Six Nations Statistics: Leading Scorers
We bring you the official 2008 RBS Six Nations statistics, supplied by SAS Software, after the first three rounds of matches.
TOP SCORERS’ LISTS – 2008 SIX NATIONS:
After the first three rounds (February 2-23)
POINTS SCORERS:
41 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
32 James Hook (Wales)
31 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
26 Stephen Jones (Wales)
25 Vincent Clerc (France)
23 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
20 David Bortolussi (Italy), Shane Williams (Wales)
15 Lee Byrne (Wales)
10 Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France), Toby Flood (England), Paul Sackey (England), David Wallace (Ireland)
8 Damien Traille (France)
6 Dan Parks (Scotland)
5 Girvan Dempsey (Ireland), Cedric Heymans (France), Marcus Horan (Ireland), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Julien Malzieu (France), Lionel Nallet (France), Mike Phillips (Wales), Simon Picone (Italy), Tom Shanklin (Wales), Simon Webster (Scotland), Richard Wigglesworth (England)
3 Andrea Marcato (Italy), Morgan Parra (France), Dimitri Yachvili (France)
2 David Skrela (France)
TRY SCORERS:
5 Vincent Clerc (France)
4 Shane Williams (Wales)
3 Lee Byrne (Wales)
2 Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy), Toby Flood (England), Paul Sackey (England), David Wallace (Ireland)
1 Girvan Dempsey (Ireland), Cedric Heymans (France), James Hook (Wales), Marcus Horan (Ireland), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Julien Malzieu (France), Lionel Nallet (France), Mike Phillips (Wales), Simon Picone (Italy), Tom Shanklin (Wales), Simon Webster (Scotland), Richard Wigglesworth (England)
GOAL KICKERS:
13 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
12 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
11 James Hook (Wales)
10 Stephen Jones (Wales)
8 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
7 David Bortolussi (Italy)
5 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France)
3 Damien Traille (France)
1 Andrea Marcato (Italy), Dan Parks (Scotland), Morgan Parra (France), David Skrela (France), Dimitri Yachvili (France)
PLACE-KICKING STATISTICS:
100% James Hook (Wales) (11 out of 11), Stephen Jones (Wales) (10 out of 10), Chris Paterson (Scotland) (8 out of 8), David Skrela (France) (1 out of 1), Dimitri Yachvili (France) (1 out of 1), Morgan Parra (France) (1 out of 1)
80% Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) (12 out of 15)
77% David Bortolussi (Italy) (7 out of 9)