Shannon: Div 1 Final Guide

Shannon go in search of their seventh All-Ireland League Division One title on Saturday, with the Munster Senior League and Cup double and Limerick Charity Cup already safely secured in 2004/05.

AIB League Division One Final: Saturday, May 7
Belfast Harlequins v Shannon, Lansdowne Road, 4.00pm

Shannon:

Captain: Tom Hayes
Coach: Mick Galwey
Assistant Coach: Jim Galvin

2004/05 Season Form: WWLWLWWWWWWWWW
Points scored: 416; Tries scored: 43
Top scorers: Points: Dave Delaney 118 (1 try, 19 cons, 21 pens, 4 drops); Tries: Brian Tuohy 7
Five-year AIL Record: 04: Champions; 03: Fifth; 02: Champions; 01: Eighth; 00: Eighth

* Shannon have played 181 league games (won 123, drawn 5, lost 53) for a success rate of 69% over fifteen seasons since October 6, 1990

* Thirteen Shannon squad members have played for Munster and one played for Connacht so far this season

* They have beaten all six Leinster clubs during the regulation league this season

* They have averaged 3.29 tries per league match this season

* Shannon racked up the most points (395) and boasted the most positive points differential (+200) in this season’s Division One

* They have crossed for 417 tries in total since the league began in 1990 – the second highest club tally

* Full-back John Lacey, the league’s top try scorer with 55 touchdowns since 1990, has failed to score so far this season

* Andrew Thompson, with 914 points, remains the top points scorer in the history of Division One

* Shannon are one of only three clubs omni-present in Division One since the league’s inception