Magners Catch-Up: League Statistics

TOP POINTS SCORERS (After first full round):

35 – Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (1 conversion and 11 penalties)
34 – Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) (5 conversions, 7 penalties and 1 drop goal)
22 – Ceiron Thomas (Llanelli Scarlets) (2 conversions and 6 penalties)
21 – Aled Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons) (3 conversions and 5 penalties), Paul Warwick (Munster) (1 try, 2 conversions and 4 penalties)
17 – Tim Donnelly (Connacht) (1 conversion, 4 penalties and 1 drop goal)
15 – Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues) (3 tries), Tal Selley (Cardiff Blues) (3 tries)
13 – Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (1 try, 1 conversion and 2 penalties)
12 – Niall O’Connor (Ulster) (4 penalties)
11 – Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) (1 conversion and 3 penalties), Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (1 conversion and 3 penalties)

TOP TRY SCORERS:

3 – Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Tal Selley (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Williams (Cardiff Blues)

BEST KICKING RECORDS:

100% – Tim Donnelly (Connacht) 5 out of 5 (Streak – last 5)
88.89% – Aled Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons) 8 out of 9 (Streak – last 4)
85.71% – Paul Warwick (Munster) 6 out of 7 (Streak – last 3)
80% – Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) 4 out of 5 (Streak – last 4)
75% – Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 12 out of 16 (Streak – missed last kick)
72.73% – Ceiron Thomas (Llanelli Scarlets) 8 out of 11 (Streak – last 2 )
66.67% – Niall O’Connor (Ulster) 4 out of 6 (Streak – last 1)
60% – Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 12 out of 20 (Streak – missed last 2)
50% – Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) 3 out of 6 (Streak – last 1)

LEAGUE RECORD CENTRE:

INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS (Best in 2007/08) –

Most Points – 21 – Paul Warwick (Munster v Scarlets, Sept 22)

Most Tries – 2 – Tal Selley (Blues v Dragons, Sept 7), Jamie Roberts (Blues v Glasgow, Sept 21)

Most Conversions – 3 – Nick Robinson (Blues v Dragons, Sept 7)

Most Penalty Goals – 5 – Shaun Connor (Ospreys v Blues, Aug 31)

Most Drop Goals – 1 – Nick Robinson (Blues v Dragons, Sept 7), Tim Donnelly (Connacht v Dragons, Sept 21)

Fastest Try – 51 seconds – Rhys Thomas (Dragons v Scarlets, Sept 1)

Quickest Bonus Point Try – 45 minutes – Jamie Roberts (Blues v Glasgow, Sept 21)

TEAM RECORDS (Best in 2007/08) –

Most Points In A Home Game – 32-16, Blues v Glasgow (Arms Park, Sept 21)

Most Points In An Away Game – 40-13, Blues v Dragons (Rodney Parade, Sept 7)

Highest Aggregate Of Points In A Game – 53 points, Scarlets 23 Dragons 30 (Stradey Park, Sept 1)

Biggest Home Win – 16 points, Blues 32 Glasgow 16 (Arms Park, Sept 21)

Biggest Away Win – 27 points, Dragons 13 Blues 40 (Rodney Parade, Sept 7)

Best Attendance (Regular Season) – 10,143, Ospreys v Scarlets (Liberty Stadium, Sept 11)

PLAYING CARDS IN THE MAGNERS LEAGUE:

The newly developed Specsavers Fairplay League will reward the best disciplinary record, with the club/province with the fewest disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, and 3 points for each red card or upheld citing) at the end of each season given GBP£10,000 to spend on their youth development programme.

There is currently a five-way tie at the top of the Fairplay League with the four Irish provinces joined by Edinburgh. Bottom of the table with three yellow cards each are the Cardiff Blues and Newport Gwent Dragons.

LEAGUE CAREERS: TOP TENS:

MOST POINTS –

769 – David Humphreys
635 – Gavin Henson
613 – Dan Parks
590 – Felipe Contepomi
532 – Nick Robinson
484 – Gareth Bowen
393 – Chris Paterson
388 – Ronan O’Gara
364 – Ceri Sweeney
351 – Craig Warlow

MOST GAMES –

90 – Adam Black
89 – Andrew Hall
88 – Gareth Wyatt
87 – Matthew Watkins
86 – Jamie Ringer
85 – Peter Sidoli
83 – Andrew Farley, Deiniol Jones, Andy Newman

MOST TRIES –

28 – Denis Hickie
27 – Matthew Watkins
24 – Jason Forster
23 – Simon Webster, Tommy Bowe
22 – Gareth Wyatt
21 – Barry Davies
20 – Conor McPhillips, Shane Williams