Leading Points Scorers

Llanelli outside half Stephen Jones is in pole position to overtake Mercier, with Ronan O'Gara (Munster) Brian O'Meara (Leinster) and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse) still in the hunt.

In the try scoring table, Garan Evans of Llanelli did his chances of winning the honour no harm at all with his hat trick against Glasgow in round 6. He now leads the way with seven scores.

Toulouse' Vincent Clerc is currently in second spot with 6 scores. Bus it is the end of the line for Gloucester trio, Marcel Garvey(5), James Simpson-Daniel and Jake Boer (4) who had seemed destined to add to their tally before Munster's last gasp knockout blow.

And Gloucester can forget about topping the team tries total. They currently share that honour with Leicester Tigers, but with the double champions going through to the final eight, the Cherry and Whites will have to settle for a place away from the spotlight.

HEINEKEN CUP LEADING SCORERS (AFTER POOL STAGES)

POINTS
101 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester)
93 Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
83 Barry Everitt (London Irish)
76 Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
73 Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns)
70 Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), Brian O'Meara (Leinster Lions)
69 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse)
67 Jason Strange (Newport), Casper Steyn (Viadana)
64 Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique)
63 Paul Grayson (Northampton Saints)
61 Manny Edmonds (Perpignan)
60 David Humphreys (Ulster)
55 Brendan Laney (Edinburgh Rugby)
54 Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers)
51 Yanni Delaigue (Toulouse)
48 Gavin Henson (Swansea), Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers)
46 Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
44 Lee Jarvis (Neath)

TRIES
7 Garan Evans (Llanelli)
6 Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
5 Marcel Garvey (Gloucester), Denis Hickie, Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster Lions), Yanni Delaigue (Toulouse)
4 James Simpson-Daniel, Jake Boer (Gloucester), Anthony Foley, John Kelly (Munster), Martyn Madden (Llanelli), Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), Daryl Gibson (Bristol Shoguns), Steve Booth, Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers), Casper Steyn (Viadana), Aidan McCullen (Leinster Lions), Brendan Laney (Edinburgh Rugby), Jason Forster (Newport)
3 Steve Tandy (Neath), Freddie Tuilagi, Terry Fanolua, Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester), Alan Quinlan, Jason Holland, Frankie Sheahan (Munster), Manny Edmonds, Pascal Giordani (Perpignan), Dwayne Peel (Llanelli), Eremodo Tuni (Bourgoin), Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns), Xavier Garbajosa, Christian Labit (Toulouse), Ofisa Tonu'u (Newport), Neil McMillan (Ulster), Ben Cohen (Northampton Saints), Phillipe Bernat-Salles (Biarritz Olympique)

CONVERSIONS
25 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester)
20 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse)
19 Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
14 Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
12 Paul Grayson (Northampton Saints)
11 Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique)
10 Lee Jarvis (Neath), Casper Steyn (Viadana)
9 Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers)
8 Manny Edmonds (Perpignan), Brian O'Meara (Leinster Lions), Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns)
7 Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers), Benjamin Boyet (Bourgoin), Yanni Delaigue (Toulouse), Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), Jason Strange (Newport)
6 Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks), Sebastien Viars (Montferrand), Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), Barry Everitt (London Irish), David Humphreys (Ulster)

PENALTY GOALS
19 Stephen Jones (Llanelli), Barry Everitt (London Irish)
18 Brian O'Meara (Leinster Lions)
16 Jason Strange (Newport)
14 Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique)
13 Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), David Humphreys (Ulster), Paul Grayson (Northampton Saints)
12 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester), Gerald Merceron (Montferrand)
11 Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
10 Gavin Henson (Swansea), Manny Edmonds (Perpignan)
9 Brendan Laney (Edinburgh Rugby), Iestyn Harris (Cardiff), Casper Steyn (Viadana), Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin)
8 Lee Jarvis (Neath), Tommy Hayes (Glasgow Rugby), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse)
7 Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers), Arwel Thomas (Swansea)
6 Benjamin Boyet (Bourgoin), Mark Mapletoft (London Irish)

DROP GOALS
3 Barry Everitt (London Irish), Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), David Humphreys (Ulster)
2 Gavin Henson (Swansea), Xavier Sadourny (Montferrand), Pierre Mignoni (Beziers)
1 Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), Rod Kafer (Leicester Tigers), Stephen Jones (Llanelli), Benjamin Boyet, Christian Warner (Leinster Lions), Sebastien Viars (Montferrand), Yanni Delaigue (Toulouse), David Humphreys, Bryn Cunningham (Ulster), Julien Peyrelongue (Biarritz Olympique), Shaun Connor (Neath)

TEAM TRIES
31 Gloucester, Leicester Tigers
29 Toulouse
27 Munster
23 Perpignan
22 Llanelli, Leinster Lions
21 Bourgoin, Biarritz Olympique
18 Neath
16 Sale Sharks
15 Viadana, Montferrand, Bristol Shoguns, Edinburgh Rugby
14 Northampton Saints
12 London Irish
11 Newport
10 Amatori & Calvisano
9 Glasgow Rugby
8 Beziers, Swansea, Ulster
6 Cardiff