Champions Cup R4 Stats & Figures
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Top 6 Most Interesting Stats from Round 4 of the Champions Cup.
Following another weekend of highly exciting rugby on display.
We take a look at the most interesting stats & figures following the completion of Round 4 of the Champions Cup.
As the five pools start to take shape, we eagerly await the final two rounds of the tournament.
1 - Leinster's Isa Nacewa and Owen Farrell of Saracens are joint-top scorers on 67 points - Nacewa tops the try scoring charts with five, including a brace at the weekend (v Saints).
2 - Clermont Auvergne's Isaiah Toeava scored the fastest try of the round after just 58 seconds in the victory over Ulster at Stade Marcel-Michelin.
The next #TryOfTheRound nominee is from @ASMOfficiel as they flew out of the blocks & Isaia Toeava scored. Vote 👉🏻 https://t.co/RxRX1431fV pic.twitter.com/wiTNhfZKfO
— Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) December 19, 2016
3 - Saracens - who top Pool 3 with 18 points, are the only club with 4/4 wins so far. The reigning champions have equalled Munster's record of 13 consecutive tournament wins set between 2005 - 2007.
4 - Finn Russell was named Heineken Man of the Match in both wins over Racing while his captain, Jonny Gray, continues to lead the tournament tackling statistics with 62.
5 - Connacht's Tiernan O'Halloran has made the most metres to date with 386 while his teammate, Bundee Aki, is the top carrier on 54.
6 - Tommy Bowe's two tries for Ulster at Clermont brings his individual tally for Europe's top flight to 28 and puts him in fifth place on the all-time list behind Vincent Clerc 36, Brian O'Driscoll 33, Chris Ashton 31 and Dafydd James 29.
Result aside, nice to see @TommyBowe14 back scoring tries again #SUFTUM pic.twitter.com/5NGGj5uI8i
— UlsterRugbySP 🏉 (@UlsterRugbySP) December 19, 2016
