2002–03 Glasgow Warriors season


The 2002-03 season is the seventh in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Rugby.
The 2002-03 season saw Glasgow Rugby compete in the competitions: the Celtic League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup and a reformed Scottish Inter-District Championship, for sponsorship reasons known as the Bank of Scotland Pro Cup.

Season Overview





Team

Coaches


Hookers
Gordon Bulloch
Ben Daly
Scott Lawson
Gavin Scott
Fergus Thomson
Props
Cameron Blades
Lee Harrison
Dave Hilton
Andrew Kelly
Gordon Sykes
Alan Brown
Locks
Andrew Hall
Opeta Palepoi
Nathan Ross
Jason White
Loose Forwards
Donnie Macfadyen
Rory McKay
Jon Petrie
Roland Reid
Gordon Simpson
Andrew Wilson
Scrum halves
Graeme Beveridge

Chris Black

Andy Nicol

Kenny Sinclair
Fly halves
Tommy Hayes
Calvin Howarth
Barry Irving
Centres
Alan Bulloch
Andrew Henderson
Ian McInroy
Joe Naufahu
Back Three
Michael Bartlett
Rory Kerr
Glenn Metcalfe
Stuart Moffat
Rod Seib
Jon Steel

Academy players

There are no Academy players for Glasgow Warriors in the 2002-03 season however these players were used in Glasgow's Development XV team.
Gordon Macfadyen

Justin Reid

Paul Burke

Stephen MacKinnon

Gavin Mories

Stuart Male

Colin Shaw

Graham Thomson

Sam Parlane

Euan Murray

Neil Meikle

Damien Kelly

Scott McKechnie

Colin Eadie

Eddie Manawaiti

Richard Maxton

Alastair Davidson

Stephen MacKinnon

Player statistics

During the 2002-03 season, Glasgow have used 32 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Staff movements

Coaches

Personnel In

Academy promotions

Player transfers

In

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

Glasgow: S Moffat; J Steel, A Bulloch,A Henderson, I McInroy; C Howarth, A Nicol capt; C Blades, B Daly, L Harrison, N Ross, A Hall, R McKay, D Macfadyen, J Petrie.
Subs used G Bulloch, A Kelly, J White, G Simpson, G Beveridge, T Hayes, R Seib, G Sykes, G Scott, A Wilson
Harlequins: N Williams; R Jewell, U Monye, C Bell, W Greenwood, M Moore; P Burke, M Powell; B Starr, K Wood, L Gomez, K Rudzki, S Miall, D Griffin, L Sherriff, T Diprose.
Subs used R Jewell, D Slemen, S Bemand, J Leonard, A Tiatia, B Davison, J Evans, K Horstmann

Match 2

Glasgow: Stuart Moffat; Jon Steel, Ian McInroy, Andrew Henderson, Rory Kerr; Tommy Hayes, Graeme Beveridge; David Hilton, Gordon Bulloch, Lee Harrison, Steve Griffiths, Jason White, Jon Petrie, Donnie Macfadyen, Gordon Simpson. Substitutes - Gavin Scott for Gordon Bulloch, Rory McKay for Petrie, Scott for Gordon Bulloch, Cameron Blades for Hilton, Andrew Wilson for Macfadyen, Andrew Hall for Griffiths, Andrew Kelly for Harrison, Calvin Howarth for Henderson, Andy Nicol for Beveridge, Alan Bulloch for McInroy, Nathan Ross for White, McKay for Petrie, Ben Daly for Gordon Bulloch, Kenny Sinclair for Nicol.
Exeter Chiefs: D Kelly; C Wall, G Bunny, B Thompson, E Lewsey; T Yapp, R John; A Ozdemir, K Brooking, P Sluman, D Sims, Rob Baxter, G Willis, S Etheridge, Richard Baxter. Subs: N Clarke, D Porte, I Brown, B Cole, J Gaunt, A Murdoch, S Howard.

Match 3

Ulster: B Cunningham; S Stewart; R Constable, J Bell; S Coulter; A Larkin, N Doak; J Fitzpatrick, M Sexton, C Boyd, T McWhirter, J Davidson, A Ward, capt, W Brosnihan, R Nelson.
Replacements: R Kempson for Boyd, P Shields for Sexton, M Blair for McWhirter, R Brink for Brosnihan, S Mallon for Coulter, S Young for Stewart, Brosnihan for Nelson, K Campbell for Bell.
Glasgow: S Moffat; J Steel; A Bulloch, A Henderson, R Kerr; T Hayes, G Beveridge; C Blades, G Bulloch, L Harrison, A Hall, J White, capt, A Wilson, D Macfadyen, J Petrie. Replacements: D Hilton for Harrison, B Daly for Bulloch, C Howarth for Moffat, A Nicol for Beveridge, M Barlett for Kerr, G Simpson for Wilson, N Ross for Hall.

Match 4

Glasgow: Colin Shaw ; Graham Thomson, Ian McInroy, Sam Parlane, Rory Kerr ; Barry Irving, Chris Black captain; Euan Murray, Neil Meikle, Andrew Kelly, Damien Kelly, Scott McKechnie, Rory McKay, Colin Eadie, Eddie Manawaiti.

Replacements : Rod Sieb, Richard Maxton, Alastair Davidson, Gordon Sykes, Stephen MacKinnon : Colin Gregor, Iain Monaghan, Alan Brown


Scottish Exiles: Martin Worthington ; Sam Cox, Graeme Kiddie, Paul Baird, Alistair Hall ; Allan Mitchell, Ross Blake ; Carl Ambrose, Andy Dalgleish, Andrew Grierson, David Whitehead, John Gunson, Chris Capaldi, Lance Hamilton, David Partington

Replacements : David Michael, Shane Auld, Greg McDonald, Rob Chrystie, Jon Summers : R Aitchison, C Richardson.

Match 5

Scotland U21: Alistair Warnock ; Andrew Turnbull, Graeme Morrison, Tom Philip, Colin Shaw ; Philip Godman, Chris Cusiter ; Alasdair Dickinson, Fergus Thomson, John Malakoty, Alasdair Strokosch, Mark Rennie, Steve Swindall, Allister Hogg captain, David Callam

Replacements : James Henry, Kelly Brown, Andrew Miller, Mark McMillan, Jonathan Rimmer, Iain Berthinussen.

Glasgow: Rory Kerr; Michael Bartlett, Alan Bulloch, Andrew Henderson, Roland Reid; Barry Irving, Chris Black; Gordon Macfadyen, Ben Daly, Andrew Kelly, Justin Reid, Nathan Ross, Jon Petrie, Paul Burke, Gordon Simpson.

Replacements : Stephen MacKinnon, Gavin Mories, Stuart Male, Cameron Blades, Andrew Wilson, Tommy Hayes, Ian McInroy.

European Champions Cup

Pool 3

TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts
Llanelli6501221662011307110
Bourgoin640221147190142488
Glasgow Rugby6204923−1486185−994
Sale Sharks610516151123143−202

Results

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6

Magners Celtic League

Pool B

Results

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7

Knock out stages

Quarter-finals

Bank of Scotland Pro Cup

12 matches were played in all in the league; with only 3 teams, each had 8 matches each. This meant only 1 match was played on a given day and each team sat out 4 match days.

League Table

TeamPWDLPFPA+/-TBPLBPPts
Edinburgh8512266140+1264228
Border Reivers8404164224-602018
Glasgow8215144210-661011

Results

Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 5
Match 6
Match 8
Match 9
Match 11

Sponsorship

Official Kit Supplier

Cotton Traders
Glasgow Warriors announced a six figure deal with Cotton Traders for their kit this year.