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.

Glasgow Warriors 2003 / 2004
Ground(s)Hughenden Stadium (Capacity: 6,000)
Coach(es)Scotland Hugh Campbell
Captain(s)Scotland Cameron Mather
Most capsScotland Sean Lamont
Scotland Andrew Hall (28)
Top scorerScotland Dan Parks (214)
Most triesScotland Sean Lamont (11)
League(s)2003–04 Celtic League
11th
1st kit
2nd kit

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

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Team

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Coaches

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Staff

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  • 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

Squad

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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

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Glasgow had a number of academy players this season. Each player was teamed with a mentor.[1]

Back up players

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Glasgow also had a roll of back-up players from various clubs:[2]

Player statistics

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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.

Pos. Nation Name Celtic League Celtic Cup Challenge Cup Total
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Tries Points
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Total Pts
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   Mark Sitch (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 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   Colin Gregor 1(1) 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 9
FH   Calvin Howarth 10(7) 0 51 1(1) 1 11 (1) 0 5 11(9) 72
FH   Dan Parks 11(4) 4 118 2(1) 0 14 4 0 52 17(5) 214
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

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Coaches

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Head Strength Coach – Ross Macleod

Personnel In

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None.

Personnel Out

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None.

Player movements

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Academy promotions

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Player transfers

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Competitions

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Match 1

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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

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22 August 2003
Glasgow  22–19  Newcastle Falcons
Try: Calvin Howarth
Alan Bulloch
Jon Steel
Con: Calvin Howarth (2)
Pen: Calvin Howarth
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Try: Stephenson
Gollings (2)
Con: Gollings (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2000
Referee: I Ramage (Berwick)

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

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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).

European Challenge Cup

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Results

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Round 1
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6 December 2003
18:00
Montpellier  11–30  Glasgow
Try: John Daniell
Pen: Jérémy Valls (2)
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Try: Sean Lamont
Donnie Macfadyen
Sam Pinder
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
Drop: Dan Parks
Stade Sabathé
Attendance: 500
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
12 December 2003
19:30
Glasgow  38–13  Montpellier
Try: Andrew Henderson
Sean Lamont (2)
Gordon Bulloch
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (4)
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Try: Thierry Gras
Con: Jérémy Valls
Pen: Jérémy Valls (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Antonio Lombardi (Italy)
Round 2
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Glasgow Warriors lost on aggregate and were knocked out of the Challenge Cup.

Celtic League

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League table

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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 Archived 2013-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

Results

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Round 1
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Round 2
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12 September 2003
19:35
Ulster  33–6  Glasgow
Try: Andy Ward
Shane Stewart
Rowan Frost
Con: Adam Larkin (3)
Pen: Adam Larkin (4)
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Pen: Calvin Howarth
Drop: Stuart Moffat
Ravenhill
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
replaced after 17 mins by
David Keane (Ulster)
Round 3
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Round 4
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12 October 2003
14:30
Newport Gwent Dragons  27–5  Glasgow
Try: Jason Forster
Rhys Thomas
Con: Craig Warlow
Pen: Craig Warlow (5)
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Try: Sean Lamont
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Round 5
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17 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow  26–25  Borders
Try: Roland Reid
Sean Lamont
Con: Dan Parks (2)
Pen: Dan Parks (4)
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Try: Gareth Morton
Con: Gareth Morton
Pen: Gareth Morton (5)
Drop: Clark Laidlaw
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,712
Referee: Paul Adams (Wales)
Round 6
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Round 7
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31 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow  10–31  Leinster
Try: Rory McKay
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Dan Parks
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Try: Gordon D'Arcy
Peter McKenna
Aidan Kearney
Con: Brian O'Meara (2)
Pen: Brian O'Meara (4)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 8
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Round 9
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Round 10
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27 December 2003
14:00
Glasgow  16–25  Edinburgh
Try: Andrew Hall
Con: Dan Parks
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
Drop: Dan Parks
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Try: Tom Philip
Con: Brendan Laney
Pen: Brendan Laney (4)
Drop: Brendan Laney (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Iain Ramage (Berwick)
Round 11
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6 February 2004
19:15
Neath-Swansea Ospreys  33–11  Glasgow
Try: Shaun Connor
Dave Tiueti
Gavin Henson
Con: Gavin Henson (3)
Pen: Gavin Henson (4)
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Try: Colin Gregor
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
The Gnoll
Attendance: 2,675
Referee: Olan Trevor (Ireland)
Round 12
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13 February 2004
19:05
Cardiff Blues  29–19  Glasgow
Try: Nick Walne
Nicky Robinson
Jonny Vaughton (2)
Con: Nicky Robinson (3)
Pen: Nicky Robinson
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Try: Alan Bulloch (2)
Joe Beardshaw
Con: Colin Gregor
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alistair McKay (Ireland)
Round 13
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20 February 2004
19:30
Glasgow  27–25  Ulster
Try: Alan Bulloch
Sean Lamont
Scott Lawson
Con: Calvin Howarth (3)
Pen: Calvin Howarth (2)
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Try: Matt McCullough
Neil Best
Scott Young
Con: Paddy Wallace (2)
Pen: Adam Larkin (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 14
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Round 15
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Round 16
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12 March 2004
19:30
Borders  11–15  Glasgow
Try: Gareth Morton
Pen: Tanner Vili
Calum MacRae
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Try: Alan Bulloch
Sean Lamont
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Calvin Howarth
Netherdale
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Phil Fear (Wales)
Round 17
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26 March 2004
19:35
Glasgow  12–37  Munster
Try: Rory Kerr
Graeme Morrison
Con: Stuart Moffat
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Try: Rob Henderson
John Kelly
Martin McPhail
Mossy Lawler
Barry Murphy
Con: Mossy Lawlor (3)
Pen: Mossy Lawlor (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2,645
Referee: David R. Davies (Wales)
Round 18
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2 April 2004
19:30
Leinster  31–30  Glasgow
Try: James Norton
James Downey
Ben Gissing
Con: Brian O'Meara (2)
Pen: Brian O'Meara (4)
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Try: Gordon Bulloch
Glenn Metcalfe
Dan Parks
Con: Dan Parks (3)
Pen: Dan Parks (3)
Donnybrook
Attendance: 3,655
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)
Round 19
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Round 20
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Round 21
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7 May 2004
19:30
Edinburgh  19–17  Glasgow
Try: Marcus Di Rollo
Andrew Dall
Joel Brannigan
Con: Ali Warnock (2)
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Try: Dan Parks
Sam Pinder
Con: Dan Parks (2)
Pen: Dan Parks
Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Round 22
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Celtic Cup

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Results

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Round 1
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19 September 2003
19:05
Celtic Warriors  9–19  Glasgow
Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)Preview
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Try: Calvin Howarth
Cameron Mather
Pen: Calvin Howarth (3)
Brewery Field
Attendance: 2560
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Quarter-final
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3 October 2003
19:30
Glasgow  18-14  Munster
Try: Rory Kerr
Paul Dearlove
Con: Dan Parks
Pen: Dan Parks (2)
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Try: Mike Mullins
Simon Kerr
Con: Jeremy Staunton (2)
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 2942
Referee: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Semi-final
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14 November 2003
19:30
Glasgow  13–20  Ulster
Try: Graeme Morrison
Con: Calvin Howarth
Pen: Dan Parks
Drop: Dan Parks
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Try: Ryan Constable
Pen: Adam Larkin (4)
Drop: Adam Larkin
Hughenden Stadium
Attendance: 4128
Referee: Hugh Watkins (Wales)

End-of-season awards

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Award Winner
Player of the Season   Glenn Metcalfe[4]
Young Player of the Season   James Eddie[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow players are doing their bit for the district's new generation".
  2. ^ "News".
  3. ^ a b "News".
  4. ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Glasgow Rugby Awards Dinner".
  5. ^ "James Eddie".