Bowe Tops Try-Scoring Charts

Ireland winger Tommy Bowe finished the 2012 RBS 6 Nations as the Championship’s top try scorer with five tries. The Monaghan man is now third on the all-time Irish list with 24 tries in 49 Tests.

2012 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS:

AFTER ROUND 5 –

TOP POINTS SCORERS:

66 – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
63 – Owen Farrell (England)
56 – Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)
33 – Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
27 – Morgan Parra (France)
25 – Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
20 – Wesley Fofana (France)
19 – Kris Burton (Italy)
16 – Dimitri Yachvili (France)
15 – Lionel Beauxis (France), Alex Cuthbert (Wales)
10 – Rory Best (Ireland), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Charlie Hodgson (England), Andrew Trimble (Ireland), Giovanbattista Venditti (Italy)
8 – Tobie Botes (Italy)
6 – Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Dan Parks (Scotland)
5 – Tommaso Benvenuti (Italy), Vincent Clerc (France), Tom Court (Ireland), Tom Croft (England), Keith Earls (Ireland), Ben Foden (England), Richie Gray (Scotland), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Lee Jones (Scotland), Julien Malzieu (France), Fergus McFadden (Ireland), Maxime Medard (France), George North (Wales), Sergio Parisse (Italy), Eoin Reddan (Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Wales), Aurelien Rougerie (France), Manu Tuilagi (England), Scott Williams (Wales), Ben Youngs (England)

TOP TRY SCORERS:

5 – Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
4 – Wesley Fofana (France)
3 – Alex Cuthbert (Wales)
2 – Rory Best (Ireland), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Leigh Halfpenny (Wales), Charlie Hodgson (England), Andrew Trimble (Ireland), Giovanbattista Venditti (Italy)
1 – Tommaso Benvenuti (Italy), Vincent Clerc (France), Tom Court (Ireland), Tom Croft (England), Keith Earls (Ireland), Ben Foden (England), Richie Gray (Scotland), Stuart Hogg (Scotland), Lee Jones (Scotland), Julien Malzieu (France), Fergus McFadden (Ireland), Maxime Medard (France), George North (Wales), Sergio Parisse (Italy), Eoin Reddan (Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Wales), Aurelien Rougerie (France), Manu Tuilagi (England), Scott Williams (Wales), Ben Youngs (England)

TOP GOAL SCORERS:

23 – Owen Farrell (England)
22 – Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)
21 – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
10 – Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Morgan Parra (France)
6 – Dimitri Yachvili (France)
5 – Kris Burton (Italy)
4 – Lionel Beauxis (France)
3 – Tobie Botes (Italy)
2 – Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Dan Parks (Scotland)
1 – Julien Dupuy (France), Rhys Priestland (Wales), Duncan Weir (Scotland)

TOP STRIKE RATE:

100% – Dan Parks (Scotland) (2/2), Duncan Weir (Scotland) (1/1)
84% – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) (21/25)
82% – Owen Farrell (England) (23/28)
78% – Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) (22/28)
75% – Dimitri Yachvili (France) (6/8)
71% – Morgan Parra (France) (10/14), Kris Burton (Italy) (5/7), Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) (10/14)
66% – Lionel Beauxis (France) (4/6)
50% – Julien Dupuy (France) (1/2), Mirco Bergamasco (Italy) (2/4)
37% – Tobie Botes (Italy) (3/8)

TEAM TRIES FOR/AGAINST:

13/8 – IRELAND
10/3 – WALES
8/8 – FRANCE
7/4 – ENGLAND
4/11 – SCOTLAND
4/12 – ITALY

TEAM POINTS:

121 – IRELAND
109 – WALES
101 – FRANCE
98 – ENGLAND
56 – SCOTLAND
53 – ITALY

TEAM STRIKE RATE:

82% – ENGLAND
78% – IRELAND
76% – SCOTLAND
70% – WALES, FRANCE
52% – ITALY