Contepomi Strengthens Lead As League’s Top Scorer

…Leinster and Argentina fly half Felipe Contepomi…

Felipe Contepomi strengthened his position as the Celtic League’s top scorer by bagging all of Leinster’s points in their 16-13 win over Connacht on Sunday.

CELTIC LEAGUE 2005/06 STATISTICS (After 15 Rounds):

TOP POINTS SCORERS –

FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 201 Points (5 tries, 22 conversions, 44 penalties)
DAVID HUMPHREYS (ULSTER) 148 (1 try, 16 conversions, 36 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Charlie Hore (Border Reivers) 116 (2 tries, 14 conversions, 26 penalties)
Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 111 (3 tries, 12 conversions, 23 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners) 95 (2 tries, 17 conversions, 15 penalties, 2 drop goals)
PAUL WARWICK (CONNACHT) 93 (3 tries, 9 conversions, 19 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Craig Warlow (Newport Gwent Dragons) 80 (1 try, 12 conversions, 16 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) 73 (11 conversions, 16 penalties, 1 drop goal)
RONAN O’GARA (MUNSTER) 71 (1 try, 15 conversions, 11 penalties, 1 drop goal)
Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 70 (1 try, 1 conversion, 16 penalties, 5 drop goals)
Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) 66 (3 tries, 9 conversions, 11 penalties)
DAVID SLEMEN (CONNACHT) 57 (3 tries, 6 conversions, 8 penalties, 2 drop goals)
Mike Hercus (Llanelli Scarlets) 48 (6 conversions, 11 penalties, 1 drop goal)
PAUL BURKE (MUNSTER) 44 (4 conversions, 12 penalties)
Gareth Bowen (Llanelli Scarlets) 39 (6 conversions, 9 penalties)
PAUL STEINMETZ (ULSTER) 37 (1 try, 1 conversion, 10 penalties)
Matthew Jones (Ospreys) 31 (1 try, 4 conversions, 6 penalties)
TOMMY BOWE (ULSTER) 30 (6 TRIES)
Jason Forster (Newport Gwent Dragons) 30 (6 tries)
Duncan Hodge (Edinburgh Gunners) 29 (1 try, 3 conversions, 6 penalties)
Barry Davies (Llanelli Scarlets) 27 (3 tries, 4 penalties)

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

TOP TRY SCORERS –

TOMMY BOWE (ULSTER) 6 TRIES
Jason Forster (Newport Gwent Dragons) 6
FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 5
Nikki Walker (Border Reivers) 5
Chris Czekaj (Cardiff Blues) 4
Rob Dewey (Edinburgh Gunners) 4
ANTHONY HORGAN (MUNSTER) 4
ROBERT KEARNEY (LEINSTER) 4
Rory Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) 4
CONOR MCPHILLIPS (CONNACHT) 4
Craig Morgan (Cardiff Blues) 4
NEIL BEST (ULSTER) 4
ANDREW TRIMBLE (ULSTER) 4

*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 –

PAUL BURKE (MUNSTER) 16 Successes/18 Attempts At Goal (88.89%)
RONAN O’GARA (MUNSTER) 26/31 (83.87%)
Duncan Hodge (Edinburgh Gunners) 9/11 (81.82%)
Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons) 9/11 (81.82%)
PAUL WARWICK (CONNACHT) 28/35 (80%)
JEREMY MANNING (MUNSTER) 8/10 (80%)
FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 66/83 (79.52%)
DAVID HUMPHREYS (ULSTER) 52/69 (75.36%)
Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners) 32/43 (74.42%)
Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors) 20/27 (74.07%)
Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 17/23 (73.91%)
DAVID SLEMEN (CONNACHT) 14/19 (73.68%)
PAUL STEINMETZ (ULSTER) 11/15 (73.33%)
Charlie Hore (Border Reivers) 40/55 (72.73%)
Lee Thomas (Cardiff Blues) 8/11 (72.73%)
Craig Warlow (Newport Gwent Dragons) 28/39 (71.79%)
Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) 27/40 (67.50%)
Nick Robinson (Cardiff Blues) 35/53 (66.04%)
Gareth Bowen (Llanelli Scarlets) 15/25 (60%)
Mike Hercus (Llanelli Scarlets) 17/31 (54.84%)
Matthew Jones (Ospreys) 10/20 (50%)

YELLOW/RED CARD RECORDS –

RED CARDS –
1 – Semo Sititi (Border Reivers), Dafydd Jones (Llanelli Scarlets)

YELLOW CARDS –
Border Reivers 6
Cardiff Blues 6
CONNACHT 11 (John Muldoon (2), Michael Swift (2), Andrew Farley, John Fogarty, Matt Lacey, Dan McFarland, Joe Merrigan, Colm Rigney, Christian Short)
Edinburgh Gunners 6
Glasgow Warriors 6
LEINSTER 9 (Reggie Corrigan (3), Felipe Contepomi, Guy Easterby, Ben Gissing, Robert Kearney, Ronan McCormack, Eric Miller)
Llanelli Scarlets 7
MUNSTER 6 (Federico Pucciariello (2), Ian Dowling, Anthony Foley, John Hayes, Shaun Payne)
Newport Gwent Dragons 8
Ospreys 8
ULSTER 7 (Simon Best, Isaac Boss, Justin Harrison, David Humphreys, Matt McCullough, Andrew Maxwell, Bryan Young)

INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS (2005/06) –

Most Points In A Game – FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 25 (Leinster v Munster, December 31); DAVID HUMPHREYS (ULSTER) 25 (Ulster v Glasgow Warriors, January 7)

Most Tries In A Game – GARY BROWN (LEINSTER) 3 (Leinster v Border Reivers, January 27); Chris Czekaj (Cardiff Blues) 3 (Cardiff v Ospreys, March 3)

Most Conversions In A Game – FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 7 (Leinster v Border Reivers, December 27)

Most Penalties In A Game – FELIPE CONTEPOMI (LEINSTER) 7 (Leinster v Newport Gwent Dragons, September 16)

Most Drop Goals In A Game – Shaun Connor (Ospreys) 2 (Cardiff Blues v Ospreys, March 3)

Fastest Try – Nathan Brew (Newport Gwent Dragons) 18 seconds (Cardiff Blues v Dragons, December 27)

Quickest Bonus Point Try – GARY BROWN (LEINSTER) 28 minutes (Leinster v Border Reivers, January 27)

TEAM RECORDS (2005/06) –

Most Points In A Home Game – LEINSTER (62-14 v Border Reivers, Donnybrook, January 27)

Most Points In An Away Game – MUNSTER (44-19 v CONNACHT, The Sportsground, October 1)

Highest Aggregate Of Points In A Game – 76 Points (LEINSTER 62 Border Reivers 14, Donnybrook, January 27)

Biggest Home Win – 48 Points (LEINSTER 62 Border Reivers 14, Donnybrook, January 27)

Biggest Away Win – 27 Points (Border Reivers 0 ULSTER 27, Netherdale, October 15)

Best Attendance (Regular Season) – 14,135 (LEINSTER v MUNSTER, The RDS, December 31)

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