Parata Joins Donnellan At Top Of #EnergiaAIL Division 1A Try-Scoring Charts

The league takes a break for the October Bank Holiday weekend, so UCD scrum half Michael Moloney and Cork Constitution out-half James Taylor will take in the Halloween festivities as the top flight’s leading point scorers.

Moloney kicked 14 points in UCD’s 43-19 defeat at Clontarf, and his 36-point haul for the season so far is matched by Taylor who landed two conversions and two penalties during the first half of Con’s terrific 20-0 away victory over defending champions Terenure College.

City of Armagh’s Kiwi recruit Brayden Laing kicked 10 points as they brilliantly got the better of Shannon down in Limerick. That puts him on 22 points for the campaign to date, level with Shannon’s Mike Cooke and eight points behind Clontarf number 10 Conor Kelly.

Meanwhile, ‘Tarf captain Dylan Donnellan has registered his fourth try of 2023/24 already, but there are a few potential rivals assembling to challenge the prolific hooker.

Lansdowne’s new centre Rory Parata certainly enjoyed his run-0ut on the Aviva Stadium’s main pitch with a hat-trick against Ballynahinch last Saturday. He has also stepped up as captain in the injury-enforced absence of Cillian Redmond.

Parata is level with fellow former Ireland underage international Donnellan on four tries, and the pair are closely followed by Lansdowne duo James Kenny and Andy Marks, and ‘Hinch hooker Claytan Milligan.

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ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE MEN’S DIVISION 1A – TOP SCORERS AFTER ROUND 3:

POINTS –

36 – Michael Moloney (UCD), James Taylor (Cork Constitution)

30 – Conor Kelly (Clontarf)

22 – Mike Cooke (Shannon), Brayden Laing (City of Armagh)

20 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf), Rory Parata (Lansdowne)

18 – Conor Rankin (Ballynahinch)

17 – Stephen Madigan (Lansdowne)

15 – Harry Colbert (Dublin University), James Kenny (Lansdowne), Andy Marks (Lansdowne), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch)

14 – Aran Egan (Terenure College)

10 – Declan Adamson (Clontarf), Jack Cooke (Lansdowne), Chris Cosgrave (UCD), Ross Deegan (UCD), Neil Faloon (City of Armagh), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution), Aitzol King (Clontarf), Tim McNiece (City of Armagh), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Ruadhan Quinn (Young Munster), Shay Storey (Ballynahinch)

9 – Charlie Tector (Lansdowne)

8 – John O’Sullivan (Shannon)

7 – Aidan Shortall (Young Munster)

6 – Cian Casey (Young Munster), Caolan Dooley (Terenure College)

5 – Zach Baird (Dublin University), Matthew Bowen (Cork Constitution), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Dominic Clapcott (Ballynahinch), Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Davy Colbert (Dublin University), Michael Colreavy (UCD), George Coomber (Cork Constitution), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), John Dickson (Ballynahinch), Cameron Doak (City of Armagh), Jules Fenelon (Dublin University), Barry Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne), John Forde (Cork Constitution), Taylor Gleeson (Dublin University), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Gus Harrington (Shannon), Matt Healy (UCD), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Matthew Hooks (City of Armagh), James Horrigan (Young Munster), Alex Johnston (City of Armagh), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), George Kenny (Lansdowne), Stephen Kiely (Shannon), Diarmuid Mangan (UCD), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Hugo McLoughlin (Lansdowne), Stephen McLoughlin (Young Munster), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Jonny Morton (City of Armagh), Luke Moylan (Shannon), Shea O’Brien (City of Armagh), Donnchadh O’Callaghan (Young Munster), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Will Reilly (Shannon), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution), Danny Sheahan (Cork Constitution), Bobby Sheehan (UCD), Nigel Simpson (City of Armagh)

4 – Jack Murphy (Clontarf)

2 – Tom Gavigan (Lansdowne)

TRIES –

4 – Dylan Donnellan (Clontarf), Rory Parata (Lansdowne)

3 – James Kenny (Lansdowne), Andy Marks (Lansdowne), Claytan Milligan (Ballynahinch)

2 – Declan Adamson (Clontarf), Jack Cooke (Lansdowne), Chris Cosgrave (UCD), Ross Deegan (UCD), Neil Faloon (City of Armagh), Daniel Hurley (Cork Constitution), Aitzol King (Clontarf), Tim McNiece (City of Armagh), Ben Murphy (Clontarf), Daniel Okeke (Shannon), Ruadhan Quinn (Young Munster), Shay Storey (Ballynahinch), James Taylor (Cork Constitution)

1 – Zach Baird (Dublin University), Matthew Bowen (Cork Constitution), Aaron Cairns (Ballynahinch), Dominic Clapcott (Ballynahinch), Luke Clohessy (Terenure College), Davy Colbert (Dublin University), Michael Colreavy (UCD), Mike Cooke (Shannon), George Coomber (Cork Constitution), Hugh Cooney (Clontarf), John Dickson (Ballynahinch), Cameron Doak (City of Armagh), Jules Fenelon (Dublin University), Barry Fitzpatrick (Lansdowne), John Forde (Cork Constitution), Taylor Gleeson (Dublin University), Ethan Graham (Ballynahinch), Gus Harrington (Shannon), Matt Healy (UCD), Aran Hehir (Shannon), Matthew Hooks (City of Armagh), James Horrigan (Young Munster), Alex Johnston (City of Armagh), Jack Kelleher (Cork Constitution), George Kenny (Lansdowne), Stephen Kiely (Shannon), Jade Kriel (Shannon), Diarmuid Mangan (UCD), Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University), Hugo McLoughlin (Lansdowne), Stephen McLoughlin (Young Munster), Chris Moore (Young Munster), Jonny Morton (City of Armagh), Luke Moylan (Shannon), Shea O’Brien (City of Armagh), Donnchadh O’Callaghan (Young Munster), Cian O’Halloran (Shannon), Jordan Prenderville (Shannon), Will Reilly (Shannon), Billy Scannell (Cork Constitution), Danny Sheahan (Cork Constitution), Bobby Sheehan (UCD), Nigel Simpson (City of Armagh)