2003–04 Glasgow Warriors season


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


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.
Glasgow also had a roll of back-up players from various clubs:

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.

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 Rugby:

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, 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 ; Nick De Luca, Alan Nash, Iain Berthinussen, Colin Shaw ; Andy McLean, Brendan McKerchar captain; Robert Blake, Fergus Thomson, Willie Aitken, Peter Wilmshurst-Smith, Colin White, Alasdair Strokosch, Grant Strang, Mark Cairns.

Replacements - Calum Brown, John Cox, Mark Hunter, Stuart Johnson, Jonathan White, Neil Cochrane, Richard Snedden, Stephen Gordon, Stephen Jones


Glasgow: Glenn Metcalfe ; David Millard, David Arneil, Joe Naufahu, Rory Couper ; Colin Gregor, Sam Pinder; Mark Thomson, Simon Gunn, Matt Proudfoot, Fergus Pringle, John Stewart, Andrew Wilson, Paul Dearlove, Olly Brown.

Replacements - Graham Kiddie, Alan Bulloch, Kenny Sinclair, Jamie Syme, Roland Reid, Ian Dryburgh, Chris Sinclair, Danny Wright, Jamie Fowlie.

European Challenge Cup

Results

Round 1
Round 2
Glasgow Warriors lost on aggregate and were knocked out of the Challenge Cup.

Magners Celtic League

League Table

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

Sponsorship

Main Sponsor

Cotton Traders

Club Sponsors