2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

Spanish rugby union competition 2015–16 División de Honor División de Honor.PNG Spain 19 September 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season) 15 May 2016 – 28 May 2016 (championship playoff) El Salvador Valladolid Pozuelo 137 791 Samuel Katz, 317 Anthony Matoto, 24 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 División de Honor was the 49th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 19 September 2015 and finished on 1 May 2016. The playoffs began in May, with the Final taking place on 28 May. El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local arch-rivals Valladolid in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the team relegated to División de Honor B de Rugby. Competition format The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots. The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B. Promotion and relegation The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor. Teams Team Stadium CapacityLocation AlcobendasLas Terrazas2,000Alcobendas, MadridSpain 500 none 2015–16 División de Honor teams Spain 41.652136 -4.726181 left 5 Valladolid / El Salvador 80 Spain 41.346015 2.035217 left 5 Santboiana 80 Spain 43.311377 -2.680578 top 5 Gernika 80 Spain 43.054151 -2.17864 bottom 5 Ordizia 80 Spain 40.42271 -3.818221 left 5 Complutense 80 Spain 41.423109 2.146364 top 5 Barcelona 80 Spain 43.338039 -3.008537 bottom 5 Getxo 80 Spain 40.437998 -3.728614 right 5 Complutense Cisneros 80 Spain 43.271509 -1.973300 right 5 Hernani 80 Spain 40.529507 -3.637772 top 5 Alcobendas 80 Spain 43.462015 -3.810024 left 5 Independiente 80BarcelonaLa Teixonera500BarcelonaCisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGernika_RTUrbieta zelaia1,000GernikaGetxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1,000 GuechoHernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependienteSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaOrdiziaAltamira500Estadio Altamira http://www.ordiziarugby.com/content/view/45/79/lang,es/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101021103512/http://www.ordiziarugby.com/content/view/45/79/lang,es/ 21 October 2010 13 September 2010 SpanishOrdizia, GipuzkoaPozueloValle de las Cañas300Pozuelo de Alarcón, MadridSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatValladolidPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid Results ALCBARCISELSGERGET HERINDORDPOZSANVALAlcobendas29-727-3624-1642-1842-734-1737-2444-5622-2314-4410-43Barcelona23-1624-4115-1528-2440-2024-157-4722-3410-638-4421-30Cisneros7-2041-2317-2732-2953-3151-1716-2449-3130-336-1822-22El Salvador27-1745-1029-2138-1547-1857-030-2343-1452-1742-3940-19Gernika RT16-1355-1216-1421-3720-2227-2124-3022-3219-1733-3217-21Getxo14-1918-2527-3212-5134-2231-1217-2814-5028-3931-155-27Hernani30-2526-2034-2713-4042-2015-2920-3422-2022-180-320-41Independiente26-3434-3421-1636-3417-1935-2131-1250-1442-3049-2016-39Ordizia27-2815-1913-1618-2420-1325-2729-466-2942-3310-3716-18Pozuelo10-215-2919-228-4034-1921-3330-2524-4156-3631-1310-29Santboiana28-2434-1317-2161-2440-1049-2448-2224-1356-1256-726-32Valladolid38-2145-1233-620-541-1328-1475-1220-1346-2064-1444-15 Table #TeamGamesPointsTriesBon Bonus PointsPtsPWDLF Points forA Points against+/- Points differenceF Tries forA Tries against+/- Tries difference1Valladolid222011775328+447105386716982El Salvador221714763438+32597544313833Independiente221417663498+16581572414724Santboiana221309748530+218100653517695Cisneros221318606505+10182612114686Alcobendas2211011563537+2675641114587FC Barcelona228212456639-1835492-386428Getxo Artea RT227015477695-2986495-3112409Ordizia R.E.226016540714-1747396-23164010Hernani CRE227015423743-32060110-50103811Gernika R.T227015472619-1475878-2093712CRC Pozuelo226016455695-2405897-391135Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 4 May 2016) </onlyinclude> <onlyinclude> Qualified for Playoff (semifinals) Qualified for Playoff (quarter-finals) Relegation playoff Relegated Championship playoffs Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 30 160 4 CataloniaUE Santboiana 23 5 MadridComplutense Cisneros 25 3 CantabriaIndependiente Rugby 42 6 MadridAlcobendas 13 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 33 5 MadridComplutense Cisneros 26 2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 36 3 CantabriaIndependiente Rugby 16 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 23 2 Castile and LeónEl Salvador 24 Quarter-finals 15 May 2016 12:30 (UTC+2) Independiente RC 42–13 Boxscore Alcobendas Latrónico 2' cSteward 8' c, 80' cPenalty try 35' cSchab 53' Zabalegui (3/4) 2', 8', 35'García (1/1) 80' Zabalegui (3/3) 50', 64', 74' Íñiguez 56' c Ati (1/1) 56' Ati (2/2) 7', 31' San Román, Santander Luis Santos (Castile and León) 15 May 2016 12:30 (UTC+2) Santboiana 23–25 Boxscore Complutense Cisneros Nichols 25' cCasey 43'Baker 78' Casey (1/3) 25' Millán (2/2) 55', 72' Sainz-Trápaga 28' c Nacho Martínez (1/1) 28' Nacho Martínez (5/5) 14', 40', 52', 76', 80' Gimeno 60' Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country) Semifinals 21 May 2016 17:00 (UTC+2) El Salvador 36–16 Boxscore Independiente RC Díaz 55' cCarter 68' cZebango 80' c Katz (3/3) 55', 68', 80' Katz (3/3) 3', 42', 50', 53' Coronel 39' c Zabalegui (1/1) 39' Zabalegui (3/3) 11', 25', 36' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia) 22 May 2016 12:30 (UTC+2) Valladolid 33–26 Boxscore Complutense Cisneros Abril 15' cGriffiths 32' cCastiglioni 65' c Griffiths (3/3) 15', 32', 65' Griffiths (3/3) 13', 22', 72'Nuno Penha (1/1) 78' Molina 28 c, 75'Cano 80' Nacho Martínez (1/3) 28' Nacho Martínez (3/3) 6', 42', 46' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Marc Riera (Catalonia) Final 28 May 2016 17:30 (UTC+2) Valladolid 23–24 Boxscore El Salvador Nuno Penha 9' Griffiths (0/1) Griffiths (5/5) 2', 26', 30', 45', 72' Griffiths 63' Marrón 13' cBlanco 70' Katz (1/2) 13' Katz (4/4) 37', 49', 57', 79' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid 5,000 Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country) 2015–16 División de Honor winners Castile and León El Salvador Eighth Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was played over two legs by Bizkaia Gernika, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and CAU Valencia, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17 season. y 2 score Relegation/promotion playoff 25 11th team qualified 11th in División de Honor Basque Country Bizkaia Gernika 35 94 DHB Loser team from promotion's playoff Final Valencia CAU Valencia 7 18 1st leg 5 June 2016 12:00 CAU Valencia 7–35 Boxscore Bizkaia Gernika Herrero 50' c Sorribes (1/1) 50' Pietrelli 5' cAmor 9' c, 77' cSouville 25' cBertero 38' c Bertero (5/5) 6', 10', 26', 39', 78' Campo del Río Turia, Valencia Ignacio Muñoz (Madrid) 2nd leg 12 June 2016 12:00 Bizkaia Gernika 94–18 Boxscore CAU Valencia Pietrelli 1' c, 8' c, 19' c, 41'Magunazelaia 6' cVerran 16' c, 27' c, 57' cSclavi 39' cMorgan 50' cEs Saheb 55' c, 69'Albizua 65' c Bertero (11/13) 2', 7', 9', 17', 20', 28', 40', 51', 56', 58', 66' Morente 14'Ortega 66' c Sorribes (1/2) 67' Sorribes (2/2) 13', 21' Urbieta, Gernika Félix Villegas (Castile and León) Scorers statistics Top try scorers http://www.ferugby.es/comp_nacional.php?nombre_categoria=Division%20de%20Honor&titulo=Estadisticas regular season stats 2016-05-04 2015-05-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528231407/http://www.ferugby.es/comp_nacional.php?nombre_categoria=Division%20de%20Honor&titulo=Estadisticas dead RankPlayerTriesTeam1TON Anthony Matoto24Getxo Artea R.T. Top points scorers RankPlayerPointsTeam1ENG Sam Katz352El Salvador See also 2015–16 División de Honor B de Rugby 2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby References External links Official site 2015–16 Spain