WITH just seven days away from our first National One match of the season at home to Darlington Mowden Park (3pm), we update our list of all-time first-team league top try-scorers – the top 10 will be revealed tomorrow!

No. 20: Micky Bell (=)

Position: Wing

Total Tries: 31

First Try: Henley (a) – November 18, 1989.

Last Try: Swindon College Old Boys (a) – March 17, 2001.

Most tries in a game: (2) – Swindon (October 10, 1998), Swindon (January 30, 1999), Devizes (March 13, 1999), Blandford (April 17, 1999), Ivel Barbarians (January 20, 2001), Corsham (March 10, 2001).

Most tries in a season: 12 in 1998/99.

Most tries against: (4) – Swindon.

Tries by season:

1989/90 (1) – Henley (a)

97/98 (4) – Tadley (a), Calne (h), Thatcham (a), Melksham (h).

98/99 (12) – North Dorset (h), Swindon x2 (a), Devizes (a), Swindon x2 (h), Tadley (h), North Dorset (a), Devizes x2 (h), Blandford x2 (a).

99/2000 (6) – Swindon College Old Boys (a), Ivel Barbarians (a), Windsor (h), Wimborne (a), Swindon College Old Boys (h), Bournemouth (h).

00/01 (8) – Wootton Bassett (h), Salisbury (h), Ivel Barbarians x2 (a), Wimborne (h), Corsham x2 (h), Swindon College Old Boys (a).

No. 19= Rob Castell (=)

Position: Wing / Back row.

Total Tries: 32

First Try: Thatcham (a) – March 14, 1998.

Last Try: Bournemouth (a) – April 16, 2011.

Most tries in a game: (3) – Swindon (September 23, 2006).

Most tries in a season: Seven in 2006/07.

Most tries against: (3) – Swindon.

Tries by season:

1997/98 (2) – Thatcham (a), Melksham (h).

98/99 (2) – North Dorset x2 (h).

99/2000 (3) – Sherborne (h), Ivel Barbarians (a), Swindon College Old Boys (h).

01/02 (3) – Windsor (h), Stow-on-the-Wold (a), Olney (a).

04/05 (6) – Bradford-on-Avon (h), Minety (h), Tadley (a), Trowbridge (h), Frome (a), Devizes (h).

05/06 (5) – Slough x2 (h), Grove x2 (h), Witney (h).

06/07 (7) – Swindon x3 (h), Swanage & Wareham (a), Aylesbury (h), Marlow (h), Cheltenham (h).

07/08 (1) – Maidenhead (h).

10/11 (3) – Bournemouth (h), Chinnor (a), Bournemouth (a).

No. 19= Henry Bird (+3)

Position: Full back/wing

Total Tries: 32

First Try: Cambridge (a) – September 7, 2019

Last Try: Taunton Titans (h) – January 27 (2024)

Most tries in a game: (3) – Chinnor (April 22, 2022)

Most tries in a season: 14 in 2021/22

Most tries against: (6) – Cambridge and Chinnor

Tries by season:

2019/20 (5) – Cambridge x2 (a), Chinnor x2 (h), Cinderford (h)

2021/22 (14) – Cambridge (a), Plymouth Albion (a), Leeds Tykes (h), Rosslyn Park x2 (h), Cinderford (h), Tonbridge Juddians (a), Rosslyn Park (a), Sale (a), Chinnor (h), Chinnor x3 (a), Cambridge (h)

2022/23 (7) – Esher (h), Birmingham Moseley x2 (h), Cinderford (a), Hull (a), Cambridge x2 (a)

2024/25 (6) – Birmingham Moseley (h), Sedgley Park (a), Blackheath x2 (a), Richmond (a), Taunton Titans (h)

No. 17 – Matt Reed (-1)

Position: Fly-half

Total Tries: 33

First Try: Olney (a) – September 3, 2005.

Last Try: Bournemouth (a) – April 19, 2008.

Most tries in a game: (2) – Witney (September 24, 2005), Buckingham (December 3, 2005), Stow-on-the-Wold (January 7, 2006), Slough (March 11, 2006), Frome (September 16, 2006), Swindon (September 23, 2006), Swanage & Wareham (September 30, 2006), High Wycombe (January 13, 2007), Cheltenham (January 27, 2006).

Most tries in a season: 17 in 2005/06.

Most tries against: (3) – Buckingham, Frome, High Wycombe, Swindon, Witney.

Tries by season:

2005/06 (17) – Olney (a), Witney x2 (a), Bletchley (h), Grove (a), Beaconsfield (a), Swindon (h), Amersham & Chiltern (h), Buckingham x2 (a), Stow-on-the-Wold x2 (h), Witney (h), Slough x2 (a), Olney (h), Buckingham (h).

06/07 (15) – Frome x2 (a), Swindon x2 (h), Swanage & Wareham x2 (a), Windsor (h), High Wycombe (h), Marlow (a), Aylesbury (h), High Wycombe x2 (a), Cheltenham x2 (h), Frome (h).

07/08 (1) – Bournemouth (h).

No. 16= Jevon Marsh (-1)

Position: Full back

Total Tries: 36

First Try: St Ives (h) – September 29, 2007.

Last Try: Newbury (h) – March 10, 2012.

Most tries in a game: (4) – Weston-super-Mare (September 24, 2011).

Most tries in a season: 17 in 2010/11.

Most tries against: (8) – Weston-super-Mare.

Tries by season:

2007/08 (5) – St Ives (h), Weston-super-Mare (a), Old Patesians (h), Weston-super-Mare x2 (h).

08/09 (2) – Oxford Harlequins (h), Chippenham (h).

10/11 (17) – Bridgwater & Albion (a), Cheltenham x3 (h), Cleve (h), Coney Hill (a), Hartpury College (a), Oxford Harlequins (h), Bridgwater & Albion (h), Coney Hill x2 (h), Exmouth (h), Hartpury College (h), Barnstaple (a), Oxford Harlequins (a), Weston-super-Mare (a), Barnstaple (h).

11/12 (12) – Chinnor (a), Old Patesians (h), Weston-super-Mare x4 (a), Oxford Harlequins (h), Exmouth x2 (a), Amersham & Chiltern (h), Newbury x2 (h).

No. 16 – Stevie Bryant (=)

Position: Centre

Total Tries: 36

First Try: Barnstaple (a) – September 8, 2012.

Last Try: Cinderford (h) – November 15, 2023.

Most tries in a game: (2) – Worcester Wanderers (March 8, 2014), Bournemouth (September 13, 2014), Chard (January 1, 2015).

Most tries in a season: Seven in 2013/14.

Most tries against: (5) – Barnstaple.

Tries by season:

2012/13 (3) – Barnstaple (a), Maidenhead (h), Newton Abbot (h).

13/14 (7) – Chippenham (h), Lydney (a), Old Centralians (a), Brixham (h), Old Redcliffians (h), Worcester Wanderers x2 (h).

14/15 (6) – Barnstaple (h), Bournemouth x2 (a), Brixham (h), Chard x2 (h).

15/16 (2) – Bury St Edmunds (h), Redruth (a).

16/17 (6) – Barnstaple (h), Canterbury (h), Barnstaple (a), Exmouth (h), Barnes (a), Cinderford (a).

17/18 (6) – Henley (a), Cinderford (h), Tonbridge Juddians (a), Old Redcliffians (h), Barnstaple (a), Henley (h).

18/19 (1) – Canterbury (h).

19/20 (2) – Plymouth Albion (h), Bishop’s Stortford (h).

21/22 (1) – Chinnor (a)

23/24 (2) – Darlington Mowden Park (h), Cinderford (h)

No. 14 – Joao Costa (-1)

Position: Wing

Total Tries: 39

First Try: Trowbridge (a) – January 31, 2004.

Last Try: Exmouth (a) – October 10, 2011.

Most tries in a game: (4) – Stow-on-the-Wold (January 7, 2006).

Most tries in a season: 18 in 2006/07.

Most tries against: (4) – Stow-on-the-Wold.

Tries by season:

2003/04 (2) – Trowbridge (a), Ivel Barbarians (h).

05/06 (9) – Stow-on-the-Wold x4 (h), Swindon (a), Slough x2 (a), Buckingham x2 (h).

06/07 (18) – Henley Wanderers (h), Swanage & Wareham (a), Windsor (h), Cheltenham x3 (a), Marlow x2 (a), Salisbury (h), Aylesbury x2 (h), Cheltenham (h), Swanage & Wareham (h), Swindon x2 (a), Frome (h), Bournemouth (a), Aylesbury (a).

07/08 (1) – Maidenhead (h).

08/09 (5) – Cleve (h), Chippenham (a), Oxford Harlequins (h), Exmouth (a), Weston-super-Mare (h).

10/11 (1) – Weston-super-Mare (h).

11/12 (3) – Bridgwater & Albion (h), Oxford Harlequins (h), Exmouth (a).

No. 12= Conor Corrigan (-1)

Position: Wing

Total Tries: 45

First Try: Old Elthamians (a) – February 6, 2016.

Last Try: Cinderford (a) – March 14, 2020.

Most tries in a game: (2) – Barnes (October 22, 2016), Cinderford (November 5, 2016), Redruth (January 14, 2017), Guernsey (February 2, 2019), Dings Crusaders (March 2, 2019), Cinderford (March 14, 2020).

Most tries in a season: 12 in 2016/17.

Most tries against: (6) – Cinderford.

Tries by season:

2015/16 (4) – Old Elthamians (a), Cornish All Blacks (a), Bury St Edmunds (a), Chinnor (h).

16/17 (12) – Barnes x2 (h), Bury St Edmunds (a), Cinderford x2 (h), Worthing (a), Redruth x2 (h), Exmouth (h), Bishop’s Stortford (a), Worthing (h), Taunton (a).

17/18 (11) – Tonbridge Juddian (a), Barnstaple (h), Wimbledon (a), Redruth (h), Taunton (a), Bury St Edmunds (h), Cinderford (a), Broadstreet (a), Redruth (a), Taunton (h), Henley (h).

18/19 (10) – Dings Crusaders (h), Birmingham & Solihull (a), Barnes (h), Guernsey x2 (a), Tonbridge Juddian (a), Old Redcliffians (h), Dings Crusaders x2 (a), Taunton (h).

19/20 (8) – Chinnor (h), Richmond (a), Bishop’s Stortford (a), Cinderford (h), Rotherham (a), Bishop’s Stortford (h), Cinderford x2 (a).

No. 12= Jamie Guttridge (-1)

Position: Second/Back row

Total Tries: 45

First Try: Newton Abbot (h) – October 18, 2014.

Last Try: Tonbridge Juddians (a) – January 8, 2022.

Most tries in a game: (3) – Oxford Harlequins (November 22, 2014) and Exmouth (December 13, 2014).

Most tries in a season: 13 in 2014/15.

Most tries against: (4) – Taunton and Guernsey.

Tries by season:

2014/15 (13) – Newton Abbot x2 (h), Old Redcliffians x2 (a), Oxford Harlequins x3 (h), Brixham (h), Weston-super-Mare (h), Exmouth x3 (a), Chard (h).

15/16 (7) – Old Albanian x2 (a), Barnes (h), Cornish All Blacks (a), Southend (h), Chinnor (h), Redruth (a).

16/17 (1) – Taunton (h).

17/18 (1) – Taunton (h).

18/19 (11) – Guernsey x2 (h), Dings Crusaders (h), Taunton (a), Old Albanian (h), Guernsey x2 (a), Taunton (h), Worthing (a), Redruth (h), Clifton (a).

19/20 (8) – Birmingham Moseley (h), Darlington Mowden Park (a), Canterbury (a), Plymouth Albion x2 (h), Birmingham Moseley (a), Darlington Mowden Park (h), Bishop’s Stortford (h).

21/22 (4) – Cambridge (a), Rosslyn Park (h), Blackheath (h), Tonbridge Juddians (a).

No. 11 – Joe Duffelen (-1)

Position: Full back

Total Tries: 47

First Try: Chinnor (a) – January 26, 2008.

Last Try: Canterbury (a) – April 27, 2019.

Most tries in a game: (2) – St Ives (February 16, 2008), Amersham & Chiltern (February 25, 2012), Oxford Harlequins (November 17, 2012), Avonmouth Old Boys (December 7, 2013), Old Patesians (February 28, 2015), Oxford Harlequins (March 21, 2015)

Most tries in a season: 11 in 2014/15.

Most tries against: (5) – Chippenham.

Tries by season:

2007/08 (3) – Chinnor (a), St Ives x2 (a).

08/09 (2) – Chippenham (a), Barnstaple (a).

11/12 (3) – Amersham & Chiltern x2 (a), Chippenham (h).

12/13 (9) – Brixham (h), Chippenham (a), Exmouth (h), Maidenhead x2 (h), Newton Abbot (h), Oxford Harlequins x2 (h), Brixham (a).

13/14 (6) – Chippenham (h), Avonmouth Old Boys x2 (h), Bracknell (a), Chippenham (a), Lydney (h).

14/15 (11) – Barnstaple (h), Bracknell (h), Old Patesians (h), Old Redcliffians (a), Brixham (h), Brixham (a), Old Patesians x2 (a), Oxford Harlequins x2 (a), Barnstaple (a).

15/16 (2) – Bishop’s Stortford (h), Old Albanian (h).

17/18 (2) – London Irish Wild Geese (h), Cinderford (h).

18/19 (9) – London Irish Wild Geese (a), Henley (h), Bury St Edmunds (h), Guernsey (h), Worthing (h), Redruth (a), Guernsey (a), Old Redcliffians (h), Canterbury (a).

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