2002–03 Scottish Inter-District Championship

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

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.

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.)

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