Magners League: Round 10 Review
The wintry weather meant only one of the interprovincial derbies went ahead over the weekend, with Connacht’s clash with Leinster in Galway called off due to an unplayable pitch. Meanwhile, at a raucous Ravenhill, Ulster ended their recent run of defeats with a hard-fought 15-10 victory over Munster.
2009/10 MAGNERS LEAGUE – AFTER ROUND 10:
TOP TRY SCORERS –
4 – Tommy Bowe (Ulster), Aled Brew (Newport Gwent Dragons), Fionn Carr (Connacht), Simon Danielli (Ulster), Nick Williams (Munster), Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Tom James (Cardiff Blues), Nikki Walker (Ospreys)
3 – Jerry Collins (Ospreys), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Jean de Villiers (Munster), Tim Visser (Edinburgh)
TOP POINTS SCORERS –
138 – Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (9 conversions, 36 penalty goals and 4 drop goals)
104 – Chris Paterson (Edinburgh) (2 tries, 14 conversions and 22 penalty goals)
90 – Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (1 try, 11 conversions and 21 penalty goals)
83 – Ian Humphreys (Ulster) (2 tries, 11 conversions and 17 penalty goals)
76 – Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (11 conversions, 14 penalty goals and 4 drop goals)
71 – Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (7 conversions, 18 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)
70 – Ian Keatley (Connacht) (2 conversions, 21 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)
62 – James Arlidge (Newport Gwent Dragons) (2 tries, 5 conversions, 13 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)
56 – Rhys Priestland (Scarlets) (1 try, 3 conversions and 15 penalty goals)
30 – Jeremy Manning (Munster) (3 conversions and 8 penalty goals)
29 – Stephen Jones (Scarlets) (1 conversion and 9 penalty goals)
24 – Fergus McFadden (Leinster) (8 penalty goals)
23 – Ronan O’Gara (Munster) (7 conversions and 3 penalty goals)
21 – Jason Tovey (Newport Gwent Dragons) (1 try, 2 conversions, 3 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)
BEST PLACE-KICKERS –
90% – Chris Paterson (Edinburgh) (36 successful kicks from 40 attempts)
83.33% – Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (25/30)
72.58% – Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (45/62)
71.11% – Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (32/45)
65.79% – Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (25/38)
65.71% – Ian Keatley (Connacht) (23/35)
62.50% – Stephen Jones (Scarlets) (10/16)
62.22% – Ian Humphreys (Ulster) (28/45)
61.54% – Fergus McFadden (Leinster) (8/13)
61.11% – Jeremy Manning (Munster) (11/18)
60% – Rhys Priestland (Scarlets) (18/30)
58.06% – James Arlidge (Newport Gwent Dragons) (18/31)
45.45% – James Hook (Ospreys) (5/11)
43.48% – Ronan O’Gara (Munster) (10/23)
Qual: 10 place-kicks at goal
RESULTS ROUND-UP –
Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Rodney Parade
Newport Gwent Dragons (9) 9: Shaun Connor(D/2P)
Scarlets (8) 14: Rhys Priestland(T/P), Stephen Jones(2P)
Attendance: 6,429
Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Liberty Stadium
Ospreys (13) 26: Nikki Walker(2T), Ryan Jones(T), Dan Biggar(C/D/2P)
Cardiff Blues (0) 0
Attendance: 14,476
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at the Sportsground
Connacht v Leinster – Match postponed due to unplayable pitch
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Ravenhill
Ulster (15) 15: Simon Danielli(2T), Ian Humphreys(C/P)
Munster (10) 10: Jean de Villiers(T), Paul Warwick(C/P)
Attendance: 11,800
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Murrayfield
Edinburgh (9) 15: Chris Paterson(5P)
Glasgow Warriors (14) 22: DTH van der Merwe(T), Bernardo Stortoni(T), Dan Parks(D/3P)
Attendance: 11,785