2002 �03 EUROPEAN SHIELD

2002-03 European Shield
2002-03 European Shield
Tournament details
Countries	France; Italy; Romania; Spain; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	6 December 2002 - 25 May 2003
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	29
Attendance	44,380 (1,530 per match)
Tries scored	182 (6.28 per match)
Final
Venue	Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance	4,000
Champions	Castres Olympique (1st title)
Runners-up	Caerphilly
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The 2002–03 European Shield (known as the Parker Pen Shield for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 1st season of the European Shield, Europe's third-tier club rugby union competition below the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup. A total of 16 teams participated, representing five different countries.

This competition was contested between the first round losers from the 2002–03 European Challenge Cup.^[2] The structure of the competition was a purely knockout format; teams played each other on a home and away basis, with the aggregate points winner proceeding to the next round. The final was a single leg.

The competition began on 6 December 2002 and culminated in the final at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on 25 May 2003. Castres Olympique secured a victory over Caerphilly in the final and picked up their first piece of European Club silverware.

Teams

This competition was contested between the 16 first round losers from the 2002–03 European Challenge Cup.

France	Italy	Romania	Spain	Wales
Castres Olympique Grenoble Mont de Marsan Pau	Gran Parma L'Aquila Overmach Parma Petrarca Padova Rugby Roma Rovigo Rugby Silea	Dinamo București	La Moraleja UC Madrid	Caerphilly Ebbw Vale

Matches

Round 1

1st leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[3]

6 December 2002
19:30

Castres Olympique	14 – 13	Grenoble
	Report

Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Giovanni Morandin (Italy)

7 December 2002
14:00

Ebbw Vale	37 – 16	UC Madrid
	Report

Eugene Cross Park
Attendance: 900
Referee: Antonio Lombardi (Italy)

7 December 2002
14:00

Gran Parma	21 – 16	Pau
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Roy Maybank (England)

7 December 2002
14:30

Rovigo	26 – 22	Caerphilly
	Report

Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini
Attendance: 450
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

7 December 2002
14:30

Rugby Roma	18 – 38	Petrarca Padova
	Report

Stadio Tre Fontane
Attendance: 700
Referee: Colin Saunders (Wales)

7 December 2002
16:30

La Moraleja	26 – 19	Overmach Parma
	Report

Pol. Municipal de Alcobendas
Attendance: 800
Referee: Gregg Davis (Scotland)

7 December 2002
19:00

Mont de Marsan	17 – 7	Rugby Silea
	Report

Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Ashley Rowden (England)

8 December 2002
15:00

L'Aquila	24 – 27	Dinamo București
	Report

Stadio Tommaso Fattori
Attendance: 500
Referee: Franck Maciello (France)

2nd leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[4]

14 December 2002
14:30

Caerphilly	58 – 17	Rovigo
	Report

Virginia Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Gregg Davies (Scotland)

14 December 2002
14:30

Petrarca Padova	14 – 14	Rugby Roma
	Report

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tony Redmond (Ireland)

14 December 2002
15:00

Rugby Silea	17 – 32	Mont de Marsan
	Report

Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Keri Evans (Wales)

14 December 2002
15:30

UC Madrid	16 – 38	Ebbw Vale
	Report

Estadio Nacional ComplutenseCiudad Universitaria
Attendance: 350
Referee: Stefano Mancini (Italy)

14 December 2002
17:30

Grenoble	30 – 31	Castres Olympique
	Report

Stade Lesdiguières
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)

14 December 2002
19:00

Overmach Parma	26 – 13	La Moraleja
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 750
Referee: Roy Maybank (England)

14 December 2002
19:00

Pau	30 – 20	Gran Parma
	Report

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Paul Adams (Wales)

15 December 2002
13:00

Dinamo București	26 – 24	L'Aquila
	Report

Complexul Cultural Sportiv
Attendance: 500
Referee: John Hogg (Scotland)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Quarter-final	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Ebbw Vale	4 – 0	75 – 32	43	UC Madrid
Mont de Marsan	4 – 0	49 – 24	25	Rugby Silea
Dinamo București	4 – 0	53 – 48	5	L'Aquila
Castres Olympique	4 – 0	45 – 43	2	Grenoble
Petrarca Padova	3 – 1	52 – 32	20	Rugby Roma
Caerphilly	2 – 2	80 – 43	37	Rovigo
Overmach Parma	2 – 2	45 – 39	6	La Moraleja
Pau	2 – 2	46 – 41	5	Gran Parma

Quarter-finals

1st leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[5]

11 January 2003
14:00

Ebbw Vale	29 – 3	Pau
	Report

Eugene Cross Park
Attendance: 600
Referee: Steve Leyshon (England)

11 January 2003
14:30

Caerphilly	41 – 28	Overmach Parma
	Report

Virginia Park
Attendance: 650
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

11 January 2003
14:30

Petrarca Padova	15 – 16	Mont de Marsan
	Report

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 600
Referee: David Changleng (Scotland)

12 January 2003

Dinamo București	0 – 88	Castres Olympique
	Report

Complexul Cultural Sportiv
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ashley Rowden (England)

2nd leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[6]

17 January 2003
18:30

Castres Olympique	123 – 0	Dinamo București
	Report

Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 350
Referee: Steve Leyshon (England)

18 January 2003
14:30

Overmach Parma	15 – 10	Caerphilly
	Report

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Attendance: 300
Referee: Didier Mene (France)

18 January 2003
18:00

Mont de Marsan	16 – 30	Petrarca Padova
	Report

Stade Guy Boniface
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paul Adams (Wales)

18 January 2003
19:00

Pau	63 – 17	Ebbw Vale
	Report

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Andy Ireland (Scotland)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Semifinal	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Castres Olympique	4 – 0	211 – 0	211	Dinamo București
Pau	2 – 2	66 – 46	20	Ebbw Vale
Petrarca Padova	2 – 2	45 – 32	13	Mont de Marsan
Caerphilly	2 – 2	51 – 43	8	Overmach Parma

Semifinals

1st leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[7]

11 April 2003
19:00

Castres Olympique	54 – 25	Pau
	Report

Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Giulio De Santis (Italy)

12 April 2003
16:00

Petrarca Padova	10 – 28	Caerphilly
	Report

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gregg Davies (Scotland)

2nd leg

All kickoff times are local to the match location.^[8]

25 April 2003
19:30

Caerphilly	26 – 33	Petrarca Padova
	Report

Virginia Park
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Eric Darrière (France)

26 April 2003
17:30

Pau	26 – 24	Castres Olympique
	Report

Stade du Hameau
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roy Maybank (England)

Aggregate Results

Proceed to Final	Match points	Aggregate score	Points margin	Eliminated from competition
Castres Olympique	2 – 2	78 – 51	27	Pau
Caerphilly	2 – 2	54 – 43	11	Petrarca Padova

Final

25 May 2003
13:00

Caerphilly	12 – 40	Castres Olympique
Try: Boobyer El-Abd Con: Thomas (1)	Report	Try: Roque Forment (2) Spanghero Arbo Con: Teulet (3) Pen: Teulet (3)

Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Donal Courtney ( Ireland)

External links

BBC Parker Pen 2002/3 results summary

References

^ "European Shield History". ERC. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ "Challenge Cup European Champions". ERC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
^ "All-French Kick-off For Parker Pen Shield". ERC. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ "Kick-off Times". ERC. 10 December 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
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^ "Quarter Finals First Leg Review". ERC. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ "Parken Pen Shield Quarter-final Draw". ERC. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ "Semi-final Teams". ERC. 10 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ "Parker Pen Shield Semi-final Teams". ERC. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[1] "European Shield History". ERC. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[2] "Challenge Cup European Champions". ERC. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

[3] "All-French Kick-off For Parker Pen Shield". ERC. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

[4] "Kick-off Times". ERC. 10 December 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[5] "Quarter Finals First Leg Review". ERC. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[6] "Parken Pen Shield Quarter-final Draw". ERC. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[7] "Semi-final Teams". ERC. 10 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

[8] "Parker Pen Shield Semi-final Teams". ERC. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.^{[
permanent dead link]}

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Teams

Matches

Round 1

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Semifinals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Final

See also

External links

References

Teams

Matches

Round 1

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Semifinals

1st leg

2nd leg

Aggregate Results

Final

See also

External links

References

Videos

Websites

Encyclopedia

Facebook

2002-03 European Shield
Tournament details
Countries	France Italy Romania Spain Wales
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	6 December 2002 - 25 May 2003
Tournament statistics
Teams	16
Matches played	29
Attendance	44,380 (1,530 per match)
Tries scored	182 (6.28 per match)
Final
Venue	Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance	4,000
Champions	Castres Olympique (1st title)
Runners-up	Caerphilly
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