Murray 15(5) 0 0 1(2) 0 0 3 0 0 19(7) 5
PR Scotland Matt Proudfoot 6(4) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8(4) 0
LK England Joe Beardshaw 12(5) 3 0 1(2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 13(9) 15
LK Scotland Andrew Hall 15(6) 1 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 22(6) 8
LK Scotland Nathan Ross 17 0 0 2(1) 0 0 4 0 0 23(1) 0
BR Scotland Paul Dearlove 12(2) 0 0 2(1) 1 0 (1) 0 0 14(5) 5
BR Scotland Donnie Macfadyen 20 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 26 10
BR Scotland Rory McKay 1(8) 1 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 1(10) 5
BR Scotland Jon Petrie 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14 0
BR Scotland Roland Reid 10(8) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11(8) 0
BR Australia Mark Sitch (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0
BR Scotland Andrew Wilson 7(2) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8(2) 10
SH Scotland Graeme Beveridge 7(7) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 11(7) 0
SH Scotland Mark McMillan 1(3) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2(3) 0
SH Scotland Sam Pinder 10(5) 5 0 1 0 0 (2) 1 0 11(7) 30
SH Scotland Kenny Sinclair 4(2) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5(2) 0
FH Scotland Colin Gregor 1(1) 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 9
FH Scotland Calvin Howarth 10(7) 0 51 1(1) 1 11 (1) 0 5 11(9) 72
FH Scotland Dan Parks 11(4) 4 118 2(1) 0 14 4 0 52 17(5) 214
CE Scotland Alan Bulloch 9(3) 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11(3) 25
CE Scotland Andrew Henderson 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 12 5
CE Scotland Graeme Morrison 20 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 23 20
CE New Zealand Joe Naufahu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
WG Scotland Sean Lamont 19(2) 8 0 2(1) 0 0 4 3 0 25(3) 55
WG England Gareth Maclure 4(3) 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 11(3) 5
WG Scotland Glenn Metcalfe 12(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12(1) 10
WG Scotland Dave Millard 4(5) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6(5) 10
WG Scotland Jon Steel 5(1) 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(2) 0
FB Scotland Rory Kerr 15 4 0 2 1 0 3(1) 1 0 20(1) 30
FB Scotland Stuart Moffat 10(1) 1 5 2 0 0 4(1) 0 0 16(2) 10

Staff movements

Coaches

Head Strength Coach – Ross Macleod

Personnel In

None.

Personnel Out

None.

Player movements

Academy promotions

Player transfers

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

Glasgow: Alan Bulloch, Calvin Howarth, Sean Lamont, Gareth Maclure, Mark McMillan, David Millard, Stuart Moffat, Graeme Morrison, Joe Naufahu, Sam Pinder, Colin Shaw, Kenny Sinclair, Jon Steel, Joe Beardshaw, Alan Brown, Paul Dearlove, Simon Gunn, Andrew Hall, Andrew Kelly, Scott Lawson, Donnie Macfadyen, Cameron Mather, Rory McKay, Eric Milligan, Euan Murray, Matt Proudfoot, Roland Reid, Nathan Ross and Andrew Wilson.
Gloucester:

Match 2

22 August 2003
Glasgow Scotland22–19England Newcastle Falcons
Try: Calvin Howarth
Alan Bulloch
Jon Steel
Con: Calvin Howarth (2)
Pen: Calvin Howarth
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Try: Stephenson
Gollings (2)
Con: Gollings (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2000
Referee: I Ramage (Berwick)

Glasgow: Stuart Moffat; Gareth Maclure, Graeme Morrison, Alan Bulloch, Sean Lamont; Calvin Howarth, Sam Pinder; Euan Murray, Simon Gunn, Matt Proudfoot, Andrew Hall, Nathan Ross, Cameron Mather (captain), Donnie Macfadyen, Paul Dearlove. Replacements – Joe Beardshaw, Lee Harrison, Andrew Kelly, Scott Lawson, Rory McKay, David Millard, Roland Reid, Kenny Sinclair, Jon Steel, Andrew Wilson.
Newcastle: J Shaw; A Cadwallader, M Shaw, M Mayerhofler, M Stephenson; B Gollings, H Charlton; M Ward, M Thompson, M Hurter, J Parling, C Hamilton, E Taione, W Britz, H Vyvyan. Replacements used: J Grindall, N Makin, T May, I Peel, O Phillips, S Richardson, M Wilkinson, D Wilson, B Woods

Match 3

Scotland U21: Brian Archibald (Stirling County); Nick De Luca (Heriot's), Alan Nash (Watsonians), Iain Berthinussen (Gala), Colin Shaw (Glasgow Hawks); Andy McLean (Gala), Brendan McKerchar (Melrose) captain; Robert Blake (Birmingham University), Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Hawks and Scottish Institute of Sport), Willie Aitken (Peebles), Peter Wilmshurst-Smith (Gloucester), Colin White (Stirling County), Alasdair Strokosch (Boroughmuir and Scottish Institute of Sport), Grant Strang (Aberdeen GSFP), Mark Cairns (Loughborough University).
Replacements – Calum Brown (Boroughmuir), John Cox (Boroughmuir), Mark Hunter (Stirling County), Stuart Johnson (Melrose), Jonathan White (Heriot's and Scottish Institute of Sport), Neil Cochrane (Watsonians), Richard Snedden (Boroughmuir), Stephen Gordon (Glasgow Hawks and Scottish Institute of Sport), Stephen Jones (Newcastle Falcons)

Glasgow: Glenn Metcalfe (captain); David Millard, David Arneil (Heriot's), Joe Naufahu, Rory Couper (Boroughmuir); Colin Gregor (Watsonians), Sam Pinder; Mark Thomson (Kirkcaldy), Simon Gunn, Matt Proudfoot, Fergus Pringle (Hawick), John Stewart (Stirling County), Andrew Wilson, Paul Dearlove, Olly Brown (Boroughmuir).
Replacements – Graham Kiddie (Boroughmuir), Alan Bulloch, Kenny Sinclair, Jamie Syme (Heriot's), Roland Reid, Ian Dryburgh (Watsonians), Chris Sinclair (Heriot's), Danny Wright (Watsonians), Jamie Fowlie (Forrester).

European Challenge Cup

Results

Round 1
6 December 2003
18:00
Montpellier France11–30Scotland Glasgow
Try: John Daniell
Pen: Jérémy Valls (2)
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Try: Sean Lamont
Donnie Macfadyen
Sam Pinder
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
Drop: Dan Parks
Stade Sabathé
Attendance: 500
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
12 December 2003
19:30
Glasgow Scotland38–13France Montpellier
Try: Andrew Henderson
Sean Lamont (2)
Gordon Bulloch
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (4)
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Try: Thierry Gras
Con: Jérémy Valls
Pen: Jérémy Valls (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Antonio Lombardi (Italy)
Round 2

Glasgow Warriors lost on aggregate and were knocked out of the Challenge Cup.

Celtic League

League table

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Wales Llanelli Scarlets 22 16 1 5 597 385 +212 57 39 7 3 76
2 Ireland Ulster 22 15 0 7 617 363 +254 67 29 8 4 72
3 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 22 16 0 6 590 449 +141 59 41 7 1 72
4 Wales Celtic Warriors 22 14 0 8 560 451 +109 48 37 5 4 65
5 Wales Neath–Swansea Ospreys 22 11 1 10 582 512 +70 55 60 5 4 55
6 Wales Cardiff Blues 22 11 0 11 570 467 +103 73 54 7 3 54
7 Ireland Munster 22 10 0 12 422 456 −34 45 49 6 5 51
8 Ireland Leinster 22 9 1 12 523 580 −57 51 65 4 5 47
9 Ireland Connacht 22 8 2 12 479 550 −71 50 59 5 3 44
10 Scotland Edinburgh 22 9 0 13 454 622 −168 52 69 6 2 44
11 Scotland Glasgow 22 6 1 15 442 614 −172 52 61 3 3 32
12 Scotland Borders 22 4 0 18 363 750 −387 42 88 1 5 22
Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries (or more) (Try bonus)
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) (Losing bonus)
Source: RaboDirect PRO12 Archived 2013-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

Results

Round 1
Round 2
12 September 2003
19:35
Ulster Ireland33–6Scotland Glasgow
Try: Andy Ward
Shane Stewart
Rowan Frost
Con: Adam Larkin (3)
Pen: Adam Larkin (4)
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Pen: Calvin Howarth
Drop: Stuart Moffat
Ravenhill
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
replaced after 17 mins by
David Keane (Ulster)
Round 3
26 September 2003
19:35
Glasgow Scotland19–30Ireland Connacht
Try: Joe Beardshaw
Lee Harrison
Graeme Morrison
Con: Dan Parks (2)
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Try: Matt Mostyn
Mike Walls
Conor McPhillips
Con: Mark McHugh (3)
Pen: Mark McHugh (3)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,146
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 4
12 October 2003
14:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales27–5Scotland Glasgow
Try: Jason Forster
Rhys Thomas
Con: Craig Warlow
Pen: Craig Warlow (5)
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Try: Sean Lamont
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Round 5
17 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow Scotland26–25Scotland Borders
Try: Roland Reid
Sean Lamont
Con: Dan Parks (2)
Pen: Dan Parks (4)
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Try: Gareth Morton
Con: Gareth Morton
Pen: Gareth Morton (5)
Drop: Clark Laidlaw
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Paul Adams (Wales)
Round 6
Round 7
31 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow Scotland10–31Ireland Leinster
Try: Rory McKay
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Dan Parks
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Try: Gordon D'Arcy
Peter McKenna
Aidan Kearney
Con: Brian O'Meara (2)
Pen: Brian O'Meara (4)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
27 December 2003
14:00
Glasgow Scotland16–25Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Andrew Hall
Con: Dan Parks
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
Drop: Dan Parks
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Try: Tom Philip
Con: Brendan Laney
Pen: Brendan Laney (4)
Drop: Brendan Laney (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)
Round 11
6 February 2004
19:15
Neath-Swansea Ospreys Wales33–11Scotland Glasgow
Try: Shaun Connor
Dave Tiueti
Gavin Henson
Con: Gavin Henson (3)
Pen: Gavin Henson (4)
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Try: Colin Gregor
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
The Gnoll
Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Olan Trevor (Ireland)
Round 12
13 February 2004
19:05
Cardiff Blues Wales29–19Scotland Glasgow
Try: Nick Walne
Nicky Robinson
Jonny Vaughton (2)
Con: Nicky Robinson (3)
Pen: Nicky Robinson
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Try: Alan Bulloch (2)
Joe Beardshaw
Con: Colin Gregor
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alistair McKay (Ireland)
Round 13
20 February 2004
19:30
Glasgow Scotland27–25Ireland Ulster
Try: Alan Bulloch
Sean Lamont
Scott Lawson
Con: Calvin Howarth (3)
Pen: Calvin Howarth (2)
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Try: Matt McCullough
Neil Best
Scott Young
Con: Paddy Wallace (2)
Pen: Adam Larkin (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
12 March 2004
19:30
Borders Scotland11–15Scotland Glasgow
Try: Gareth Morton
Pen: Tanner Vili
Calum MacRae
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Try: Alan Bulloch
Sean Lamont
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Calvin Howarth
Netherdale
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Phil Fear (Wales)
Round 17
26 March 2004
19:35
Glasgow Scotland12–37Ireland Munster
Try: Rory Kerr
Graeme Morrison
Con: Stuart Moffat
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Try: Rob Henderson
John Kelly
Martin McPhail
Mossy Lawler
Barry Murphy
Con: Mossy Lawlor (3)
Pen: Mossy Lawlor (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,645
Referee: David R. Davies (Wales)
Round 18
2 April 2004
19:30
Leinster Ireland31–30Scotland Glasgow
Try: James Norton
James Downey
Ben Gissing
Con: Brian O'Meara (2)
Pen: Brian O'Meara (4)
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Try: Gordon Bulloch
Glenn Metcalfe
Dan Parks
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (3)
Donnybrook
Attendance: 3,655
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
7 May 2004
19:30
Edinburgh Scotland19–17Scotland Glasgow
Try: Marcus Di Rollo
Andrew Dall
Joel Brannigan
Con: Ali Warnock (2)
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Try: Dan Parks
Sam Pinder
Con: Dan Parks (2)
Pen: Dan Parks
Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 22

Celtic Cup

Results

Round 1
19 September 2003
19:05
Celtic Warriors Wales9–19Scotland Glasgow
Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)Preview
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Try: Calvin Howarth
Cameron Mather
Pen: Calvin Howarth (3)
Brewery Field
Attendance: 2560
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Quarter-final
3 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow Scotland18-14Ireland Munster
Try: Rory Kerr
Paul Dearlove
Con: Dan Parks
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
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Try: Mike Mullins
Simon Kerr
Con: Jeremy Staunton (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2942
Referee: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Semi-final
14 November 2003
19:30
Glasgow Scotland13–20Ireland Ulster
Try: Graeme Morrison
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Dan Parks
Drop: Dan Parks
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Try: Ryan Constable
Pen: Adam Larkin (4)
Drop: Adam Larkin
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4128
Referee: Hugh Watkins (Wales)

End-of-season awards

Award Winner
Player of the Season Scotland Glenn Metcalfe[4]
Young Player of the Season Scotland James Eddie[5]

References

  1. ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow players are doing their bit for the district's new generation".
  2. ^ "News".
  3. ^ a b "News".
  4. ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Rugby Awards Dinner".
  5. ^ "James Eddie".