O’Gara Tops The Scoring Charts

…Ronan O’Gara – kicking for goal against England last weekend…

Irish out-half Ronan O’Gara has finished as the RBS 6 Nations’ top points scorer for the second year running. Meanwhile, Triple Crown hero Shane Horgan was the 2006 tournament’s joint-top try scorer.

2006 RBS 6 NATIONS: TOP SCORERS:

TOP POINTS SCORERS –

76 – Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) (1 try, 10 conversions, 17 penalties)

57 – Chris Paterson (Scotland) (2 tries, 4 conversions, 13 penalties)

44 – Charlie Hodgson (England) (1 try, 6 conversions, 9 penalties); Ramiro Pez (Italy) (4 conversions, 9 penalties, 3 drop goals)

37 – Stephen Jones (Wales) (1 try, 7 conversions, 6 penalties)

31 – Dimitri Yachvili (France) (5 conversions, 7 penalties)

27 – Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France) (6 conversions, 5 penalties)

21 – Andy Goode (England) (3 conversions, 5 penalties)

15 – Mirco Bergamasco (Italy) (3 tries); Shane Horgan (Ireland) (3 tries)

10 – Aurelien Rougerie (France) (2 tries), Cedric Heymans (France) (2 tries), David Marty (France) (2 tries), Florian Fritz (France) (2 tries), Gareth Thomas (Wales) (2 tries), Mark Cueto (England) (2 tries), Mark Jones (Wales) (2 tries), Mike Tindall (England) (2 tries), Sean Lamont (Scotland) (2 tries)

…Shane Horgan tries to make the right corner against England last weekend with Lewis Moody for company…

TOP TRY SCORERS –

3 – Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Shane Horgan (Ireland)

2 – Aurelien Rougerie (France), Cedric Heymans (France), Chris Paterson (Scotland), David Marty (France), Florian Fritz (France), Gareth Thomas (Wales), Mark Cueto (England), Mark Jones (Wales), Mike Tindall (England), Sean Lamont (Scotland)

1 – Andrew Trimble (Ireland), Charlie Hodgson (England), Christophe Dominici (England), Damien Traille (France), David Wallace (Ireland), Denis Leamy (Ireland), Dimitri Szarzewski (France), Donncha O’Callaghan (Ireland), Ezio Galon (Italy), Frederic Michalak (France), Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland), Hal Luscombe (Wales), Hugo Southwell (Scotland), James Simpson-Daniel (England), Jamie Noon (England), Jerry Flannery (Ireland), Julien Bonnaire (France), Lawrence Dallaglio (England), Lewis Moody (England), Martyn Williams (Wales), Matt Dawson (England), Olivier Magne (France), Pablo Canavosio (Italy), Peter Stringer (Ireland), Pieter De Villiers (France), Robert Sidoli (Wales), Ronan O’Gara (Ireland), Sebastien Bruno (France), Stephen Jones (Wales), Steve Borthwick (England), Thomas Lievremont (France), Tom Voyce (England), Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Yannick Nyanga (France), Penalty try (Wales)

MOST GOALS KICKED –

Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) 71 points – 10 conversions, 17 penalties – 82% success rate
Chris Paterson (Scotland) 47 – 4 conversions, 13 penalties – 89%
Charlie Hodgson (England) 39 – 6 conversions, 9 penalties – 74%
Ramiro Pez (Italy) 35 – 4 conversions, 9 penalties – 68%
Stephen Jones (Wales) 32 – 7 conversions, 6 penalties – 76%
Dimitri Yachvili (France) 31 – 5 conversions, 7 penalties – 75%
Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France) 27 – 6 conversions, 5 penalties – 69%
Andy Goode (England) 21 – 3 conversions, 5 penalties – 73%
Gavin Henson (Wales) 3 – 1 penalty – 100%
Paul Griffen (Italy) 3 – 1 penalty – 100%

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