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

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Team

Coaches

Head Coach: Kiwi Searancke to April 2003; Hugh Campbell from April 2003
Assistant Coach: Gordon Macpherson to April 2003; Shade Munro from April 2003
Assistant Coach: Steve Anderson to April 2003; Sean Lineen from April 2003

Squad

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

Half Backs
Graeme Beveridge
Chris Black
Andy Nicol
Kenny Sinclair

Stand offs
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.^[1]^[2]

Gordon Macfadyen (Glasgow Hawks)
Justin Reid (Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians)
Paul Burke (Ayr)
Stephen MacKinnon (Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians)
Gavin Mories (Glasgow Hawks)
Stuart Male (Glasgow Hawks)
Colin Shaw (Glasgow Hawks)
Graham Thomson (West of Scotland)
Sam Parlane (Stirling County)
Euan Murray (Glasgow Hawks)
Neil Meikle (Ayr)
Damien Kelly (Ayr)
Scott McKechnie (Grangemouth)
Colin Eadie (Stirling County)
Eddie Manawaiti (Ayr)
Richard Maxton (Glasgow Hawks)
Alastair Davidson (Borders)
Stephen MacKinnon (Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians)

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.

Pos.	Name	Scottish Inter-District Championship			Celtic League			Heineken Cup			Total
		Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Points		Apps (sub)	Total Pts
		Apps (sub)	Try	Kick	Apps (sub)	Try	Kick	Apps (sub)	Try	Kick	Apps (sub)	Total Pts
HK	Gordon Bulloch	7(1)	0	0	7(1)	0	0	6	0	0	20(2)	0
HK	Ben Daly	1(1)	0	0	1(3)	0	0	(1)	0	0	2(5)	0
HK	Scott Lawson	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)	0
PR	Cameron Blades	3(3)	0	0	3(1)	0	0	3(1)	0	0	9(5)	0
PR	Lee Harrison	5	0	0	6(1)	0	0	5	0	0	16(1)	0
PR	Dave Hilton	4(4)	0	0	6(2)	0	0	4(1)	0	0	14(7)	0
PR	Andrew Kelly	3(1)	0	0	(1)	0	0	(4)	0	0	3(6)	0
LK	Andrew Hall	5(1)	0	0	2(4)	0	0	5(1)	0	0	12(6)	0
LK	Opeta Palepoi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
LK	Nathan Ross	4	1	0	4(2)	0	0	3(3)	1	0	11(5)	10
LK	Jason White	5	0	0	5(1)	0	0	4	2	0	14(1)	10
BR	Donnie Macfadyen	4(1)	0	0	7	2	0	4(2)	1	0	15(3)	15
BR	Rory McKay	2(3)	0	0	1	1	0	(2)	0	0	3(5)	5
BR	Jon Petrie	7	1	0	8	0	0	5(1)	1	0	20(1)	10
BR	Roland Reid	3(3)	1	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	4(3)	5
BR	Gordon Simpson	3(2)	0	0	7	3	0	3(1)	1	0	13(3)	20
BR	Andrew Wilson	6(1)	1	0	2(5)	1	0	6	0	0	14(6)	10
SH	Chris Black	(2)	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	(3)	0
SH	Graeme Beveridge	5(1)	1	0	4(4)	1	0	6	0	0	15(5)	10
SH	Andy Nicol	2(4)	0	0	4(3)	0	0	(2)	0	0	6(9)	0
FH	Tommy Hayes	1(1)	0	0	7	2	95	5	0	32	13(1)	137
FH	Calvin Howarth	6(1)	1	56	8	1	23	5	1	9	19(1)	113
FH	Barry Irving	1(4)	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	13
CE	Alan Bulloch	4	0	0	7(1)	4	0	4(2)	0	0	15(3)	20
CE	Andrew Henderson	5(1)	1	0	3(4)	0	0	4	2	0	12(5)	15
CE	Ian McInroy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
CE	Joe Naufahu	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
WG	Michael Bartlett	2	0	0	2(1)	2	0	2(1)	0	0	6(2)	10
WG	Glenn Metcalfe	7(1)	4	0	6	1	0	5	1	0	18(1)	30
WG	Jon Steel	5	0	0	7	2	0	5	1	0	17	15
FB	Rory Kerr	3(2)	2	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(3)	10
FB	Stuart Moffat	5(1)	0	0	8	4	0	6	0	0	19(1)	20

Staff movements

Coaches

Personnel In

Kiwi Searancke from Waikato Rugby Union
Steve Anderson from Warrington Wolves Rugby League F.C.
Hugh Campbell from Scotland A
Sean Lineen from Boroughmuir RFC
Shade Munro from Glasgow Hawks

Personnel Out

Richie Dixon to Scottish Rugby Union Head of Coach Developement
Rob Moffat to Border Reivers
Kiwi Searancke released
Steve Anderson to Scottish Rugby Union High Performance Manager
Gordon Macpherson to West of Scotland

Player movements

Player transfers

In

Ben Daly from New South Wales Waratahs^[3]^[4]
Rory McKay from Glasgow Hawks^[3]
Stuart Moffat from Cambridge University^[3]
Calvin Howarth from Edinburgh.^[3]^[5]
Alan Brown from Dundee HSFP^[6]

Out

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

9 August 2002
19:30

Glasgow	7-26	Harlequins
Try: Jason White Con: Tommy Hayes	Preview Report Report	Try: Williams Powell Tiatia Moore Con: Burke x 2 Slemen

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: J Hogg (Hawick)

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

16 August 2002
19:30

Glasgow	32-11	Exeter Chiefs
Try: Gordon Bulloch Rory Kerr Donnie Macfadyen Stuart Moffat Andrew Wilson Con: Tommy Hayes Calvin Howarth Pen: Tommy Hayes	Preview Report Report	Try: Ed Lewsey Pen: Tony Yapp x 2

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: G Davies (Fettesian/Lorretonians)

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 (captain), Jon Petrie, Donnie Macfadyen, Gordon Simpson. Substitutes - Gavin Scott for Gordon Bulloch (21 minutes to 37), Rory McKay for Petrie (21-28), Scott for Gordon Bulloch (half-time-60), Cameron Blades for Hilton (half-time), Andrew Wilson for Macfadyen (half-time), Andrew Hall for Griffiths (half-time), Andrew Kelly for Harrison (51), Calvin Howarth for Henderson (51), Andy Nicol for Beveridge (60), Alan Bulloch for McInroy (60), Nathan Ross for White (69), McKay for Petrie (69), Ben Daly for Gordon Bulloch (71), Kenny Sinclair for Nicol (78).

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 (capt), G Willis, S Etheridge, Richard Baxter. Subs: N Clarke, D Porte, I Brown, B Cole, J Gaunt, A Murdoch, S Howard.

23 August 2002
19:30

Ulster	19-19	Glasgow
Try: Sexton Young x 2 Con: Larkin x 2	Preview Preview Report	Try: Tommy Hayes Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4

Kingspan Stadium
Referee: A Rolland (Leinster).

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 (48), P Shields for Sexton (40), M Blair for McWhirter (40), R Brink for Brosnihan (40), S Mallon for Coulter (72), S Young for Stewart (25), Brosnihan for Nelson (61), K Campbell for Bell (79).

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 (30), B Daly for Bulloch (70), C Howarth for Moffat (62), A Nicol for Beveridge (40), M Barlett for Kerr (40), G Simpson for Wilson (40), N Ross for Hall (30).

European Champions Cup

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Llanelli	6	5	1	22	16	6	201	130	71	10
Bourgoin	6	4	2	21	14	7	190	142	48	8
Glasgow Rugby	6	2	4	9	23	−14	86	185	−99	4
Sale Sharks	6	1	5	16	15	1	123	143	−20	2

Results

Round 1

12 October 2002
14:30

Llanelli	45 – 15	Glasgow
Try: Evans Boobyer Peel x 2 Madden Con: S Jones x 4 Pen: Jones x 3 Bowen	Report Report Report Report Report	Try: Jason White Donnie Macfadyen Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes

Stradey Park
Attendance: 5,784
Referee: G De Santis (Italy)

Round 2

18 October 2002
19:30

Glasgow	26 – 14	Sale Sharks
Try: Jason White Jon Petrie Con: Tommy Hayes x 2 Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4	Report Report Report Report	Try: Pinkerton Pen: Walshe x 3

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Didier Mene (France)

Round 3

8 December 2002
15:00

Bourgoin	35 – 21	Glasgow
Try: Tuni x 2 Coux Peclier x 2 Con: Peclier x 2 Pen: Peclier x 2	Report Report Report	Try: Calvin Howarth Nathan Ross Gordon Simpson Con: Calvin Howarth x 3

Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Chris White (England)

Round 4

13 December 2002
19:30

Glasgow	13 – 12	Bourgoin
Try: Glenn Metcalfe Con: Tommy Hayes Pen: Tommy Hayes Calvin Howarth	Preview Report Report Report	Pen: Peclier x 4

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Giulio de Santis (Italy)

Round 5

10 January 2003
19:45

Sale Sharks	45 – 3	Glasgow
Try: Mark Cueto Steve Hanley Jason Robinson Titterrell Going Charlie Hodgson Con: Charlie Hodgson x 6 Pen: Charlie Hodgson	Preview Report Report Report Report Report	Pen: Tommy Hayes

Heywood Road
Attendance: 3,967
Referee: Huw Watkins (Wales)

Round 6

17 January 2003
19:30

Glasgow	8 – 34	Llanelli
Try: Jon Steel Pen: Tommy Hayes	Preview Report	Try: Evans x 3 Barry Davies Madden Stephen Jones Con: Stephen Jones x 2

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England).

Magners Celtic League

Pool B

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	Pontypridd	7	6	0	1	182	120	+62	15	12	2	0	26
2	Glasgow	7	5	0	2	216	166	+50	22	20	2	1	23
3	Cardiff	7	4	0	3	178	151	+27	17	12	2	2	20
4	Connacht	7	5	0	2	126	176	−50	11	17	0	0	20
5	Leinster	7	3	0	4	191	154	+37	22	14	3	3	18
6	Border Reivers	7	2	0	5	142	169	−27	15	11	1	3	12
7	Bridgend	7	2	0	5	127	187	−60	11	20	1	1	10
8	Newport	7	1	0	6	121	160	−39	9	16	0	4	8
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)
Green background (rows 1 to 4) qualify for the knock-out stage. Source: RaboDirect PRO12

Results

Round 1

31 August 2002
14:30

Cardiff	35 – 44	Glasgow
Try: Ryan Powell Allen Rhys Williams M Williams Con: Harris x 3 Pen: Harris x 3	Report Report Report	Try: Michael Bartlett Donnie Macfadyen Graeme Beveridge Gordon Simpson Alan Bulloch Con: Tommy Hayes x3 Calvin Howarth x 2 Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2 Calvin Howarth

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Round 2

6 September 2002
19:30

Glasgow	25 – 21	Leinster
Try: Tommy Hayes Stuart Moffat Jon Steel Con: Tommy Hayes Calvin Howarth Pen: Tommy Hayes x 2	Preview Report Report	Try: Gissing Lewis Con: O"Meara Pen: O"Meara x 3

Hughenden
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

Round 3

14 September 2002
14:30

Newport	25 – 31	Glasgow
Try: Forster Powell Snow Con: Strange x 2 Pen: Strange x 2	Report Report Report Report	Try: Gordon Simpson Tommy Hayes Stuart Moffat Con: Tommy Hayes x 2 Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alan Taylor (Ireland)

Round 4

20 September 2002
19:30

Glasgow	47 – 11	Bridgend
Try: Alan Bulloch x 2 Glenn Metcalfe Gordon Simpson Graeme Beveridge Con: Tommy Hayes x 5 Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Gareth Williams Pen: C Warlow x 2

Hughenden
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

Round 5

28 September 2002
14:30

Pontypridd	34 – 28	Glasgow
Try: Parker Sweeney M Rees Owen Con: Davey x 4 Pen: Davey x 2	Preview Report Report Report Report	Try: Stuart Moffat Alan Bulloch Andrew Wilson Con: Tommy Hayes x 2 Pen: Tommy Hayes x 3

Sardis Road
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Roy Maybank (RFU)

Round 6

4 October 2002
19:30

Border Reivers	33 – 12	Glasgow
Try: Cranston Paterson Sititi Utterson Nikki Walker Con: Utterson x 4	Preview Report Report	Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4

Netherdale
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Robin Goodliffe (England)

Round 7

25 October 2002
19:30

Glasgow	29 – 7	Connacht
Try: Stuart Moffat Calvin Howarth Donnie Macfadyen Con: Calvin Howarth Pen: Calvin Howarth x 4	Preview Report Report Report Report Report	Try: Dan McFarland Con: McHugh

Hughenden
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: H Watkins (Wales)

Knock out stages

Quarter-finals

30 November 2002
14:45

Glasgow	17 – 20	Ulster
Try: Jon Steel Pen: Tommy Hayes x 4	Preview Report Report	Try: Paul Shields Andy Ward Con: David Humphreys x 2 Pen: David Humphreys x 2

Hughenden
Attendance: 5,346
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)

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

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	TBP	LBP	Pts
Edinburgh	8	5	1	2	266	140	+126	4	2	28
Border Reivers	8	4	0	4	164	224	-60	2	0	18
Glasgow	8	2	1	5	144	210	-66	1	0	11

Results

Match 1

1 November 2002

Edinburgh	29-13	Glasgow
Try: Jacobsen x 2 Con: Laney x 2 Pen: Laney x 4 Hodge	Preview Report	Try: Jon Petrie Con: Calvin Howarth Pen: Calvin Howarth x 2

Meadowbank Stadium
Referee: Franck Maciello (France)

Match 2

26 December 2002

Glasgow	10-10	Edinburgh
Try: Roland Reid Joe Naufahu	Report	Try: Laney Con: Laney Pen: Laney

Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4327
Referee: John Hogg (Hawick)

Match 3

31 December 2002
14:30

Border Reivers	21-6	Glasgow
Try: Cranston Gregor Townsend Con: Utterson Pen: Utterson x 3	Preview Preview Report Report Report	Pen: Calvin Howarth x 2

Netherdale
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRFU)

Match 5

24 January 2003
19:30

Edinburgh	37-9	Glasgow
Try: Laney x 2 Smith penalty try Con: Laney x 3 Paterson Pen: Laney x 3	Preview Preview Report Report	Pen: Calvin Howarth x 3

Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 4107
Referee: N Williams (Wales)

Match 6

31 January 2003
19:30

Glasgow	19-42	Border Reivers
Try: Glenn Metcalfe Andrew Wilson Nathan Ross Con: Calvin Howarth x 2	Report	Try: Morton x 2 Sititi Armstrong Walker Con: Vili x 4 Pen: Vili x 3

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: J-P Matheu (France)

Match 8

4 April 2003
19:30

Glasgow	45-33	Edinburgh
Try: Rory Kerr Calvin Howarth x 2 Joe Naufahu Glenn Metcalfe x 2 Con: Calvin Howarth x 3 Pen: Calvin Howarth x 3	Report Report	Try: Philip x 2 Murray Dougie Hall Con: Hodge x 2 Pen: Hodge x 3

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: E Darriere (France)

Match 9

11 April 2003
19:30

Border Reivers	28-19	Glasgow
Try: Morton Douglas Feather Walker Con: Vili Pen: Vili x 2	Preview Report Report Report	Try: Andrew Henderson Con: Calvin Howarth Pen: Calvin Howarth x 4

Netherdale
Referee: G Ashton-Jones (RFU)

Match 11

25 April 2003

Glasgow	23-10	Border Reivers
Try: Rory Kerr Graeme Beveridge Con: Barry Irving x 2 Pen: Barry Irving x 3	Report Report	Try: Morton Con: Thomson Pen: Thomson

Hughenden Stadium
Referee: Martin Fox (England)

Sponsorship

Glasgow Warriors announced a six figure deal with Cotton Traders for their kit.^[7]

References

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