Magners League: Round 18 Review

Magners League: Round 18 Review

The final round of matches in this season's Magners League produced just one win for the provinces - Connacht completed their campaign by defeating the Ospreys 24-20 at the Sportsground on Friday. Ulster and Munster failed to produce winning send-offs for David Humphreys and Anthony Foley respectively, while newly crowned champions Leinster were downed by the Dragons.
The final round of matches in this season's Magners League produced just one win for the provinces - Connacht completed their campaign by defeating the Ospreys 24-20 at the Sportsground on Friday. Ulster and Munster failed to produce winning send-offs for David Humphreys and Anthony Foley respectively, while newly crowned champions Leinster were downed by the Dragons.

2007/08 MAGNERS LEAGUE - AFTER ROUND 18:

TOP TRY SCORERS -


9 - Tom James (Cardiff Blues)

7 - Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Regan King (Llanelli Scarlets)

6 - Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster)

5 - Tommy Bowe (Ulster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors), Morgan Stoddart (Llanelli Scarlets), Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh)

TOP POINTS SCORERS -

159 - Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (5 tries, 16 conversions, 31 penalty goals and 3 drop goals)

130 - Paul Warwick (Munster) 3 tries, 14 conversions and 29 penalty goals)

126 - Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (21 conversions and 28 penalty goals)

116 - Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (2 tries, 8 conversions, 27 penalty goals and 3 drop goals)

107 - Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (2 tries, 17 conversions and 21 penalty goals)

103 - Phil Godman (Edinburgh) (1 try, 19 conversions, 19 penalty goals and 1 drop goal)

89 - Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (2 tries, 20 conversions and 13 penalty goals)

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

75 - James Hook (Ospreys) (1 try, 5 conversions and 20 penalty goals)

73 - Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (2 tries, 6 conversions, 15 penalty goals and 2 drop goals)

71 - Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons) (2 tries, 8 conversions and 15 penalty goals)

BEST GOAL KICKERS -

80% - David Blair (Edinburgh) (8 successful kicks out of 10 attempts)

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

76.56% - Felipe Contepomi (Leinster) (49/64)

75.81% - Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors) (47/62)

75% - Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets) (24/32)

72.92% - Shaun Connor (Ospreys) (35/48)

71.74% - Ben Blair (Cardiff Blues) (33/46)

71.70% - Rhys Priestland (Llanelli Scarlets) (38/53)

71.43% - James Hook (Ospreys) (25/35)

70% - Aled Thomas (Newport Gwent Dragons) (21/30)

Qual: 10 place kicks at goal

RESULTS ROUND-UP -

Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Sportsground
Connacht (10) 24: Andy Dunne(3C/P) Keith Matthews(2T) Ofisa Treviranus(T)
Ospreys (0) 20: Daniel Biggar(2C/P) Kristian Phillips(T) Martin Roberts(T) Shaun Connor(P)
Attendance: 1,463

Connacht v Ospreys Match Report

Connacht v Ospreys Photo Gallery

Friday, May 9, 2008 at Ravenhill
Ulster (12) 17: Tommy Bowe(T) Paddy Wallace(T/C) Simon Danielli(T)
Cardiff Blues (7) 26: Roger Davies(T) James Down(T) Maama Molitika(2T) Leigh Halfpenny(3C)
Attendance: 9,672

Ulster v Cardiff Blues Match Report

Ulster v Cardiff Blues Photo Gallery

Friday, May 9, 2008 at Rodney Parade
Newport Gwent Dragons (24) 31: Jason Tovey(2C) Phil Dollman(T) Wayne Evans(T) Hugh Gustafson(T) Adam Black(T) Steve Jones(T) Ceri Sweeney(C)
Leinster (15) 26: Michael Berne(2T) Girvan Dempsey(T) Jonathan Sexton(C/3P)
Attendance: 5,112

Newport Gwent Dragons v Leinster Match Report

Newport Gwent Dragons v Leinster Photo Gallery

Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Musgrave Park
Munster (13) 18: Anthony Foley(T) Paul O'Connell(T) Ronan O'Gara(C/2P)
Glasgow Warriors (14) 21: Thom Evans(T) Dougie Hall(T) Dan Parks(3C) Lome Fa'atau(T)
Attendance: 5,360

Munster v Glasgow Warriors Match Report

Munster v Glasgow Warriors Photo Gallery

Declan Kidney Post-Match Audio

Anthony Foley Post-Match Audio

Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Stradey Park
Llanelli Scarlets (7) 12: Mo Schwalger(T) Rhys Priestland(C) Dafydd James(T)
Edinburgh (12) 29: Ben Gissing(T) Phil Godman(2C) Mike Blair(T) Greig Laidlaw(P) Calum MacRae(C) Allister Hogg(T) Andrew Turnbull(T)
Attendance: 7,338