The 2005–06 season is the tenth in the history of the

Glasgow Warriors The Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and beca ...

as a professional side. Since the professional side began in 1996 it had used a warrior logo; with a warrior clutching a rugby ball in one hand - and in the other a Scottish targe ordained with a long steel spike originating from its central boss. The warrior is wearing a simple

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conical peaked

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illustrating an early warrior from the

Kingdom of Strathclyde Strathclyde (, "valley of the River Clyde, Clyde"), also known as Cumbria, was a Celtic Britons, Brittonic kingdom in northern Britain during the Scotland in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages. It comprised parts of what is now southern Scotland an ...

. The warrior logo was formalised into Glasgow's name from this season onwards. The team was now officially known as

and formally competed as such. The 2005–06 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Magners Celtic League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup for sponsorship reasons.

Season overview

Move to Firhill StadiumNew Head Coach

Team

Coaches

*Head coach:

Hugh Campbell Hugh Thomas Campbell (born May 21, 1941) is an American former professional football player, coach, and executive. He served as a head coach in three different football leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), United States Football League ...

to March 2006;

Sean Lineen Sean Lineen (born 25 December 1961) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was a former head coach of Glasgow Warriors from 2006 to 2012. He was a director for the Scottish Rugby Union until December 2021. Rugby Union career ...

from March 2006 *Assistant coach:

Shade Munro Donald Shade Munro (born 19 November 1966, Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player, who played at lock/second row. Rugby union career Amateur career In Scotland he played for Eastwood High School (Newton Mearns) and subsequently ...

*Assistant coach:

to March 2006. *Assistant coach:

Gary Mercer Gary Ivan Mercer (born 22 June 1966) is a New Zealand rugby league and rugby union coach and former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative player, he has spent most of his career in Britain both playing ...

from June 2005. *Strength and Fitness Coach: Mark Bitcon *Academy coach: Stephen Gemmell

Staff

Media Manager: Sarah Niblock
Marketing Manager: Fraser Bedwell
Team Facilitators: Dougie Mills, Kim Gray
Sales & Promotions Executive: Colin Marr
Business Manager: Diane Murphy
Team Doctor: Gerry Haggerty
Physiotherapists: Bob Stewart, Lisa Casey

Squad

Academy players

Stuart Corsar Stuart Corsar (born 28 March 1984 in Inverurie, Scotland) is a former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors at the Loosehead Prop position. Corsar was a member of Glasgow Warriors Elite Development Players (Academy squad) was promoted to a f ...

- Prop * James Eddie - Flanker * John Barclay - Flanker * Scott Forrest - Number Eight * Iain Kennedy - Fly-half * Colin Gregor - Fly-half

Player statistics

During the 2005–06 season, Glasgow have used 38 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.

Staff movements

Coaches

Promotions

to Head Coach

Personnel in

from

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Rugby League

Personnel out

Player movements

Academy promotions

Player transfers

In

* Graham Calder from

Currie Currie is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. It is situated be ...

* Steven Manning from

Ayr Ayr ( ; ; , meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With ...

* Calum Cusiter from Boroughmuir * Ben Addison from Stirling County * Gavin Dodd from

Oldham R.L.F.C. Oldham Rugby League Football Club, is a professional rugby league football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The club plays home games at Boundary Park and competes in RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British ...

(RL) * Ben Cairns from

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

(loan)

Out

* Graham Calder to

* Steven Manning to

* Calum Cusiter to Boroughmuir * Ben Addison to Stirling County * Gavin Dodd to

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(RL) * Steven Duffy to

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* Ben Cairns to

(loan ends)

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Match 1

Ayr:
Replacements:
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Corsar, Fergus Thomson, Ben Prescott, Tim Barker, Dan Turner, Paul Dearlove, Andy Wilson, Jon Petrie, Sam Pinder, Scott Barrow, Ben Addison, Iain Kennedy, Andy Craig, Rory Lamont, Graydon Staniforth
Replacements: Scott Lawson, Steve Swindall, Dan Parks, Graham Calder, Mike Roberts, Gregor Hayter, Craig Hamilton, Colin Shaw,
Andrew Henderson, Lee Harrison, John Barclay

Match 2

Glasgow Warriors: Kevin Tkachuk, Scott Lawson, Lee Harrison, Craig Hamilton, Steve Swindall, Andy Wilson, Jon Petrie (captain)
Graeme Beveridge, Dan Parks, Mike Roberts, Andrew Henderson, Andy Craig, Rory Lamont, Colin Shaw
Replacements: (all used) Fergus Thomson, Paul Dearlove, Dan Turner, Colin Gregor, Eddie McLaughlin, Gregor Hayter, John Barclay,
Alasdhair MacFarlane, Graydon Staniforth, Stuart Corsar, Calvin Howarth
Rotherham Titans:Anthony Carter; David Strettle, Lee Blackett (captain), Tom Allen, Errie Classens; Mike Whitehead, Joe Bedford; Attie Pienaar, Neil Hannah, Jarleth Carey, Rob Walton, Nathan Pike, Hendre Fourie, Scott Donald, Neil Cochrane
Replacements: Morne Jonker, Lodewyk Strauss, N D Monye, Jon Golding, Adam Hopcroft, Lewi McGowan, Ben Wade

Match 3

Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Corsar, Fergus Thomson, Lee Harrison, James Eddie, Dan Turner, Gregor Hayter, John Barclay, Paul Dearlove, Alasdhair MacFarlane, Calvin Howarth, Rory Lamont, Scott Barrow, Iain Kennedy, Eddie McLaughlin, Graydon Staniforth
Replacements: Scott Lawson, Tim Barker, Andy Wilson, Colin Gregor, Eric Milligan, Calum Cusiter, Kevin Tkachuk, Jon Petrie, Stephen Manning, Ben Addison, Stephen Duffy
Edinburgh Gunners: Ben Cairns, Andrew Easson, Peter Jorgensen, Matt Dey, Michael Pyke, Duncan Hodge, Rory Lawson, Grant Anderson, Andrew Kelly, Allan Jacobsen, Fergus Pringle, Scott Murray, captain, Simon Cross, Allan Macdonald, Ally Strokosch.
Replacements: Nick De Luca, Simon Webster, Ander Monro, Jamie Blackwood, Craig Smith, Steven Lawrie, Dave Hewett, Ally Dickinson, Steven Turnbull, Matt Mustchin, Apolosi Satala

Match 4

Newcastle Falcons: M Burke; T May, J Noon, M Mayerhofler, A Elliott; D Walder, H Charlton
I Peel, A Long, T Paoletti, A Perry, G Parling, P Dowson, C Harris, C Charvis
Replacements: (all used) M Ward, R Morris, M Thompson, M Wilkinson, J Grindal, S Grimes, L Gross
E Williamson, M Tait, J Hoyle, T Flood, M McCarthy, B Woods Glasgow Warriors: Kevin Tkachuk, Scott Lawson, Lee Harrison, Gregor Hayter, Craig Hamilton, Paul Dearlove, Andy Wilson, Jon Petrie,
Sam Pinder, Dan Parks, Mike Roberts, Andrew Henderson, Andy Craig, Rory Lamont, Colin Shaw
Replacements: Fergus Thomson, Tim Barker, John Barclay, Graeme Beveridge, Calvin Howarth, Scott Barrow, Eddie McLaughlin,
Graydon Staniforth, Stuart Corsar, Dan Turner

Match 5

Newcastle Falcons Academy: Andrew Skeen, Cameron Johnston, Mark Laycock, Mark Wilkinson, Gareth Kerr, Joe Shaw, Lee Dickson,
Grant Anderson, Matt Thompson, David Wilson, Ben Marshall, Andy Buist, Eni Gesinde, Jamie Rennie, Greg Irvin
Replacements: Ross Batty, Danny Brown, Jonny Williams, Stuart Mackie, Phil Dawson, Phil Ludford, Tom Jokelson, Gavin Beasley,
James Shiel Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Corsar, Fergus Thomson, Lee Harrison, Tim Barker, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, Gregor Hayter, Paul Dearlove,
Graeme Beveridge, Colin Gregor, Colin Shaw, Scott Barrow, Graeme Morrison, Hefin O'Hare, Graydon Staniforth
Replacements: Eric Milligan, Scott Forrest, Sam Pinder, Steven Duffy, Gavin Dodd

European Champions Cup

Pool 5

Results

=Round 1

=Round 2

=Round 3

=Round 4

=Round 5

=Round 6

Magners Celtic League

Teams played 20 matches each but were deemed as playing 22 with 8 pts added to their score.

League table

Results

=Round 1

=Round 2

=Round 3

=Round 4

=Round 5

=Round 6

= Glasgow Warriors sat out this round.

=Round 7

=Round 8

=Round 9

=Round 10

= Glasgow Warriors sat out this round.

=Round 11

=Round 12

=Round 13

=Round 14

=Round 15

=Round 16

=Round 17

=Round 18

=Round 19

=Round 20

=Round 21

=Round 22

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

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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

Main sponsor

* Highland Spring

Official kit supplier

KooGa

Clud sponsors

* Maclay Murray & Spens * Visit Scotland

Partners

* McCrea Financial Services * The Glasgow Club

References

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