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Round 13 of the Magners League saw Jamie Heaslip and Shane Horgan join Luke Fitzgerald as the joint-top Irish try scorers in this season's competition, while New Zealand winger Doug Howlett grabbed his first touchdown for Munster in their 42-6 victory over Ulster in Cork. A poor second half display saw Connacht fall to a 38-8 defeat at the hands of Edinburgh at Murrayfield.

2007/08 MAGNERS LEAGUE - AFTER ROUND 13:

TOP TRY SCORERS -

7 - Regan King (Llanelli Scarlets)

5 - Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Tom James (Cardiff Blues)

4 - Tal Selley (Cardiff Blues)

TOP POINTS SCORERS -

105 - Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (2 tries, 16 conversions and 21 penalty goals)

103 - Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (1 try, 7 conversions, 25 penalty goals and 3 drop goals)

90 - Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (2 tries, 4 conversions, 23 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

89 - Paul Warwick (Munster) (1 tries, 14 conversions and 17 penalty goals)

85 - Phil Godman (Edinburgh) (1 try, 16 conversions, 15 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

82 - Tim Donnelly (Connacht) (1 try, 4 conversions, 19 penalty goals and 4 drop goals)

80 - Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (13 conversions and 18 penalty goals)

59 - Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (2 tries, 5 conversions, 12 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

52 - Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues), (5 conversions, 13 penalty goals and 1 drop goal), Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons) (2 tries, 6 conversions and 10 penalty goals)

51 - Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) (6 conversions, 12 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

BEST GOAL KICKERS -

100% - James Hook (Ospreys) (10 out of 10 attempts)

78.26% - Aled Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons) (18/23)

76.67% - Tim Donnelly (Connacht) (23/30)

75.61% - Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (31/41)

75% - Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (27/36)

72.73% - Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (32/44)

71.43% - Ronan O'Gara (Munster) (10/14)

71.15% - Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (37/52)

69.23% - Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets) (9/13)

67.39% - Phil Godman (Edinburgh) (31/46)

66.67% - Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors), (18/27), Ceiron Thomas (Llanelli Scarlets) (8/12)

62.5% - Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (15/24)

Qual: 10 place kicks at goal

RESULTS ROUND-UP -

Friday, March 21, 2008 at Royal Dublin Society
Leinster (17) 34: Michael Berne(T) Felipe Contepomi(3C/P) Jamie Heaslip(T) Shane Horgan(2T) Shane Jennings(T)
Glasgow Warriors (6) 18: John Beattie(T) Colin Gregor(C/2P) Moray Low(T)
Attendance: 11,717

Friday, March 21, 2008 at Murrayfield
Edinburgh (10) 38: Phil Godman(T/5C/P) Matt Mustchin(T) Craig Smith(T) Allister Hogg(T) Hugo Southwell(T)
Connacht (8) 8: Tim Donnelly(T/P)
Attendance: 2,506

Friday, March 21, 2008 at Stradey Park
Llanelli Scarlets (15) 35: Gavin Evans(T) Dwayne Peel(T) Iestyn Thomas(T) Dafydd James(T) Stephen Jones(3C/3P)
Cardiff Blues (17) 17: Ben Blair(2C/P) Scott Morgan(T) Jamie Roberts(T)
Attendance: 8,045

Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Musgrave Park
Munster (14) 42: Paul Warwick(2C) Tony Buckley(T) James Coughlan(T) Doug Howlett(T) Ronan O'Gara(T/4C) Mick O'Driscoll(T) Tomas O'Leary(T)
Ulster (6) 6: Niall O'Connor(2P)
Attendance: 7,500

* Ospreys v Newport Gwent Dragons was postponed

Monday was community legacy day at Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 as the IRFU's 'Spirit of Rugby' programme brought together some local disability rugby players from DLSP Eagles, Seapoint Dragons and Westmanstown Wasps, and a number of WRWC players and coaches from the competing nations, for a fun-filled coaching/training session and Tag rugby games.

Marie Louise Reilly joined her Ireland team-mates Nora Stapleton and Lindsay Peat at a recent Dublin City Council event in support of the upcoming Women's Rugby World Cup. Reilly, who works as a DCC Sports Officer, said: "The team are coming together really well, we're working hard and hopefully August will be really memorable not just for us but for the whole country."

Speaking ahead of Saturday's second Test against Japan, Ireland tour captain Rhys Ruddock said: "We've been happy with the results so far, and there's been bits of the performances we've been really happy with and some bits that we're looking to improve on. Tomorrow marks the last opportunity to go out and do that, so we're all really excited about getting out there now."

Speaking about working with the provinces and monitoring players' progress, Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt told RTE Radio 1: "For us, having the best quality of performance within the provinces, getting some really good coaching from the provincial coaches, which we know is happening at the moment, that's the foundation that we need because in the end we get the players in a match week pretty much."