Silvester Brace Moves Him Into Division 1A Top Try Scorer Contention

Last Saturday saw Michael Silvester and Craig Adams gain ground in the race to be crowned top try scorer in Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1A.

Silvester, the former Leinster winger, touched down twice during Lansdowne’s impressive 25-19 win over in-form Cork Constitution. He now has eight tries to his name for the league season.

Terenure’s Adams is one ahead of him on nine, his early score against Ballynahinch proving not enough in the end as the County Down side took the spoils in a gripping encounter at Ballymacarn Park.

He has joined Dublin University flyer Ronan Quinn on nine tries, just one behind the top flight’s leading try scorer, Clontarf hooker Dylan Donnellan.

Quinn’s Trinity team-mate, Aran Egan, scored a try and kicked a conversion in their 43-17 defeat at Shannon. He remains the division’s leading points scorer, accumulating 136 points so far, with only ‘Hinch’s Greg Hutley (110) a close challenger.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE MEN’S DIVISION 1A – TOP SCORERS AFTER ROUND 13:

POINTS –

136 – Aran Egan (Dublin University)

110 – Greg Hutley (Ballynahinch)

91 – Aidan Moynihan (Cork Constitution)

85 – Mike Cooke (Shannon)

81 – Conor Kelly (Clontarf)

76 – Evan Cusack (Young Munster)

72 – Caolan Dooley (Terenure College)

60 – Tony Butler (Garryowen)

56 – Conor Hayes (Young Munster)

55 – Peter Hastie (Lansdowne)

50 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf)

47 – Callum Smith (Terenure College)

45 – Craig Adams (Terenure College), Ronan Quinn (Dublin University)

43 – Tim Corkery (UCD)

40 – George Pringle (Ballynahinch), Michael Silvester (Lansdowne)

35 – James Dillon (Dublin University), Michael Moloney (UCD), Dan Walsh (Young Munster)

34 – Adam La Grue (Terenure College)

30 – Jordan Coghlan (Terenure College), Tadgh McElroy (Lansdowne), Alex O’Grady (UCD)

29 – George Coomber (Cork Constitution)

28 – Jack Delaney (Garryowen)

25 – Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Ross Deegan (UCD), Colm Hogan (Dublin University), James Murphy (Cork Constitution), Sean O’Brien (UCD), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Cillian Redmond (Lansdowne), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution)

20 – Max Abbott (Cork Constitution), Alan Bennie (Terenure College), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Matt D’Arcy (Clontarf), Harry Donnelly (UCD), Sean Galvin (Lansdowne), Alessandro Heaney (Cork Constitution), Paulo Leleisiuao (Young Munster), Sean McNulty (Terenure College), Cian O’Donoghue (Clontarf), JJ O’Neill (Garryowen), Conor Phillips (Young Munster), Clive Ross (Lansdowne)

17 – Tadhg Bird (Clontarf), Niall Carroll (UCD), Charlie Tector (Lansdowne)

15 – Henry Buttimer (Garryowen), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), Billy Crowley (Cork Constitution), Cormac Daly (Clontarf), Colm de Buitléar (Terenure College), Max Dunne (Dublin University), Mark Fleming (UCD), Greg Higgins (Cork Constitution), Dan Hurley (Shannon), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution), Gavin Jones (Dublin University), Angus Lloyd (Clontarf), Jamie Macartney (Ballynahinch), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Dylan O’Grady (UCD), Louis O’Reilly (Dublin University), Luke Rigney (Shannon)

13 – Jack Oliver (Garryowen), Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne)

12 – John O’Sullivan (Shannon)

10 – Mark Best (Ballynahinch), Conall Boomer (Terenure College), Matthew Bowen (Terenure College), Patrick Campbell (Young Munster), Thomas Connolly (Dublin University), Josh Costello (Shannon), Ethan Coughlan (Shannon), Michael Courtney (Clontarf), Alan Flannery (Shannon), Cormac Foley (Lansdowne), Brian Gleeson (Garryowen), Nick Greene (Garryowen), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Gerry Hill (UCD), Louis Kahn (Cork Constitution), Johnny Keane (Garryowen), Mick Kearney (Clontarf), Jade Kriel (Shannon), Temi Lasisi (Lansdowne), Donough Lawlor (Lansdowne), Bradley Luney (Ballynahinch), Stephen Lyons (Young Munster), Gus McCarthy (UCD), Shay McCarthy (Young Munster), Darragh Murphy (Lansdowne), Lee Nicholas (Shannon), Cathal O’Flaherty (Cork Constitution), Tony Ryan (Clontarf), Ivan Soroka (Clontarf), Peter Sullivan (Lansdowne), James Tarrant (UCD), Levi Vaughan (Terenure College)

9 – Chris Cosgrave (UCD), Colm Quilligan (Garryowen)

7 – Conor Kearns (Clontarf)

5 – Aitzol Arenzana King (Clontarf), Lee Barron (Dublin University), Jack Boyle (UCD), Ben Brownlee (UCD), Emmet Burns (UCD), Ruadhan Byron (Dublin University), Matthew Caffrey (Terenure College), Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University), Campbell Classon (Terenure College), Evin Coyle (UCD), Neil Cronin (Garryowen), James Culhane (UCD), Killian Dineen (Shannon), Conall Doherty (Lansdowne), Sean Duffy (Cork Constitution), Bryan Fitzgerald (Garryowen), John Foley (Young Munster), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Ben Griffin (Clontarf), Jack Harrington (Young Munster), Colm Heffernan (Shannon), Cian Hurley (Garryowen), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch), Fergus Jemphrey (Ballynahinch), Jack Kearney (Dublin University), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), Niall Kenneally (Cork Constitution), Alan Kennedy (Young Munster), James Kenny (Lansdowne), Luke Kerr (Cork Constitution), Matisse Lamarque d’Arrouzat (Cork Constitution), Ian Leonard (Cork Constitution), Alex Long (Shannon), Jack Lyons (Young Munster), Stephen Madigan (Lansdowne), Jack Matthews (Lansdowne), Kyle McCall (Ballynahinch), Zack McCall (Ballynahinch), Sean McCarthy (Shannon), Eoin McCormack (Shannon), Louis McDonough (Dublin University), Jamie McGarry (Shannon), Ryan McMahon (UCD), Conor McMenamin (Lansdowne), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch), Tom Monaghan (Lansdowne), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Oli Morris (Garryowen), Ben Moxham (Ballynahinch), Dan Murphy (Lansdowne), Mark Nicholson (Dublin University), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Tommy O’Hora (Garryowen), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Stephen O’Neill (Terenure College), Connor O’Sullivan (Lansdowne), Ben Popplewell (Lansdowne), Sean Rennison (Garryowen), Darren Ryan (Garryowen), David Ryan (UCD), Kieran Ryan (Shannon), Pa Ryan (Young Munster), Jamie Shanahan (Garryowen), Harry Sheridan (Dublin University), Noah Sheridan (Clontarf), Alex Soroka (Clontarf), Mark Stafford (Cork Constitution), Luke Thompson (Lansdowne), Adam Tuite (Terenure College), Michael Veale (Garryowen), Bart Vermeulen (Dublin University), Mike Walsh (Lansdowne), Zac Ward (Ballynahinch)

2 – Jack Connolly (Lansdowne), Henry McErlean (Terenure College)

TRIES –

10 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf)

9 – Craig Adams (Terenure College), Ronan Quinn (Dublin University)

8 – George Pringle (Ballynahinch), Michael Silvester (Lansdowne)

7 – James Dillon (Dublin University), Dan Walsh (Young Munster)

6 – Jordan Coghlan (Terenure College), Aran Egan (Dublin University), Adam La Grue (Terenure College), Tadgh McElroy (Lansdowne), Alex O’Grady (UCD)

5 – Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Ross Deegan (UCD), Conor Hayes (Young Munster), Colm Hogan (Dublin University), James Murphy (Cork Constitution), Sean O’Brien (UCD), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Cillian Redmond (Lansdowne), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution)

4 – Max Abbott (Cork Constitution), Alan Bennie (Terenure College), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Matt D’Arcy (Clontarf), Harry Donnelly (UCD), Sean Galvin (Lansdowne), Alessandro Heaney (Cork Constitution), Paulo Leleisiuao (Young Munster), Sean McNulty (Terenure College), Cian O’Donoghue (Clontarf), JJ O’Neill (Garryowen), Conor Phillips (Young Munster), Clive Ross (Lansdowne)

3 – Henry Buttimer (Garryowen), Niall Carroll (UCD), George Coomber (Cork Constitution), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), Billy Crowley (Cork Constitution), Cormac Daly (Clontarf), Colm de Buitléar (Terenure College), Max Dunne (Dublin University), Mark Fleming (UCD), Greg Higgins (Cork Constitution), Dan Hurley (Shannon), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution), Gavin Jones (Dublin University), Angus Lloyd (Clontarf), Jamie Macartney (Ballynahinch), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Dylan O’Grady (UCD), Louis O’Reilly (Dublin University), Luke Rigney (Shannon)

2 – Mark Best (Ballynahinch), Tadhg Bird (Clontarf), Conall Boomer (Terenure College), Matthew Bowen (Terenure College), Tony Butler (Garryowen), Patrick Campbell (Young Munster), Thomas Connolly (Dublin University), Mike Cooke (Shannon), Josh Costello (Shannon), Ethan Coughlan (Shannon), Michael Courtney (Clontarf), Jack Delaney (Garryowen), Caolan Dooley (Terenure College), Alan Flannery (Shannon), Cormac Foley (Lansdowne), Brian Gleeson (Garryowen), Nick Greene (Garryowen), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Gerry Hill (UCD), Louis Kahn (Cork Constitution), Johnny Keane (Garryowen), Mick Kearney (Clontarf), Jade Kriel (Shannon), Temi Lasisi (Lansdowne), Donough Lawlor (Lansdowne), Bradley Luney (Ballynahinch), Stephen Lyons (Young Munster), Gus McCarthy (UCD), Shay McCarthy (Young Munster), Michael Moloney (UCD), Aidan Moynihan (Cork Constitution), Darragh Murphy (Lansdowne), Lee Nicholas (Shannon), Cathal O’Flaherty (Cork Constitution), Tony Ryan (Clontarf), Ivan Soroka (Clontarf), Peter Sullivan (Lansdowne), James Tarrant (UCD), Levi Vaughan (Terenure College)

1 – Aitzol Arenzana King (Clontarf), Lee Barron (Dublin University), Jack Boyle (UCD), Ben Brownlee (UCD), Emmet Burns (UCD), Ruadhan Byron (Dublin University), Matthew Caffrey (Terenure College), Thomas Clarkson (Dublin University), Campbell Classon (Terenure College), Evin Coyle (UCD), Neil Cronin (Garryowen), James Culhane (UCD), Killian Dineen (Shannon), Conall Doherty (Lansdowne), Sean Duffy (Cork Constitution), Bryan Fitzgerald (Garryowen), John Foley (Young Munster), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Ben Griffin (Clontarf), Jack Harrington (Young Munster), Colm Heffernan (Shannon), Cian Hurley (Garryowen), Greg Hutley (Ballynahinch), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch), Fergus Jemphrey (Ballynahinch), Jack Kearney (Dublin University), Conor Kearns (Clontarf), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), Conor Kelly (Clontarf), Niall Kenneally (Cork Constitution), Alan Kennedy (Young Munster), James Kenny (Lansdowne), Luke Kerr (Cork Constitution), Matisse Lamarque d’Arrouzat (Cork Constitution), Ian Leonard (Cork Constitution), Alex Long (Shannon), Jack Lyons (Young Munster), Jack Matthews (Lansdowne), Kyle McCall (Ballynahinch), Zack McCall (Ballynahinch), Sean McCarthy (Shannon), Eoin McCormack (Shannon), Louis McDonough (Dublin University), Jamie McGarry (Shannon), Ryan McMahon (UCD), Conor McMenamin (Lansdowne), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch), Tom Monaghan (Lansdowne), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Oli Morris (Garryowen), Ben Moxham (Ballynahinch), Dan Murphy (Lansdowne), Mark Nicholson (Dublin University), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Tommy O’Hora (Garryowen), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Stephen O’Neill (Terenure College), Connor O’Sullivan (Lansdowne), Ben Popplewell (Lansdowne), Colm Quilligan (Garryowen), Sean Rennison (Garryowen), Darren Ryan (Garryowen), David Ryan (UCD), Kieran Ryan (Shannon), Pa Ryan (Young Munster), Jamie Shanahan (Garryowen), Harry Sheridan (Dublin University), Noah Sheridan (Clontarf), Callum Smith (Terenure College), Alex Soroka (Clontarf), Mark Stafford (Cork Constitution), Luke Thompson (Lansdowne), Adam Tuite (Terenure College), Michael Veale (Garryowen), Bart Vermeulen (Dublin University), Mike Walsh (Lansdowne), Zac Ward (Ballynahinch)