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Magners League: Round 15 Review

With just three rounds to go in this season’s Magners League, Leinster have one hand on the title following Saturday’s 21-12 victory at home to Munster. The previous night, Ulster put some distance between themselves and Connacht at the bottom of the table by overcoming the westerners by 18-6 at Ravenhill.

2007/08 MAGNERS LEAGUE – AFTER ROUND 15:

TOP TRY SCORERS –

8 – Tom James (Cardiff Blues)

7 – Regan King (Llanelli Scarlets)

6 – Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues)

5 – Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster)

4 – Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors), Tal Selley (Cardiff Blues), Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh)

TOP POINTS SCORERS –

123 – Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (4 tries, 8 conversions, 26 penalty goals and 3 drop goals)

107 – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (16 conversions and 25 penalty goals)

105 – Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (2 tries, 16 conversions and 21 penalty goals)

103 – Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (1 try, 7 conversions, 25 penalty goals and 3 drop goals)

101 – Paul Warwick (Munster) (2 tries, 14 conversions and 21 penalty goals)

94 – Phil Godman (Edinburgh) (1 try, 16 conversions, 18 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

82 – Tim Donnelly (Connacht) (1 try, 4 conversions, 9 penalty goals and 4 drop goals)

63 – Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (2 tries, 13 conversions and 9 penalty goals)

62 – Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (2 tries, 5 conversions, 12 penalty goals and 2 drop goals)

60 – Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) (1 try, 5 conversions, 13 penalty goals and 2 drop goals)

BEST GOAL KICKERS –

83.33% – James Hook (Ospreys) (15 successful kicks out of 18 attempts)

80% – David Blair (Edinburgh) (8/10)

77.78% – Ronan O’Gara (Munster) (14/18)

77.36% – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (41/53)

77.27% – Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (34/44)

76.67% – Tim Donnelly (Connacht) (23/30)

72.73% – Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (32/44)

71.15% – Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (37/52)

70% – Aled Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons) (21/30), Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets) (14/20)

Qual: 10 place kicks at goal

RESULTS ROUND-UP –

Friday, April 11, 2008 at Ravenhill
Ulster (3) 18: Tom Court(T) Matt McCullough(T) Paddy Wallace(C/P) Niall O’Connor(P)
Connacht (3) 6: Andy Dunne(P) Troy Nathan(P)
Attendance: 9,248

Ulster v Connacht Match Report

Ulster v Connacht Match Photos

Friday, April 11, 2008 at Firhill Arena
Glasgow Warriors (10) 23: Dan Parks(2T/2C/2D/P)
Edinburgh (11) 14: Phil Godman(3P) Andrew Turnbull(T)
Attendance: 4,731

Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Arms Park
Cardiff Blues (17) 35: Ben Blair(T/3C/2P) Tom James(T) Nick Robinson(T/D) Marc Stcherbina(T)
Llanelli Scarlets (14) 26: Jon Davies(T) Mark Jones(T) Dwayne Peel(T) Morgan Stoddart(T) Stephen Jones(3C)
Attendance: 10,216

Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Royal Dublin Society
Leinster (12) 21: Felipe Contepomi(6P) Jonathan Sexton(D)
Munster (6) 12: Paul Warwick(2P) Ronan O’Gara(2P)
Attendance: 18,500