Celtic League: Top Scorers

…Ulster and Ireland winger Tommy Bowe – will he be on target against Llanelli on Friday night?…

With just one full round of action left in the Celtic League, Leinster’s Felipe Contepomi heads the top points scorers, while Ulster winger Tommy Bowe is battling for the try-scoring honours.

CELTIC LEAGUE 2005/06 STATISTICS (After 21 Rounds):

TOP POINTS SCORERS –

FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 271 Points (8 tries, 33 conversions, 55 penalties)
DAVID HUMPHREYS (ULSTER) 213 (2 tries, 28 conversions, 48 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 173 (6 tries, 25 conversions, 29 penalties, 2 drop goals)
Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners) 149 (4 tries, 27 conversions, 23 penalties, 2 drop goals)
Craig Warlow (Newport Gwent Dragons) 126 (1 try, 20 conversions, 26 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) 125 (1 try, 15 conversions, 29 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Charlie Hore (Border Reivers) 121 (3 tries, 14 conversions, 26 penalties)
Gavin Henson (Ospreys) 99 (1 try, 8 conversions, 25 penalties, 1 drop goal)
PAUL WARWICK (CONNACHT) 93 (3 tries, 9 conversions, 19 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Mike Hercus (Llanelli Scarlets) 87 (12 conversions, 19 penalties, 2 drop goals)
Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 83 (3 tries, 1 conversion, 17 penalties, 5 drop goals)
RONAN O’GARA (MUNSTER) 80 (1 try, 18 conversions, 12 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Calum MacRae (Border Reivers) 71 (1 try, 9 conversions, 16 penalties)
Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) 66 (3 tries, 9 conversions, 11 penalties)
DAVID SLEMEN (CONNACHT) 63 (3 tries, 6 conversions, 10 penalties, 2 drop goals)
Nick Macleod (Cardiff Blues) 54 (2 tries, 7 conversions, 10 penalties)
PAUL BURKE (MUNSTER) 52 (8 conversions, 12 penalties)

*Most points in a Celtic League season – Neil Jenkins (Celtic Warriors) 273 in 2003/04

TOP TRY SCORERS –

JASON FORSTER (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS) 10 TRIES
TOMMY BOWE (ULSTER) 9
FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 8
Chris Czekaj (Cardiff Blues) 7
Simon Webster (Edinburgh Gunners) 7
Lee Byrne (Llanelli Scarlets) 6
ROB KEARNEY (LEINSTER) 6
Mark Jones (Llanelli Scarlets) 6
Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 6
ANDREW TRIMBLE (ULSTER) 6
Nikki Walker (Border Reivers) 6
Dafydd James (Llanelli Scarlets) 5
Regan King (Llanelli Scarlets) 5
ANDREW MAXWELL (ULSTER) 5
Craig Morgan (Cardiff Blues) 5
Marc Stcherbina (Cardiff Blues) 5

*Most tries in a Celtic League season – Jamie Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 12 in 2003/04, and Kevin Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons) 12 in 2004/05

KICKING ACCURACY STATS –

NICK MACLEOD (CARDIFF BLUES) 17 Successes/19 Attempts At Goal (89.47%)
MARK MCHUGH (CONNACHT) 17/19 (89.47%) – Missed Last Kick
RONAN O’GARA (MUNSTER) 30/35 (85.71%) – Scored Last 4 Kicks
Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons) 9/11 (81.82%)
JEREMY MANNING (MUNSTER) 17/21 (80.95%) – Missed Last Kick
PAUL WARWICK (CONNACHT) 28/35 (80%) – Scored Last 1 Kick
Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners) 50/65 (76.92%)
PAUL BURKE (MUNSTER) 20/26 (76.92%) – Scored Last 3 Kicks
Duncan Hodge (Edinburgh Gunners) 13/17 (76.47%)
DAVID HUMPHREYS (ULSTER) 76/100 (76%) – Scored Last 2 Kicks
Calum MacRae (Border Reivers) 25/33 (75.76%)
FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 88/117 (75.21%) – Scored Last 7 Kicks
Craig Warlow (Newport Gwent Dragons) 46/62 (74.19%)
Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) 20/27 (74.07%)
PAUL STEINMETZ (ULSTER) 11/15 (73.33%) – Missed Last 2 Kicks
Charlie Hore (Border Reivers) 40/55 (72.73%)
DAVID SLEMEN (CONNACHT) 16/22 (72.73%) – Scored Last 1 Kick
Lee Thomas (Cardiff Blues) 8/11 (72.73%)
Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 18/25 (72%)
Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) 44/64 (68.75%)
Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 54/80 (67.50%)
Gavin Henson (Ospreys) 33/49 (67.35%)
Mike Hercus (Llanelli Scarlets) 31/50 (62%)
Gareth Bowen (Llanelli Scarlets) 16/28 (57.14%)

*Qualification: 10 place kicks at goal

YELLOW/RED CARD RECORDS –

RED CARDS –
1 – Semo Sititi (Border Reivers v Connacht), Dafydd Jones (Llanelli Scarlets v Ulster), Maama Molitika (Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh Gunners), Alix Popham (Llanelli Scarlets v Glasgow Warriors)

YELLOW CARDS –
Border Reivers 9
Cardiff Blues 11
CONNACHT 13 (John Fogarty (2), John Muldoon (2), Michael Swift (2), Andrew Farley, Matt Lacey, Dan McFarland, Joe Merrigan, Colm Rigney, Christian Short, Tom Tierney)
Edinburgh Gunners 10
Glasgow Warriors 10
LEINSTER 10 (Reggie Corrigan (3), Adam Byrnes, Felipe Contepomi, Guy Easterby, Ben Gissing, Robert Kearney, Ronan McCormack, Eric Miller)
Llanelli Scarlets 7
MUNSTER 9 (Federico Pucciariello (3), Ian Dowling, Denis Fogarty, Anthony Foley, John Hayes, Anthony Horgan, Shaun Payne)
Newport Gwent Dragons 12
Ospreys 14
ULSTER 8 (Justin Harrison (2), Simon Best, Isaac Boss, David Humphreys, Matt McCullough, Andrew Maxwell, Bryan Young)

*Stats courtesy of the Celtic League Communications Department and SFMS Ltd.