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.

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

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:

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.

Coaches
Head Strength Coach – Ross Macleod

Personnel In
None.

Personnel Out
None.

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).

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