Heineken elite awards

Top performers over ten years

For the Heineken Cup's 10th anniversary, the European Rugby Cup has introduced its Elite Awards for top performers.

ERC Elite Awards

Team Awards

50 Tournament Matches

Seven teams have managed this

68 - Toulouse
66 - Munster
60 - Llanelli Scarlets
57 - Leicester Tigers
57 - Leinster
56 - Ulster
55 - Cardiff Blues

Individual Awards

50 Tournament Caps

Remarkably Anthony Foley has played in all but one of his team's Heineken Cup matches.

65 - Anthony Foley (Munster)
57 - Chris Wyatt (Llanelli Scarlets)
55 - Victor Costello (Leinster), Fabien Pelous (Dax 5, Toulouse 50)
54 - Robin McBryde (Llanelli Scarlets)
53 - Christian Labit (Toulouse), Shane Byrne (Leinster)
52 - John Hayes (Munster), Graham Rowntree (Leicester Tigers)
51 - John Kelly (Munster)
50 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster), Peter Stringer (Munster)

500 Tournament Points

Ronan O'Gara passed Diego Dominguez's record in Munster's match with Castres. Dominguez is now retired.

649 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
645 - Diego Dominguez (Milan 64, Stade Français 581)
550 - Stephen Jones (Llanelli Scarlets)
502 - Neil Jenkins (Pontypridd 264, Cardiff 212, Celtic Warriors 26)

25 Tournament Tries (No award winner)

Dafydd James achieved his total playing for five different teams. He or Anthony Foley could well be first to reach 25. Michel Marfaing and Emile Ntamack are now retired.

24 - Michel Marfaing (Toulouse)
22 - Dafydd James (Pontypridd 9, Llanelli 8, Bridgend 2, Celtic Warriors 1, NEC Harlequins 2)
21 - Emile Ntamack (Toulouse)
20 - Anthony Foley (Munster)