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.
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