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.
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:
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) 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.NationNameCeltic LeagueCeltic CupChallenge CupTotalApps(sub)TriesPointskickedApps(sub)TriesPointskickedApps(sub)TriesPointskickedApps(sub)Total Pts HKGordon Bulloch6(1)2000041010(1)15HKSimon Gunn8(2)0020000010(2)0HKScott Lawson10(9)101(2)00(2)0011(13)5PRChris Birchall(1)00000000(1)0PRLee Harrison10(2)103001(2)0014(4)5PR10{3)001(1)002(2)0013(6)0PREuan Murray15(5)001(2)0030019(7)5PRMatt Proudfoot6(4)001001008(4)0LKJoe Beardshaw12(5)301(2)00(2)0013(9)15LKAndrew Hall15(6)1330040022(6)8LKNathan Ross17002(1)0040023(1)0BRPaul Dearlove12(2)002(1)10(1)0014(5)5BRDonnie Macfadyen20102004102610BRRory McKay1(8)10000(2)001(10)5BRJon Petrie1000000400140BRRoland Reid10(8)0010000011(8)0BRMark Sitch(2)00000000(2)0BRAndrew Wilson7(2)201000008(2)10SHGraeme Beveridge7(7)0000040011(7)0SHMark McMillan1(3)001000002(3)0SHSam Pinder10(5)50100(2)1011(7)30SHKenny Sinclair4(2)001000005(2)0FHColin Gregor1(1)140000001(1)9FHCalvin Howarth10(7)0511(1)111(1)0511(9)72FHDan Parks11(4)41182(1)014405217(5)214CEAlan Bulloch9(3)5020000011(3)25CEAndrew Henderson800000410125CEGraeme Morrison20301102002320CEJoe Naufahu20000000020WGSean Lamont19(2)802(1)0043025(3)55WGGareth Maclure4(3)1030040011(3)5WGGlenn Metcalfe12(1)2000000012(1)10WGDave Millard4(5)202000006(5)10WGJon Steel5(1)001(1)000006(2)0FBRory Kerr15402103(1)1020(1)30FBStuart Moffat10(1)152004(1)0016(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
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 1
Round 2
Glasgow Warriors lost on aggregate and were knocked out of the Challenge Cup.
Celtic League
League table
TeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATry bonusLosing bonusPts1 Llanelli Scarlets221615597385+212573973762 Ulster221507617363+254672984723 Newport Gwent Dragons221606590449+141594171724 Celtic Warriors221408560451+109483754655 Neath–Swansea Ospreys2211110582512+70556054556 Cardiff Blues2211011570467+103735473547 Munster2210012422456−34454965518 Leinster229112523580−57516545479 Connacht228212479550−715059534410 Edinburgh229013454622−1685269624411 Glasgow226115442614−1725261333212 Borders224018363750−38742881522Source: RaboDirect PRO12
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Celtic Cup
Results
Round 1
Quarter-final
Semi-final
End-of-season awards
AwardWinnerPlayer of the Season Glenn MetcalfeYoung Player of the Season James Eddie
References