2003–04 Glasgow Warriors season

Glasgow Warriors 2003 / 2004

Ground(s)	Hughenden Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Coach(es)	Hugh Campbell
Captain(s)	Cameron Mather
Most caps	Sean Lamont Andy Hall (28)
Top scorer	Dan Parks (204)
Most tries	Sean Lamont (11)
League(s)	2003–04 Celtic League
11th
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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

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 Half Backs Graeme Beveridge Richard McKnight Mark McMillan Sam Pinder Kenny Sinclair Stand offs 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 Mackay
• 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)

Player statistics

During the 2003–04 season, Glasgow have used 34 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			European Challenge Cup			Total
			Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Total Pts
				Try	Kick		Try	Kick		Try	Kick
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		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		Calvin Howarth	10(7)	0	51	1(1)	1	11	(1)	0	5	11(9)	72
FH		Dan Parks	11(4)	4	108	2(1)	0	14	4	0	52	17(5)	204
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

Personnel In

None.

Personnel Out

None.

Player movements

Player transfers

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

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:

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

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

	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

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

References