Wingers Bowen And Sexton Add To Try Tallies In Division 1A
Heading into the final round of the regular season, three players have scored more than 100 points in Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Division 1A, while Clontarf captain Dylan Donnellan tops the try-scoring charts with 19 tries.
With Donnellan held scoreless by Terenure College last week, and Michael Moloney, the division’s leading points scorer with 178 points, missing UCD’s Colours match against Dublin University, it is as you were.
Cork Constitution winger Matthew Bowen and Ballynahinch’s Ulster ace Aaron Sexton did gain ground in the try-scoring stakes, running in their 12th and 10th tries respectively when their sides clashed at Temple Hill.
With Cork Con now occupying the second home semi-final berth, Bowen has really come into form with eight tries registered in his last four games.
Lansdowne guaranteed their place in the semi-finals by piling on the points at home to City of Armagh. They racked up nine tries and 64 points, with hooker Tom Barry’s brace taking him to eight tries for the campaign, a tally matched by centres Andy Marks and Rory Parata.
Leinster Academy out-half Charlie Tector finished with a handsome 19-point haul for the headquarters club, made up of eight conversions and a penalty.
Shannon’s Mike Cooke split the posts with 12 points during their derby victory over Young Munster, while his Terenure College counterpart, Aran Egan, kicked 14 points as they got the better of leaders Clontarf.
Cork Con’s James Taylor (131) and Clontarf number 10 Conor Kelly (127) (pictured below) are the closest challengers to Moloney, with prolific try scorer Donnellan, Stephen Madigan, Conor Rankin, and Cooke all closing in on the century mark.
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ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE MEN’S DIVISION 1A – TOP SCORERS AFTER ROUND 17:
POINTS –
178 – Michael Moloney (UCD)
131 – James Taylor (Cork Constitution)
127 – Conor Kelly (Clontarf)
95 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf)
94 – Stephen Madigan (Lansdowne)
92 – Conor Rankin (Ballynahinch)
90 – Mike Cooke (Shannon)
85 – Aran Egan (Terenure College)
65 – Brayden Laing (City of Armagh)
62 – Callum Smith (Terenure College)
60 – Matthew Bowen (Cork Constitution), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch)
56 – Shane O’Leary (Young Munster)
52 – Shea O’Brien (City of Armagh)
50 – Aaron Sexton (Ballynahinch)
42 – Harry Colbert (Dublin University)
40 – Tom Barry (Lansdowne), Andy Marks (Lansdowne), Stephen McLoughlin (Young Munster), Jack Murphy (Clontarf), Rory Parata (Lansdowne)
38 – Rob Hedderman (Cork Constitution)
37 – Conor McKee (Ballynahinch)
35 – Zach Baird (Dublin University), Alan Bennie (Terenure College), Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Ross Deegan (UCD), Caolan Dooley (Terenure College), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution)
34 – George Coomber (Cork Constitution)
33 – Matthew Lynch (Dublin University)
30 – Cian Casey (Young Munster), Davy Colbert (Dublin University), Jack Cooke (Lansdowne), Neil Faloon (City of Armagh), Sean Galvin (Lansdowne), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), James Kenny (Lansdowne), Donnchadh O’Callaghan (Young Munster), Charlie Tector (Lansdowne)
25 – Tim Corkery (UCD), Aitzol King (Clontarf), James O’Brien (Young Munster), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Tony Ryan (Clontarf), Ruairi Shields (UCD)
22 – Chris Cosgrave (UCD)
21 – Tony Butler (Young Munster)
20 – Declan Adamson (Clontarf), Kelvin Brown (Shannon), Ruadhan Byron (Clontarf), Jordan Coghlan (Terenure College), Aaron Coleman (Dublin University), Billy Crowley (Cork Constitution), Matt D’Arcy (Clontarf), Harry Donnelly (UCD), Cathal Eddy (Lansdowne), Lewis Finlay (City of Armagh), James Horrigan (Young Munster), Adam La Grue (Terenure College), Donough Lawlor (Lansdowne), Bradley Luney (Ballynahinch), Jack Matthews (Lansdowne), Dylan Nelson (City of Armagh), Conor Phillips (Terenure College), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution), Peter Sullivan (Lansdowne), Andrew Willis (City of Armagh)
18 – James Tarrant (UCD)
16 – Sam Cunningham (City of Armagh), John O’Sullivan (Shannon)
15 – Craig Adams (Terenure College), Charlie Beckett (Dublin University), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Niall Carville (City of Armagh), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), Colm de Buitléar (Terenure College), Barry Finn (City of Armagh), Fionn Gibbons (Young Munster), Matthew Hooks (City of Armagh), Stephen Kiely (Shannon), Peter Maher (Clontarf), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Hugo McLaughlin (Lansdowne), Jonny Morton (City of Armagh), Gearoid Mulcahy (Young Munster), Lee Nicholas (Shannon), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Will Reilly (Shannon), Bobby Sheehan (UCD), Shay Storey (Ballynahinch), Peter Sylvester (Terenure College), Jack Treanor (City of Armagh), Hardus van Eeden (Lansdowne), Levi Vaughan (Terenure College)
14 – Te Atawhai Mason (Cork Constitution)
11 – Mark O’Sullivan (Clontarf)
10 – Dan Barron (Dublin University), Juan Beukes (Dublin University), Kegan Christian-Goss (Young Munster), John Dickson (Ballynahinch), James Dillon (Dublin University), Cameron Doak (City of Armagh), Barry Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Ben Griffin (Clontarf), Gus Harrington (Shannon), Dan Hurley (Shannon), Rob Jermyn (Cork Constitution), Matisse Lamarque d’Arrouzat (Cork Constitution), Rory McGuire (UCD), Steve McMahon (Lansdowne), Tim McNiece (City of Armagh), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Conan O’Donnell (Terenure College), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Stephen O’Neill (Terenure College), Harry O’Riordan (Cork Constitution), Ronan O’Sullivan (Cork Constitution), Sam Owens (Clontarf), George Pringle (Ballynahinch), Ruadhan Quinn (Young Munster), Luke Rigney (Shannon), Danny Sheahan (Cork Constitution), Noah Sheridan (Clontarf), John Vinson (Dublin University)
9 – Paul Kerr (Ballynahinch)
7 – Aidan Shortall (Young Munster)
5 – Max Abbott (Cork Constitution), Harrison Allan (Young Munster), Mark Best (Ballynahinch), Tadhg Bird (Clontarf), Sam Birrane (Shannon), Conall Boomer (Terenure College), Matthew Caffrey (Terenure College), Dan Campbell (UCD), Oscar Cawley (Dublin University), Dominic Clapcott (Ballynahinch), Ruairi Clarke (Lansdowne), Tom Coghlan (Terenure College), Fintan Coleman (Young Munster), Michael Colreavy (UCD), Evin Crummie (City of Armagh), Brian Deeny (Clontarf), Wilhelm de Klerk (UCD), Cuan Doyle (Dublin University), Sean Egan (UCD), Kyle Faloon (City of Armagh), Finn Fehnert (City of Armagh), Jules Fenelon (Dublin University), Yago Fernandez Velar (Terenure College), Harry Fleming (Young Munster), John Foley (Young Munster), John Forde (Cork Constitution), Liam Forster (Lansdowne), Kyle Gill (Ballynahinch), Rob Gilsenan (UCD), John Glasgow (City of Armagh), Taylor Gleeson (Dublin University), Fintan Gunne (Terenure College), Matt Healy (UCD), Alessandro Heaney (Cork Constitution), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Conall Henchy (Dublin University), Mark Hernan (UCD), Declan Horrox (Ballynahinch), Callum Irvine (Ballynahinch), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch), Alex Johnston (City of Armagh), Greg Jones (Ballynahinch), Alan Kennedy (Young Munster), George Kenny (Lansdowne), Cormac King (Dublin University), Keynan Knox (Young Munster), Harry Long (Shannon), Adam Maher (Cork Constitution), David Maher (Shannon), Diarmuid Mangan (UCD), Gus McCarthy (UCD), Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University), Shay McCarthy (Young Munster), Louis McDonough (Dublin University), Mikey McGiff (Clontarf), Ethan McIlroy (Ballynahinch), John McKee (Terenure College), James McNabney (City of Armagh), Jack Milligan (Ballynahinch), Michael Milne (UCD), Ruben Moloney (UCD), Luke Moylan (Shannon), Paul Mullen (City of Armagh), Josh Murphy (Clontarf), Luke Murphy (Shannon), Tadhg O’Brien (Shannon), JJ O’Dea (Clontarf), Jack O’Donnell (Shannon), Hugh O’Kennedy (Dublin University), Hugo O’Malley (UCD), Callum O’Reilly (Dublin University), Louis O’Reilly (Clontarf), Andrew Osborne (UCD), Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD), Jim Peters (Clontarf), Cillian Redmond (Lansdowne), Seni Reilly Ashiru (Clontarf), Arron Roulston (Young Munster), Stephen Ryan (Clontarf), Aidan Shortall (Young Munster), Nigel Simpson (City of Armagh), Ivan Soroka (Clontarf), Alan Spicer (UCD), Alex Usanov (Clontarf)
4 – Tom Gavigan (Lansdowne)
2 – Tadhg Bennett (Young Munster), Sam Wisniewski (Clontarf)
TRIES –
19 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf)
12 – Matthew Bowen (Cork Constitution), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch)
10 – Aaron Sexton (Ballynahinch)
8 – Tom Barry (Lansdowne), Andy Marks (Lansdowne), Stephen McLoughlin (Young Munster), Rory Parata (Lansdowne)
7 – Zach Baird (Dublin University), Alan Bennie (Terenure College), Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Ross Deegan (UCD), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution)
6 – Alan Bennie (Terenure College), Davy Colbert (Dublin University), Jack Cooke (Lansdowne), Neil Faloon (City of Armagh), Sean Galvin (Lansdowne), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), James Kenny (Lansdowne), Donnchadh O’Callaghan (Young Munster)
5 – Tim Corkery (UCD), Aitzol King (Clontarf), James O’Brien (Young Munster), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Tony Ryan (Clontarf), Ruairi Shields (UCD), James Taylor (Cork Constitution)
4 – Declan Adamson (Clontarf), Kelvin Brown (Shannon), Ruadhan Byron (Clontarf), Jordan Coghlan (Terenure College), Aaron Coleman (Dublin University), Chris Cosgrave (UCD), Billy Crowley (Cork Constitution), Matt D’Arcy (Clontarf), Harry Donnelly (UCD), Cathal Eddy (Lansdowne), Lewis Finlay (City of Armagh), James Horrigan (Young Munster), Adam La Grue (Terenure College), Donough Lawlor (Lansdowne), Bradley Luney (Ballynahinch), Jack Matthews (Lansdowne), Dylan Nelson (City of Armagh), Shea O’Brien (City of Armagh), Conor Phillips (Terenure College), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution), Peter Sullivan (Lansdowne), Andrew Willis (City of Armagh)
3 – Craig Adams (Terenure College), Charlie Beckett (Dublin University), Harrison Brewer (Terenure College), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Niall Carville (City of Armagh), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), Colm de Buitléar (Terenure College), Barry Finn (City of Armagh), Fionn Gibbons (Young Munster), Rob Hedderman (Cork Constitution), Matthew Hooks (City of Armagh), Stephen Kiely (Shannon), Peter Maher (Clontarf), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Hugo McLaughlin (Lansdowne), Jonny Morton (City of Armagh), Gearoid Mulcahy (Young Munster), Lee Nicholas (Shannon), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Will Reilly (Shannon), Bobby Sheehan (UCD), Shay Storey (Ballynahinch), Peter Sylvester (Terenure College), Jack Treanor (City of Armagh), Hardus van Eeden (Lansdowne), Levi Vaughan (Terenure College)
2 – Dan Barron (Dublin University), Juan Beukes (Dublin University), Kegan Christian-Goss (Young Munster), George Coomber (Cork Constitution), Sam Cunningham (City of Armagh), John Dickson (Ballynahinch), James Dillon (Dublin University), Cameron Doak (City of Armagh), Barry Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Ben Griffin (Clontarf), Gus Harrington (Shannon), Dan Hurley (Shannon), Rob Jermyn (Cork Constitution), Conor Kelly (Clontarf), Matisse Lamarque d’Arrouzat (Cork Constitution), Rory McGuire (UCD), Tim McNiece (City of Armagh), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Conan O’Donnell (Terenure College), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Stephen O’Neill (Terenure College), Harry O’Riordan (Cork Constitution), Ronan O’Sullivan (Cork Constitution), Sam Owens (Clontarf), George Pringle (Ballynahinch), Ruadhan Quinn (Young Munster), Conor Rankin (Ballynahinch), Luke Rigney (Shannon), Danny Sheahan (Cork Constitution), Noah Sheridan (Clontarf), James Tarrant (UCD), John Vinson (Dublin University)
1 – Max Abbott (Cork Constitution), Harrison Allan (Young Munster), Mark Best (Ballynahinch), Tadhg Bird (Clontarf), Sam Birrane (Shannon), Conall Boomer (Terenure College), Matthew Caffrey (Terenure College), Dan Campbell (UCD), Cian Casey (Young Munster), Oscar Cawley (Dublin University), Dominic Clapcott (Ballynahinch), Ruairi Clarke (Lansdowne), Tom Coghlan (Terenure College), Fintan Coleman (Young Munster), Michael Colreavy (UCD), Mike Cooke (Shannon), Evin Crummie (City of Armagh), Brian Deeny (Clontarf), Wilhelm de Klerk (UCD), Cuan Doyle (Dublin University), Aran Egan (Terenure College), Sean Egan (UCD), Kyle Faloon (City of Armagh), Finn Fehnert (City of Armagh), Jules Fenelon (Dublin University), Yago Fernandez Velar (Terenure College), Harry Fleming (Young Munster), John Foley (Young Munster), John Forde (Cork Constitution), Liam Forster (Lansdowne), Kyle Gill (Ballynahinch), Rob Gilsenan (UCD), John Glasgow (City of Armagh), Taylor Gleeson (Dublin University), Fintan Gunne (Terenure College), Matt Healy (UCD), Alessandro Heaney (Cork Constitution), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Conall Henchy (Dublin University), Mark Hernan (UCD), Declan Horrox (Ballynahinch), Callum Irvine (Ballynahinch), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ballynahinch), Alex Johnston (City of Armagh), Greg Jones (Ballynahinch), Alan Kennedy (Young Munster), George Kenny (Lansdowne), Paul Kerr (Ballynahinch), Cormac King (Dublin University), Keynan Knox (Young Munster), Jade Kriel (Shannon), Harry Long (Shannon), Matthew Lynch (Dublin University), Adam Maher (Cork Constitution), David Maher (Shannon), Diarmuid Mangan (UCD), Te Atawhai Mason (Cork Constitution), Gus McCarthy (UCD), Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University), Shay McCarthy (Young Munster), Louis McDonough (Dublin University), Mikey McGiff (Clontarf), Ethan McIlroy (Ballynahinch), Conor McKee (Ballynahinch), John McKee (Terenure College), James McNabney (City of Armagh), Jack Milligan (Ballynahinch), Michael Milne (UCD), Michael Moloney (UCD), Ruben Moloney (UCD), Luke Moylan (Shannon), Paul Mullen (City of Armagh), Josh Murphy (Clontarf), Luke Murphy (Shannon), Tadhg O’Brien (Shannon), JJ O’Dea (Clontarf), Jack O’Donnell (Shannon), Hugo O’Malley (UCD), Callum O’Reilly (Dublin University), Louis O’Reilly (Clontarf), Andrew Osborne (UCD), John O’Sullivan (Shannon), Mark O’Sullivan (Clontarf), Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD), Jim Peters (Clontarf), Cillian Redmond (Lansdowne), Seni Reilly Ashiru (Clontarf), Arron Roulston (Young Munster), Stephen Ryan (Clontarf), Aidan Shortall (Young Munster), Nigel Simpson (City of Armagh), Callum Smith (Terenure College), Ivan Soroka (Clontarf), Alan Spicer (UCD), Alex Usanov (Clontarf)