1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season

The 1999–2000 season is the fourth in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Caledonians.

This season saw Glasgow Caledonians compete in the competitions: the Welsh-Scottish League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup.

Coaches

 * Head coach: Richie Dixon
 * Assistant coach: 🇳🇿 Gordon Macpherson
 * Assistant coach:  Rob Moffat

Academy players
The Glasgow Thistles squad was once again sent to New Zealand in the summer of 2000.

Included in the Thistles squad are:


 * Colin Shaw (Ayr)
 * Graham Thomson (West of Scotland)
 * Fraser Sinclair (West of Scotland)
 * Graham Calder (Dalziel RFC)

Player statistics
During the 1999–2000 season, Glasgow have used 36 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

The statistics for the first match of the Scottish Inter-District Championship are included in the Welsh-Scottish League statistics.

Personnel in
None.

Personnel out
None.

In
Jonathan Stuart from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester Tigers Alan Brown from Dundee HSFP Danny Herrington from Kirkcaldy RFC Torquil Mathewson from Glasgow Hawks Gavin Blackburn from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Scottish 🇦🇺 Ashley Bond from 🇫🇷 Sportive Ortheziene Roland Reid from Golden Lions Craig Chalmers from Edinburgh Reivers Dave Hilton from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath Rugby Alan Watt from Currie RFC Andy Nicol from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bath Rugby 🇳🇿 Michael Bartlett from 🇳🇿 Canterbury Rory Kerr from West of Scotland Ian McInroy from West of Scotland Dougie Hall from Hillhead Jordanhill Darren Burns from Edinburgh Reivers Barry Irving from London Scottish Steve Griffiths from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leeds Tykes Donnie Macfadyen from Boroughmuir

Out
Derrick Patterson to 🇫🇷 Stade Français Tom Smith to 🇫🇷 CA Brive Stuart Grimes to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle Falcons Kevin McKenzie retirement Rob Wainwright retirement John Manson retirement Alan Kittle to Musselburgh Guy Perrett sabbatical to focus on medical studies Gordon Mackay to 🇫🇷 Lyon OU Murray Wallace to 🇨🇦 Boulder Colorado Chris Paterson to Edinburgh Reivers Cameron Little to Glasgow Hawks Luke Smith to 🇫🇷 Racing 92 John Leslie to 🇯🇵 Munakata Sanix Blues 🇳🇿 Aaron Collins to Gala Matt McGrandles to Stirling County Chris Simmers to Glasgow Hawks

Match 1
Glasgow Caledonians: A Bulloch; J Craig, J Stuart, I Jardine, S Longstaff; T Hayes, A Nicol; D Hilton, G Scott, W Anderson, S Campbell, S Griffiths, G Flockhart, M Waite, G Simpson. Replacements - I McInroy, R Kerr, B Irving, G Beveridge, F Stott, Gavin Blackburn, G McIlwham,C Docherty, A Watt, D Burns, J Shaw, Torquil Mathewson, D McFadyen

Ulster: J Bell, S Bell, G Leslie, M Blair, S Bromley, A Clarke, S Coulter, J Cunningham, M Edwards, J Fitzpatrick, R Fredericks, D Topping, D Humphreys, P Johns, G Longwell, N Malone, S Mason, T McWhirter, E Miller, D O'Cuinneagain, J Topping, A Ward, R Irwin, R Weir

Match 2
Ontario: S Rodgers; J Collins, B Luke, D Daypuck, S Keenan; C Robinson, R Stickel; B Stoikos, L Gardiner, M Jacques, I Dann, M Carter, J Tomlinson, P Ross, D Swindells

Glasgow Caledonians: A Bulloch; T Mathewson, J Stuart, I Jardine, S Longstaff; T Hayes, A Nicol; G McIlwham, G Scott, W Anderson, S Griffiths, D Burns, G Flockhart, G Simpson, D McFadyen

Match 3
Uruguay A: A Ibarria, G Souza, C Arocena, De Freitas, A Vazquaz, S Arocena, E Caffera, M Brussoni, L Machado, F Victor, G Manini, F Auesperg, S Mosquera, G Laffitte, N Achard.

Glasgow Caledonians: A Bulloch, S Longstaff, I McInroy, J Stuart, R Kerr, B Irving, G Beveridge, G McIlwham, C Docherty, A Watt, S Campbell, J Petrie, J White, G Simpson, M Waite. Substitutions: W Anderson for Watt (40), G Blackburn for McIlwham (47), F Stott for Beveridge (64), T Mathewson for Longstaff (70).

Match 4
Glasgow Caledonians:B Irving; T Mathewson, A Bulloch, I Jardine, R Kerr; T Hayes, F Stott; G McIlwham, G Scott, W Anderson, S Griffiths, D Burns, J White, G Flockhart, D McFadyen. Replacements: J Stuart, Graeme Beveridge, S Campbell, M Waite, G Blackburn, A Watt, C Docherty. Used: G Beveridge for Stott, 70; AWatt for Anderson, 80.

Edinburgh Reivers:S Lang; K Milligan, M Di Rollo, K Utterson, C Sharman; S Welsh, G Burns; R McNulty, G McKelvey, B Stewart, N Hines, I Fullarton, S Scott, G Hayter, G Dall. Subs: A Common for Lang, 39; M Proudfoot for Stewart, 55; A Jacobsen for McNulty, 67; M Lee for Utterson, 70.

By winning all 3 three matches in Ontario, Glasgow won the Canadian Tri-Continental Tournament.

Scottish Inter-District Championship
Still with only Glasgow and Edinburgh remaining as professional teams in Scotland, the Tri-Series was run again. This time however the tournament had no sponsor as Tennents had pulled out of the competition.

The first tie of the Tri-Series was held jointly with the Welsh-Scottish League. The match is shown below for convenience, however since it is also a Welsh-Scottish League match and is included in those statistics, only 2 matches for the Scottish Inter-District Championship are recorded for statistical purposes.

1999-2000 League Table
Only for completeness. The Tri-Series was run as a best of three.

Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.

Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.

Players in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.

Players in normal font have not been capped at senior level.

A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.

Tournaments where competitive debut made:

Crosshatching indicates a jointly hosted match.

Sponsorship

 * Scotland on Line

Official kit supplier
Canterbury