Celtic League: Top Scorers

…Tommy Bowe – on the run against Munster in December…

Ulster and Ireland flyer Tommy Bowe will hope to add to his six-try tally in the Celtic league on Saturday, when the Newport Gwent Dragons visit Ravenhill.

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.