HEINEKEN CUP LEADING SCORERS

Gloucester outside half Ludovic Mercier added 18 points to his overall total in his sides 31-23 defeat at Perpignan, keeping him on top of the overall points scoring table.

Daryl Gibson's hat-trick for Bristol Shoguns in their 41-23 victory over Swansea has catapulted him to joint top of the top try scorers list.

He joins Gloucester duo of Marcel Garvey and Jake Boer, and Leinster's Gordon D'Arcy.

Leading scorers after Round 4...

POINTS
81 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester)
67 Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
66 Barry Everitt (London Irish)
60 Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
57 Brian O'Meara (Leinster Lions)
56 Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns)
53 Paul Grayson (Northampton Saints)
45 Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique)
43 Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin)
41 Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
40 Brendan Laney (Edinburgh Rugby)

TRIES
4 Marcel Garvey, Jake Boer (Gloucester), Darryl Gibson (Bristol), Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster),
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
3 Steve Booth, Geordan Murphy, Freddie Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Steve Tandy (Neath), Terry Fanolua, Ludovic Mercier, James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), Alan Quinlan, Anthony Foley, Jason Holland (Munster), Manny Edmonds (Perpignan), Eremodo Tuni, Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), Martyn Madden (Llanelli), Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns), Yann Delaigue (Toulouse)

CONVERSIONS
18 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester)
17 Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
10 Paul Grayson ( Northampton Saints)
8 Lee Jarvis (Neath), Stephen Jones (Llanelli), J-B Elissalde (Toulouse)
7 Benjamin Boyet (Bourgoin), Yann Delaigue (Toulouse)
6 Casper Steyn (Viadana), Brian O'Meara (Leinster), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique)

PENALTIES

17 Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
15 Brian O'Meara (Leinster Lions)
14 Barry Everitt (London Irish)
11 Felipe Contepomi (Bristol Shoguns), Jason Strange (Newport), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique), Paul Grayson (Northampton Saints)
10 Ludovic Mercier (Gloucester)
9 Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), Iestyn Harris (Cardiff), David Humphreys (Ulster)

DROP GOALS
3 Barry Everitt (London Irish)
1 Pierre Mignoni, Gonzalo Quesada (Beziers), Rod Kafer (Leicester Tigers), Alexandre Peclier (Bourgoin), Christian Warner (Leinster Lions), Sebastien Viars, Xavier Sadourny (Montferrand), Gavin Henson (Swansea), Yann Delaigue (Toulouse), Julien Peyrelongue (Biarritz Olympique), David Humphreys (Ulster)

TEAM TRIES
22 Munster
21 Leicester Tigers, Gloucester
17 Toulouse
15 Neath
14 Perpignan
13 Bourgoin
12 Llanelli
11 Northampton Saints
10 Viadana, Bristol Shoguns, Montferrand, Leinster Lions
8 Glasgow Rugby, Sale Sharks, London Irish
7 Biarritz Olympique
6 Amatori & Calvisano, Swansea
5 Beziers, Edinburgh Rugby
4 Newport, Ulster
1 Cardiff

RED CARDS
1 Toulouse, Sale Sharks, Llanelli, Amatori & Calvisano, Bourgoin.

YELLOW CARDS
5 Perpignan, Newport
4 Bristol Shoguns, Amatori & Calvisano, Bourgoin
3 Edinburgh Rugby, Llanelli, Viadana, London Irish, Cardiff, Northampton Saints
2 Swansea, Beziers, Ulster
1 Sale Sharks, Neath, Leicester Tigers, Montferrand, Gloucester
0 Munster, Glasgow Rugby, Leinster Lions, Toulouse, Biarritz Olympique