ERC, the Heineken Cup organisers who are celebrating their 10th anniversary this season, introduced the ERC Elite Awards scheme to recognise and reward the glittering list of elite players and teams who have made outstanding contributions to the northern hemisphere's leading club rugby tournament.
ERC Elite Awards have so far been presented to seven teams from four nations and to 10 players from three countries.
TEAM
50 TOURNAMENT MATCHES
67 - Toulouse
65 - Munster
59 - Llanelli Scarlets
56 - Leicester Tigers
56 - Leinster
55 - Ulster
54 - Cardiff Blues
INDIVIDUAL
50 TOURNAMENT CAPS
64 - Anthony Foley (Munster)
56 - Chris Wyatt (Llanelli Scarlets)
54 - Robin McBryde (Llanelli Scarlets), Victor Costello (Leinster), Fabien Pelous (Dax 5, Toulouse 49)
52 - Christian Labit (Toulouse), Shane Byrne (Leinster)
51 - John Kelly (Munster), John Hayes (Munster), Graham Rowntree (Leicester Tigers)
50 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
500 TOURNAMENT POINTS
649 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
645 - Diego Dominguez (Milan 64, Stade Français Paris 581)
550 - Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets)
502 - Neil Jenkins (Pontypridd 264, Cardiff 212, Celtic Warriors 26)
25 TOURNAMENT TRIES (No award winner)
24 - Michel Marfaing (Toulouse)
22 - Dafydd James (Pontypridd 9, Llanelli 8, Bridgend 2, Celtic Warriors 1, NEC Harlequins 2)
21 - Emile Ntamack (Toulouse)