ERC Elite Awards

Shaun Payne made his 50th Heineken Cup appearance in the game against London Wasps at the Ricoh Stadium in Coventry.

Elite 500 Club
865 – Ronan O’Gara (Munster)
682 – Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets 645 ASM Clermont Auvergne 37)
645 – Diego Dominguez (Milan 64, Stade Français Paris 581)
554 – David Humphreys (Ulster Rugby)
502 – Neil Jenkins (Pontypridd 264, Cardiff 212, Celtic Warriors 26)

Elite 50 Club
81 – Anthony Foley (Munster)
72 – John Hayes (Munster)
70 – Peter Stringer (Munster)
68 – Fabien Pelous (Dax 5, Toulouse 63), Ronan O’Gara (Munster)
67 –John Kelly (Munster)
64 – Yannick Bru (Toulouse)
62 – Chris Wyatt (Llanelli Scarlets 60, Bourgoin 2)
61 – Shane Byrne (Leinster 55, Saracens 6), Reggie Corrigan (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster), Stephen Jones (Scarlets 58, Clermont 3)
60 -Christian Labit (Toulouse 58, Northampton Saints 2), Martin Corry (Leicester)
59 – Graham Rowntree (Leicester), Dafydd James (Scarlets 29, Pontypridd 14, Bridgend 4, C Warriors 6, Quins 6)
58 – Malcolm O’Kelly (Leinster), Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues 40, Pontypridd 17)
57 – Victor Costello (Leinster), Trevor Brennan (Toulouse 35, Leinster 22)
56 – Anthony Horgan (Munster), David Humphreys (Ulster), Marcus Horan (Munster), David Wallace (Munster), Girvan Dempsey (Leinster)
55 – Robin McBryde (Scarlets), Nicolas Brusque (Biarritz 41, Pau 14)
54 – David Auradou (Stade Français), Denis Hickie (Leinster), Vernon Cooper (Scarlets), Alan Quinlan (Munster)
53 – Sylvain Marconnet (Stade Français), Austin Healey (Leicester)
52 – Eric Miller (Leinster 34, Leicester 12, Ulster 6), Garan Evans (Scarlets), Ben Kay (Leicester), Frankie Sheahan (Munster), Gordon D’Arcy (Leinster)
51 -Martin Johnson (Leicester), John Davies (Scarlets), Alex King (Wasps 50, Clermont 1), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Shaun Payne (Munster 28, Swansea 22)
50 -Leon Lloyd (Leicester), Pieter de Villiers (Stade Français), Gary Longwell (Ulster),

Elite Teams
87 – Toulouse
86 – Munster
78 – Leicester Tigers
77 – Llanelli Scarlets
76 – Leinster
71 – Ulster Rugby
70 – Cardiff Blues
62 – Stade Français Paris, London Wasps
61 – Edinburgh
56 – Benetton Treviso
54 – Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque
51 – Glasgow Warriors
50 – Perpignan