The Time to Play is over, the time to review is here. Who scored the most points? The most tries? It is all here in our Magners League Review.
The Ospreys have been crowned 2006-07 Magners League Champions after a 26-16 win over the Border Reivers on Saturday evening. However they were pushed all the way by the Scottish side, who were playing their last ever game. Sonny Parker scored two tries as the Ospreys piped Cardiff Blues to the title by a solitary point creating a Welsh 1-2 in the Magners League final table.
The Blues had kept themselves in the running for the trophy thanks to a 27-11 bonus point win over Leinster on Friday night – which had ended Leinster’s own title aspirations, but they did end the season as the top Irish finisher for the first time.
Elsewhere on Friday night Llanelli Scarlets and Ulster both ended their campaigns with wins; the Scarlets beating Connacht 19-10 and Ulster overcoming Edinburgh 16-10, whilst on Saturday Munster continued their fine end to the season, securing sixth place in the table thanks to a 38-20 victory over Glasgow Warriors, the highest placed Scottish team.
2001-02 Leinster beat Munster 24-20 in the final at Lansdowne Road on 15 December 2001
2002-03 Munster beat Neath 37-17 in the final at Millennium Stadium on 1 February 2003
2003-04 Llanelli Scarlets topped the table with 76 points from 22 matches
2004-05 Ospreys headed the table with 76 points from 20 matches
2005-06 Ulster topped the table with 75 points from 20 matches (including 8 points from bye weeks)
2006-07 Ospreys headed the table with 64 points from 20 matches
Nobody could quite match Felipe Contempomi’s 2005/06 tally of 287 points. Glasgow’s Dan Parks topped the scoring list with Contepomi in second place.
Player
Team
Apps
Tries
Cons
Pens
DG
Total
Dan Parks
Glasgow Warriors
16+3
4
27
38
3
197
Felipe Contepomi
Leinster
16+2
4
34
33
0
187
Ben Blair
Cardiff Blues
16
5
24
29
0
160
David Humphreys
Ulster
15+1
1
25
31
0
148
Ceri Sweeney
Newport Gwent Dragons
14
2
14
31
2
137
James Hook
Ospreys
12+3
2
18
26
1
127
Stephen Jones
Llanelli Scarlets
10
2
23
20
0
116
Chris Paterson
Edinburgh
11
2
14
25
0
113
Mark McHugh
Connacht
17+2
1
10
25
2
106
Ceiron Thomas
Llanelli Scarlets
13+5
4
12
17
0
95
Ronan O’Gara
Munster
9+2
0
15
20
0
90
Paul Warwick
Connacht
16+2
4
11
14
2
90
Calum MacRae
Border Reivers
14
0
5
23
0
79
Jeremy Manning
Munster
10+4
0
7
18
2
74
Shaun Connor
Ospreys
8+4
1
8
10
3
60
Duncan Hodge
Edinburgh
8+9
1
8
11
2
60
Colin Gregor
Glasgow Warriors
6+9
1
4
11
1
49
Paul Steinmetz
Ulster
16+1
5
3
6
0
49
Nick Robinson
Cardiff Blues
16+2
2
7
6
2
48
Aled Thomas
Newport Gwent Dragons
8+3
1
10
5
1
43
Barry Davies
Llanelli Scarlets
9+5
7
1
0
0
37
Paddy Wallace
Ulster
16+2
1
5
6
1
36
The record haul stands at 12 tries in a season – Jamie Robinson of Cardiff in 2003/04 and Kevin Morgan of the Dragons in 2004/05.
Despite Leinster’s star studded backline it is back row Jamie Heaslip who leads the way, tied on seven tries with Ulster’s Andrew Trimble and Barry Davies and Darren Danile of the Scarlets.
| Player | Team | Apps | Tries |
Barry Davies | Llanelli Scarlets | 9+5 | 7 |
Darren Daniel | Llanelli Scarlets | 14+1 | 7 |
Jamie Heaslip | Leinster | 20 | 7 |
Andrew Trimble | Ulster | 13 | 7 |
Denis Hickie | Leinster | 16 | 6 |
Dafydd James | Llanelli Scarlets | 12+1 | 6 |
Shane Williams | Ospreys | 13 | 6 |
Tom Shanklin | Cardiff Blues | 9+4 | 6 |
Aled Brew | Newport Gwent Dragons | 15+2 | 5 |
Adam Black | Newport Gwent Dragons | 18+1 | 5 |
Ben Blair | Cardiff Blues | 16 | 5 |
Lee Byrne | Ospreys | 12+3 | 5 |
Bryn Cunningham | Ulster | 15+1 | 5 |
Gavin Evans | Llanelli Scarlets | 13+4 | 5 |
Shane Horgan | Leinster | 11 | 5 |
Regan King | Llanelli Scarlets | 16+2 | 5 |
Xavier Rush | Cardiff Blues | 18 | 5 |
Paul Steinmetz | Ulster | 16+1 | 5 |
Only one red card was handed out this season – to Martyn Williams.
Leinster, unffortunately, top the table in this one with a total seventeen (17) yellows. Leinster top scorer was also their top offender as Felipe Contempomi picked up three yellows in the league.
Munster on fifteen (15) yellows were the second highest in the league, and Connacht on fourteen (14) just behind them. Ulster were the best of the provinces and the best in the league with only six yellow cards to their name.
Leinster: Felipe Contepomi(3), Brian Blaney(2), Ronan McCormack(3), Jamie Heaslip(2), Stan Wright(2), Keith Gleeson, Will Green, Denis Hickie, Malcolm O’Kelly, Fosi Pa’alamo.
Munster: Donnacha Ryan(2), Marcus Horan(2), Tony Buckley, Brian Carney, Andy Kyriacou, Denis Leamy, Donncha O’Callaghan, Mick O’Driscoll, Ronan O’Gara, John O’Sullivan, Federico Pucciariello, Tim Ryan, Frankie Sheahan.
Connacht: Matt Lacey(3), David Gannon(2), Mark McHugh(2), John Muldoon(2), Colm Rigney, Brett Sturgess, Michael Swift, Danny Riordan, Ted Robinson.
Ulster: Justin Harrison(2), Ryan Caldwell, Kieran Campbell, Matt McCullough, Andrew Trimble.
Most Points in a game: 25 – Felipe Contepomi (V Dragons, Nov4) and Ben Blair (Blues V Ospreys, Dec 23)
Most Penalty Goals in a game: 6 – Ronan O’Gara (V Leinster, Dec 27) and Colin Gregor (Warriors V Reivers Oct 6)
Fastest Try in a game: 21 seconds – Trevor Hogan (Leinster V Connacht Sept 29)
48,000: Leinster V Ulster , Lansdowne Road, December 31st – The Last Stand.
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