2003–04 Glasgow Warriors season explained

Teamname:	Glasgow Warriors 2003 / 2004
Ground:	Hughenden Stadium
Capacity:	6,000
Captain:	Cameron Mather
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Position:	11th
Most Tries:	Sean Lamont (11)
Top Scorer:	Dan Parks (214)
Caps:	Sean Lamont Andrew Hall (28)
Prevseason:	2002–03
Nextseason:	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.

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)

Colin Gregor (Watsonians) 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)

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		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			10 Staff movements Coaches Head Strength Coach – Ross Macleod Personnel In None. Personnel Out None. Player movements Player transfers Out 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 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 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 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 Source: RaboDirect PRO12 Results Round 22 Celtic Cup Results Semi-final End-of-season awards Award Winner Player of the Season Glenn Metcalfe^[4] Young Player of the Season James Eddie^[5] References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow players are doing their bit for the district's new generation.
2. Web site: News.
3. Web site: News.
4. Web site: Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Rugby Awards Dinner.
5. Web site: James Eddie.