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The 2003–04 season was Ulster Rugby's ninth under professionalism, and their third under head coach Alan Solomons. They competed in the Heineken Cup, the Celtic League and the inaugural Celtic Cup.

Ulster introduced a new logo this season, featuring a red hand surrounded by the outline shapes of two crossed rugby balls in red and black, which remains in use. A proposal to rebrand the team the "Ulster Knights" was discussed, but rejected.[1]

The numbers of teams in the Celtic League was reduced from sixteen to twelve in a single league table, with a full home and away schedule increasing each team's fixture list from seven to 22 matches. There would be no playoffs to determine the league's champions, but a knockout competition, the Celtic Cup, was introduced alongside the league.[2] This meant that the Irish provinces could now operate as full-time professional clubs, with provincial players no longer able to play for clubs in the All-Ireland League.[3] Ulster finished second in the table. Tyrone Howe was the league's joint third leading try scorer with nine.[4] In the Heineken Cup, they came third in Pool 1, not qualifying for the knockout stage. They won the Celtic Cup, defeating Edinburgh in the final.

Making their debuts for the province this season were props Bryan Young and Simon Shawe, lock Tim Barker, back row forward Roger Wilson, scrum-half Reece Spee, wing Tommy Bowe and centre Seamus Mallon. New signings were props Ronan McCormack and Rod Moore, locks Rowan Frost and Matt Mustchin, and centre Paul Steinmetz.

James Topping became only the second player, after Gary Longwell, to make 100 appearances for Ulster.[5] Tommy Bowe was named IRUPA Young Player of the Year.[6] Roger Wilson was Ulster's Player of the Year.

Head coach Alan Solomons and forwards coach Adrian Kennedy left at the end of the season to join Northampton Saints.[7] Backs coach Mark McCall was named as the new head coach.[8]

Staff

Position Name Nationality
Chief Executive Michael Reid Шаблон:Flag
Director of Rugby Alan Solomons Шаблон:Flag
Team manager John McComish Шаблон:Flag
Forwards coach Adrian Kennedy Шаблон:Flag
Backs coach Mark McCall Шаблон:Flag
Assistant conditioning coach John McCloskey Шаблон:Flag
Physiotherapist Gareth Robinson Шаблон:Flag

Squad

Senior squad

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Players out

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Ulster Rugby squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
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2003–04 Heineken Cup

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Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Stade Français 6 4 0 2 11 8 3 134 80 54 1 1 18
Шаблон:Flagicon Leicester Tigers 6 3 0 3 17 10 7 137 115 22 3 0 15
Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster 6 3 0 3 10 9 1 109 106 3 1 1 14
Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons 6 2 0 4 5 16 −11 67 146 −79 0 1 9

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2003-04 Celtic League

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Llanelli Scarlets 22 16 1 5 597 385 +212 57 39 7 3 76
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster 22 15 0 7 617 363 +254 67 29 8 4 72
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons 22 16 0 6 590 449 +141 59 41 7 1 72
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Celtic Warriors 22 14 0 8 560 451 +109 48 37 5 4 65
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Neath-Swansea Ospreys 22 11 1 10 582 512 +70 55 60 5 4 55
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff Blues 22 11 0 11 570 467 +103 73 54 7 3 54
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Munster 22 10 0 12 422 456 −34 45 49 6 5 51
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster 22 9 1 12 523 580 −57 51 65 4 5 47
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht 22 8 2 12 479 550 −71 50 59 5 3 44
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Edinburgh 22 9 0 13 454 622 −168 52 69 6 2 44
11 Шаблон:Flagicon Glasgow 22 6 1 15 442 614 −172 52 61 3 3 32
12 Шаблон:Flagicon 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)
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Semi-final

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Final

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Ulster Rugby Awards

The Ulster Rugby Awards ceremony was held at the Ramada Hotel on 20 May 2004. Winners were:[20]

References

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  1. Gavin Mairs, "It's good Knight to a new name for Ulster", Belfast Telegraph, 27 January 2004
  2. "New format boost for Celtic League", Irish Independent, 7 May 2003
  3. [Jimmy Davidson, "Club Ulster is perfect route to success for Solomons", Belfast Telegraph, 9 May 2003
  4. Statzone, Pro12 Rugby, retrieved 2 June 2022
  5. Gavin Mairs, "Topping in line to hit Ulster century", Belfast Telegraph, 31 Match 2004
  6. "Tommy Bowe - IRUPA Young Player of the Year", Ulster Rugby, 20 May 2004, archived 5 June 2004
  7. "Solomons Leaving Ulster", Irish Rugby, 16 February 2004
  8. "McCall gets call to coach Ulster", The Irish Times, 23 March 2004
  9. 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 9,4 9,5 9,6 9,7 9,8 Gavin Mairs, "Rugby: New faces on show as Ulster slip into gear", Belfast Telegraph, 4 July 2008
  10. 10,0 10,1 "Ulster sign Connacht duo", BBC Sport, 23 April 2003
  11. "Moore signs for Ulster", BBC Sport, 30 August 2003
  12. "Spee moves to Harlequins", BBC Sport, 4 June 2003
  13. "Steinmetz heading for Ulster", BBC Sport, 8 July 2003
  14. Richard Mulligan, "Solly: Young will do job", News Letter, 26 September 2003
  15. "Blair to quit Ulster", RTÉ, 10 April 2003
  16. Jim Stokes, "Davidson forced to retire", BBC Sport, 2 May 2003
  17. Barry Coughlan, "Castres deal lures Fitzpatrick from Ulster", Irish Examiner, 4 April 2003
  18. "AIL Finals Previews", The Irish Times, 10 May 2003
  19. "Ulster's 2002/3 squad", BBC Sport, 2 July 2002
  20. "Emotional end to Ulster season", Belfast Telegraph, 21 May 2004