Dan Parks is two points short of reaching the half-century mark in the Heineken Cup for the fifth time in eight season after his 17 point haul in Connacht Rugby's first win over French opposition in the competition last weekend.
The former Glasgow Warriors, Cardiff Blues and Scotland outside half is the Heineken Cup's leading scorer after three rounds with 48 points - two short of Worcester Warriors outside half Joe Carlisle in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Five players are currently tied for top place with three tries in the race to find the Heneken Cup's best try scorer - George Pisi (Northampton Saints), Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Danny Care (Harlequins), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues) and
Napolioni Nalaga (ASM Clermont Auvergne).
But the leading try scorer in Europe to date this season is Perpignan's Adrien Plante, who has notched six tries already after only three rounds.
Heineken Cup Leading Points Scorers 2012/13
1 Dan Parks (Connacht Rugby) 48
2 Ben Botica (Harlequins) 45
3 Morgan Parra (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 41
4= Charlie Hodgson (Saracens) 40
Paddy Jackson (Ulster Rugby) 40
6 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon) 39
7 Luke McAlister (Toulouse) 38
8 Dan Biggar (Ospreys) 37
9 Jonathan Sexton (Leinster Rugby) 36
10 Gareth Steenson (Exeter Chiefs) 35
Heineken Cup Leading Try Scorers 2012/13
1= George Pisi (Northampton Saints) 3
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) 3
Danny Care (Harlequins) 3
Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues) 3
Napolioni Nalaga (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 3
6= Julian Salvi (Leicester Tigers) 2
Hanno Dirksen (Ospreys) 2
Sean Dougall (Munster Rugby) 2
Juan Imhoff (Racing Metro 92) 2
Arnaud Heguy (Biarritz Olympique) 2
Paul Marshall (Ulster Rugby) 2
Yann Lesgourgues Biarritz Olympique) 2
Sam Smith (Harlequins) 2
Julien Bonnaire (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 2
Mamuka Gorgodze (Montpellier) 2
Wesley Fofana (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 2
Delon Armitage (Toulon) 2
Rob Buchanan (Harlequins) 2
Andrew Trimble (Ulster Rugby) 2
Sitiveni Sivivatu (ASM Clermont Auvergne) 2
Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier) 2
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse) 2
Amlin Challenge Cup Leading Points Scorers 2012/13
1 Joe Carlisle (Worcester Warriors) 50
2 Paul Griffen (Rugby Calvisano) 34
3= Felipe Contepomi (Stade Francais Paris) 31
Ian Humphreys (London Irish) 31
5 Adrien Planté (Perpignan) 30
6= Andy Goode (Worcester Warrior) 28
Raphael Lagarde (Agen) 28
8= Benjamin Boyet (Bayonne) 27
Tom Prydie (Newport Gwent Dragons) 27
10 Andy Short (Worcester Warriors) 25
Amlin Challenge Cup Leading Try Scorers 2012/13
1 Adrien Planté (Perpignan) 6
2 Andy Short (Worcester Warriors) 5
3= David Lemi (Worcester Warriors) 4
Francis Fainifo (Stade Francais Paris) 4
Joffrey Michel (Perpignan) 4
Sailosi Tagicakibau (London Irish) 4
7= Max Stelling (Worcester Warriors) 3
Christian Wade (London Wasps) 3
Anthony Watson (London Irish) 3
Halani Aulika (London Irish) 3
Marvin O'Connor (Bayonne) 3
Remy Bonfils (Stade Francais Paris) 3
Topsy Ojo (London Irish) 3
