2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship

2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries	Scotland
Champions	Edinburgh
Runners-up	Border Reivers
Matches played	12
	← 1999-2000 Scottish Inter-District Championship

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's professional district teams. With the re-emergence of the Border Reivers professional team and the collapse of the Welsh-Scottish League to make way for a shortened Celtic League, the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) reinstated the Scottish Inter-District Championship for the professional sides. Glasgow, Borders and Edinburgh then fought it out in a renamed Pro Cup sponsored by Bank of Scotland.

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts on each try line.

The Pro14 is an annual rugby union competition involving professional sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. The league is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe, the most successful European teams from which go forward to compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup, the pan-European championship which replaced the Heineken Cup after the 2013–14 season.

The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union. The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Scottish League Championship. The SRU is headed by the President and Chairman, with Mark Dodson acting as the Chief Executive Officer. Bradbury became the first female president of a Tier 1 rugby nation upon her appointment on the 4th August 2018.

The Bank of Scotland Pro Cup lasted one year. When the Celtic League was expanded the following year the SRU realised that there was no room in the schedule for a separate Scottish Inter-District Championship. This was despite both sponsor and fans happiness with the return of a national tournament. (The desire for national bragging rights later led the SRU to establish the 1872 Cup in 2007-08 season using the Celtic League matches to determine the winner.)

The Scottish Inter-District Championship is a rugby union competition between regional sides in Scotland. Established in 1953, the tournament went through several formats.

The 1872 Cup – also known as the 1872 Challenge Cup – is a men's rugby union tournament contested every year between the two Scottish professional clubs Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.

2002-03 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 4

3 January 2003
19:30

Edinburgh	46-13	Border Reivers
Try: Sharman (9, 61), Blair (17), Paterson (26, 49), Hogg (56), Dall (71) Con: Laney (17, 26, 49, 56) Pen: Laney (42)	Report	Try: Utterson (67) Con: Utterson (67) Pen: Utterson (13, 28)

Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: M Fox (England)

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 7

7 February 2003
19:30

Border Reivers	23-54	Edinburgh
Try: Townsend Feather Con: Vili x 2 Pen: Vili x 3	Report	Try: Lee x 2 Webster Brendan Laney Dougie Hall Mike Blair Chris Paterson Allan Jacobsen Con: Brendan Laney x 5 Duncan Hodge x 2

Referee: R Maybank (England)

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 10

18 April 2003

Edinburgh	44-7	Border Reivers
	Report Report

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)

Match 12

2 May 2003

Border Reivers	20-13	Edinburgh
	Report Report

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