WITH the Senior Squad due to return to pre-season next week and numerous movers and shakers in the list of the club’s top try-scorers since we last posted the list during Covid, we start the countdown of our leading league marksmen with No’s 30-28 – including new entry Connor Stapley!

No. 30 – Greg Illingworth (Down Four)

Position: Scrum-half

Total Tries: 18

First Try: Bishop’s Stortford (December 3, 2016).

Last Try: Worthing (March 23, 2019).

Most tries in a game: (2) – Broadstreet (October 14, 2017) and Bury St Edmunds (December 2, 2017).

Most tries in a season: Seven in 2017/18.

Most tries against: Bury St Edmunds - 3

Tries by season:

2016/17 (5) – Bishop’s Stortford (h), London Irish Wild Geese (h), Exmouth (h), Cinderford (a), Bishop’s Stortford (a).

17/18 (7) – London Irish Wild Geese (h), Chinnor (a), Broadstreet x2 (h), Old Redcliffians (h), Bury St Edmunds x2 (h).

18/19 (6) – Worthing (h), Birmingham & Solihull (a), Old Albanian (h), Bury St Edmunds (a), Guernsey (a), Worthing (a).

No. 29 – Connor Stapley (New entry)

Position: Second/Back row

Total Tries: 18

First Try: Old Patesians (March 5, 2011)

Last Try: Esher (April 22, 2023)

Most tries in a game: (1) – 18 times!

Most tries in a season: Four in 2011/12 and 2017/18

Most tries against: Newbury, Plymouth Albion – 2

Tries by season:

10/11 (2) – Old Patesians (h), Oxford Harlequins (a)

11/12 (4) – Newbury (a), Newbury (h), Chippenham (h), Bridgwater & Albion (a)

12/13 (1) – Brixham (h)

17/18 (4) – London Irish Wild Geese (a), Chinnor (h), Barnstaple (a), Wimbledon (h)

18/19 (1) – Canterbury (h)

19/20 (2) – Cinderford (h), Plymouth Albion (h)

21/22 (1) – Plymouth Albion (a)

22/23 (3) – Taunton Titans (h), Cinderford (h), Esher (a)

No. 28 – Olly Foxley (Down three)

Position: Full back/Wing

Total Tries: 21

First Try: Barnstaple (h) – April 12, 2014.

Last Try: Barnstaple (a) – February 17, 2018.

Most tries in a game: (2) – Barnstaple (April 12, 2014) and Bury St Edmunds (February 18, 2017).

Most tries in a season: Eight in 2014/15.

Most tries against: Barnstaple – 4

Tries by season:

2013/14 (2) – Barnstaple x2 (h).

14/15 (8) – Bournemouth (a), Old Centralians (a), Chard (h), Bracknell (a), Old Patesians (a), Old Redcliffians (h), Oxford Harlequins (a), Weston-super-Mare (a).

15/16 (5) – Old Elthamians (h), Southend (a), Bury St Edmunds (h), Cambridge (a), Chinnor (a).

16/17 (2) – Bury St Edmunds x2 (h).

17/18 (4) – Broadstreet (h), Barnstaple (h), Worthing (h), Barnstaple (a).