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AIB League: All-Time Top Try Scorers By Club

The AIB League’s very own ‘Statto’, Des Daly has been keeping track of the competition’s results and statistics down through the years. Here is his list of the all-time top try scorers by Club in AIB League history.

St. Mary’s, Leinster and Ireland winger John McWeeney still tops the list of all-time try scorers in the AIB League with a grand total of 56 tries.

City of Derry’s Steven Smyth comes in a close second with 52 tries in his AIB League career, while former Barnhall and Leinster star Brendan Burke comes in third.

Other entries on the list include Shannon’s John Lacey, now a regional development officer with the Munster Branch. The Ireland squad’s current video analyst Mervyn Murphy also features on the list having clocked up 24 tries for Galwegians.

Former Dungannon and Ireland wide man Tyrone Howe is at number eighteen on the list with 28 tries, while current Naas player-coach Andy Melville, who featured on this site recently, scored 35 tries for his old club County Carlow.

AIB League All-Time Top Try Scorers

Club	Player	Tries
St. MARYS C.	John McWeeney	56
CITY OF DERRY	Steven Smyth	52
BARNHALL	Brendan Burke	49
GREYSTONES	David McKechnie	49
SHANNON	John Lacey	45
CLONAKILTY	Noel O’Sullivan	38
Co. CARLOW	Andy Melville	35
MALONE	Scott Carroll	34
BALLYMENA	Jimmy Topping	33
CORK CON	Brian Walsh	33
BFAST HARLEQUINS	Jonny Lowe	32
OLD CRESCENT	Niall O’Brien	30
UL-BOHEMIAN	Martin McPhail	30
BANBRIDGE	Gareth Martin	29
TERENURE C.	David Coleman	29
DLS-PALMERSTON	Brian Hogan	28
DUNGANNON	Tyrone Howe	28
YOUNG MUNSTER	Derek Corcoran	28
UC-DUBLIN	David Blaney	26
WANDERERS	Dan O’Sullivan	26
BECTIVE RANGERS	Paul Hatton	24
BLACKROCK C.	Niall Woods/ Gary Brown	24
GALWEGIANS	Mervyn Murphy	24
GARRYOWEN	Killian Keane	24
BALLYNAHINCH	Stephen Seymour	23
BUCCANEERS	Mike Devine	23
DUBLIN UNIVERITY	Mick McDonagh	23
LANSDOWNE	Fiachra Baynes	23
OLD WESLEY	Brian Doherty	23
CLONTARF	David Moore	22
CORINTHIANS	Johnny Morrison	22
SUNDAYS WELL	Declan Coppinger	22
WATERPARK	Gary Conway	22
DOLPHIN	James Coughlan	21
BRUFF	Finbarr Hogan	19
INSTONIANS	Adam Telford	19
MIDLETON	Kieran Wall	19
OLD BELVEDERE	Kevin Barden	19
QU-BELFAST	Michael Barker	18
UC-CORK	Richie Lane	18
SUTTONIANS	David Walsh	18
NAAS	Mark Waldron	17
CONNEMARA	Alan Keogh	15
HIGHFIELD	Billy Quinlan	15
THOMOND	Michael Long	14
ARDS	Andy Park	13
NENAGH ORMOND	Trevor Powell	12
RAINEY OLD BOYS	Damien Campbell	12