2003–04 Glasgow Warriors season

Hughenden Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Coach(es)	Hugh Campbell
Captain(s)	Cameron Mather
Most caps	Sean Lamont; Andrew Hall (28)
Top scorer	Dan Parks (214)
Most tries	Sean Lamont (11)
League(s)	2003–04 Celtic League
	11th
1st kit	2nd kit
← 2002–03	2004–05 →

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

Head coach: Hugh Campbell
Assistant coach: Shade Munro
Assistant coach: Sean Lineen

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

Gordon Bulloch
Simon Gunn
Scott Lawson

Props

Chris Birchall

Alan Brown

Lee Harrison

Andrew Kelly

Euan Murray

Matt Proudfoot

Locks

Joe Beardshaw
Andrew Hall
Nathan Ross

Loose forwards

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

Scrum halves

Graeme Beveridge
Richard McKnight
Mark McMillan
Sam Pinder
Kenny Sinclair

Fly halves

Calvin Howarth
Dan Parks

Centres

Alan Bulloch
Andrew Henderson
Graeme Morrison
Joe Naufahu

Back Three

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

Academy players

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

Alan Auld (wing/full back, Grangemouth) with Sean Lamont
Cameron McCulloch (full back/stand-off, Hillhead/Jordanhill) with Stuart Moffat
Greig Sinclair (full back, Allan Glen's) with Rory Kerr
Fraser Duguid (outside centre, Dalziel) with Alan Bulloch
Iain Kennedy (inside centre, GHA) with Joe Naufahu
Alistair Miller (scrum-half, GHA) with Sam Pinder
Andrew Reekie (prop, Hutchesons' Grammar School) with Matt Proudfoot
Willie Brown (prop, Hillhead/Jordanhill) with Lee Harrison
Bobby Agnew (prop, Hillhead/Jordanhill) with Euan Murray
Andrew Noble (hooker, Whitecraigs) with Simon Gunn
Donald Malcolm (hooker, GHA) with Scott Lawson
Chris Love (flanker, West Of Scotland) with Andrew Wilson
James Eddie (lock/flanker, GHA) with Andrew Hall
Stuart Rose (flanker, Hillhead/Jordanhill) with Donnie Macfadyen
Blake Whitehead (No.8, Dalziel) with Rory McKay
Calum Forrester (No.8, Hutchesons' Grammar School) with Paul Dearlove

Back up players

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

Ricky Munday (Glasgow Hawks)
Colin Shaw (Glasgow Hawks)
Wes Henry (Glasgow Hawks)
Eric Milligan (Glasgow Hawks)
Richard Maxton (Glasgow Hawks)
Steve Swindall (Glasgow Hawks)
Greg Francis (Glasgow Hawks)
Neil McKenzie (Glasgow Hawks)
Gordon Sykes (Ayr)
Damien Kelly (Ayr)
Nick Lavell (Ayr)
Rod Seib (Aberdeen Grammar School FP)
Fergus Thomson (West of Scotland)
Mark Thomson (Kirkcaldy)
David Arneil (Heriot's FP)

Watsonians
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Rory Couper (Boroughmuir)
Fergus Pringle (Hawick)
John Stewart (Stirling County)
Olly Brown (Boroughmuir)
Graham Kiddie (Boroughmuir)
Jamie Syme (Heriot's)
Ian Dryburgh (Watsonians)
Chris Sinclair (Heriot's)
Danny Wright (Watsonians)
Jamie Fowlie (Forrester)
Colin Whitaker (Dundee HSFP)^[3]
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
Pos.	Nation	Name	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Tries	Points kicked	Apps (sub)	Total Pts
HK		Gordon Bulloch	6(1)	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	10(1)	15
HK		Simon Gunn	8(2)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10(2)	0
HK		Scott Lawson	10(9)	1	0	1(2)	0	0	(2)	0	0	11(13)	5
PR		Chris Birchall	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0
PR		Lee Harrison	10(2)	1	0	3	0	0	1(2)	0	0	14(4)	5
PR		Andrew Kelly	10{3)	0	0	1(1)	0	0	2(2)	0	0	13(6)	0
PR		Euan Murray	15(5)	0	0	1(2)	0	0	3	0	0	19(7)	5
PR		Matt Proudfoot	6(4)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8(4)	0
LK		Joe Beardshaw	12(5)	3	0	1(2)	0	0	(2)	0	0	13(9)	15
LK		Andrew Hall	15(6)	1	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	22(6)	8
LK		Nathan Ross	17	0	0	2(1)	0	0	4	0	0	23(1)	0
BR		Paul Dearlove	12(2)	0	0	2(1)	1	0	(1)	0	0	14(5)	5
BR		Donnie Macfadyen	20	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	26	10
BR		Rory McKay	1(8)	1	0	0	0	0	(2)	0	0	1(10)	5
BR		Jon Petrie	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	0
BR		Roland Reid	10(8)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11(8)	0
BR		Mark Sitch	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)	0
BR		Andrew Wilson	7(2)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	10
SH		Graeme Beveridge	7(7)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	11(7)	0
SH		Mark McMillan	1(3)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0
SH		Sam Pinder	10(5)	5	0	1	0	0	(2)	1	0	11(7)	30
SH		Kenny Sinclair	4(2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0
FH		Colin Gregor	1(1)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	9
FH		Calvin Howarth	10(7)	0	51	1(1)	1	11	(1)	0	5	11(9)	72
FH		Dan Parks	11(4)	4	118	2(1)	0	14	4	0	52	17(5)	214
CE		Alan Bulloch	9(3)	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11(3)	25
CE		Andrew Henderson	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	12	5
CE		Graeme Morrison	20	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	23	20
CE		Joe Naufahu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
WG		Sean Lamont	19(2)	8	0	2(1)	0	0	4	3	0	25(3)	55
WG		Gareth Maclure	4(3)	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	11(3)	5
WG		Glenn Metcalfe	12(1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12(1)	10
WG		Dave Millard	4(5)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6(5)	10
WG		Jon Steel	5(1)	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	6(2)	0
FB		Rory Kerr	15	4	0	2	1	0	3(1)	1	0	20(1)	30
FB		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

In

Out

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

14 August 2003

Gloucester Rugby	28–12	Glasgow
Try: John Goodridge Jake Boer Will Matthews Con: Henry Paul Rory Teague Pen: Henry Paul (3)	Preview Preview Report Report	Try: Colin Shaw Graeme Morrison Con: Calvin Howarth

Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 10,000

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

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

2 February 2004

Scotland U21	0–43	Glasgow
	Preview Report Report	Try: Rory Couper (2) Glenn Metcalfe Kenny Sinclair Olly Brown Colin Gregor Jamie Fowlie Con: Colin Gregor (4)

Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: Andy Ireland (SRU)

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

John Daniell
Pen: Jérémy Valls (2)

Preview
Report
Report
Report

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

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Antonio Lombardi (Italy)

Round 2

11 January 2004
15:00

Ben T. Russell
Robbie Russell
Con: Thomas Castaignède (3)
Pen: Thomas Castaignède (2)

Preview
Report
Report
Report

Pen: Dan Parks (2)

Vicarage Road
Attendance: 3,653
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

16 January 2004
19:30

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 2,645
Referee: Didier Mene (France)

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	Llanelli Scarlets	22	16	1	5	597	385	+212	57	39	7	3	76
2	Ulster	22	15	0	7	617	363	+254	67	29	8	4	72
3	Newport Gwent Dragons	22	16	0	6	590	449	+141	59	41	7	1	72
4	Celtic Warriors	22	14	0	8	560	451	+109	48	37	5	4	65
5	Neath–Swansea Ospreys	22	11	1	10	582	512	+70	55	60	5	4	55
6	Cardiff Blues	22	11	0	11	570	467	+103	73	54	7	3	54
7	Munster	22	10	0	12	422	456	−34	45	49	6	5	51
8	Leinster	22	9	1	12	523	580	−57	51	65	4	5	47
9	Connacht	22	8	2	12	479	550	−71	50	59	5	3	44
10	Edinburgh	22	9	0	13	454	622	−168	52	69	6	2	44
11	Glasgow	22	6	1	15	442	614	−172	52	61	3	3	32
12	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

5 September 2003
19:30

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: David McHugh

(Ireland)

Round 2

12 September 2003
19:35

Ravenhill
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse

(Wales)
replaced after 17 mins by
David Keane (Ulster)

Round 3

26 September 2003
19:35

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,146
Referee: Nigel Owens

(Wales)

Round 4

12 October 2003
14:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	27–5	Glasgow
Try: Jason Forster Rhys Thomas Con: Craig Warlow Pen: Craig Warlow (5)	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Sean Lamont

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Round 5

17 October 2003
19:30

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Paul Adams (Wales)

Round 6

24 October 2003
19:30

Hugh Watkins

(Wales)

Round 7

31 October 2003
19:30

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: Nigel Owens

(Wales)

Round 8

7 November 2003
19:15

Celtic Warriors	29–23	Glasgow
Try: Gareth Wyatt Chris Horsman Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (5)	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Alan Bulloch Sam Pinder Con: Calvin Howarth Dan Parks Pen: Calvin Howarth Dan Parks Drop: Andrew Hall

Brewery Field
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Tony Redmond (Ireland)

Round 9

28 November 2003
19:30

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Alan Lewis

(Ireland)

Round 10

27 December 2003
14:00

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)

Round 11

6 February 2004
19:15

Neath-Swansea Ospreys	33–11	Glasgow
Try: Shaun Connor Dave Tiueti Gavin Henson Con: Gavin Henson (3) Pen: Gavin Henson (4)	Preview Report Report Report	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	29–19	Glasgow
Try: Nick Walne Nicky Robinson Jonny Vaughton (2) Con: Nicky Robinson (3) Pen: Nicky Robinson	Preview Report Report Report	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

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Nigel Owens

(Wales)

Round 14

28 February 2004
14:30

Hugh Watkins

(Wales)

Round 15

5 March 2004
19:30

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 2,860
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Round 16

12 March 2004
19:30

Borders	11–15	Glasgow
Try: Gareth Morton Pen: Tanner Vili Calum MacRae	Preview Report Report Report	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

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 2,645
Referee: David R. Davies (Wales)

Round 18

2 April 2004
19:30

Leinster	31–30	Glasgow
Try: James Norton James Downey Ben Gissing Con: Brian O'Meara (2) Pen: Brian O'Meara (4)	Report Report Report Report	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

16 April 2004
19:30

Hughenden Stadium

Attendance: 2,863
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Round 20

1 May 2004
17:30

Llanelli Scarlets	36–26	Glasgow
Try: Chris Wyatt Dave Hodges Dwayne Peel (2) Con: Stephen Jones (2) Pen: Stephen Jones (3) Gareth Bowen	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Andrew Henderson Sean Lamont Dave Millard Sam Pinder Con: Dan Parks (3)

Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

Round 21

7 May 2004
19:30

Edinburgh	19–17	Glasgow
Try: Marcus Di Rollo Andrew Dall Joel Brannigan Con: Ali Warnock (2)	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Dan Parks Sam Pinder Con: Dan Parks (2) Pen: Dan Parks

Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Round 22

14 May 2004
19:30

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: David McHugh

(Ireland)

Celtic Cup

Results

Round 1

19 September 2003
19:05

Celtic Warriors	9–19	Glasgow
Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Calvin Howarth Cameron Mather Pen: Calvin Howarth (3)

Brewery Field
Attendance: 2560
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Quarter-final

3 October 2003
19:30

Hugh Watkins

(Wales)

Semi-final

14 November 2003
19:30

Hugh Watkins

(Wales)

End-of-season awards

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

References

[1] "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow players are doing their bit for the district's new generation".

[2] "News".

[glasgowwarriors.org-3] "News".

[4] "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Rugby Awards Dinner".

[5] "James Eddie".

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