2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga

2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga 185px SC Frankfurt 1880 6 Heidelberger RK DRC Hannover Thorsten Wiedemann (212) Alexander Pipa (22) 2007–08 2009–10 The Rugby-Bundesliga 2008-09 was the 38th edition of this competition and the 89th edition of the German rugby union championship. Nine teams play a home-and-away season with a finals round between the top four teams at the end. The bottom two teams determine which club is relegated in an end-of-season decider. The season started on 30 August 2008 and finished with the championship final on 23 May 2009, interrupted by a winter break from early December to late February. The competition was won by the SC Frankfurt 1880 the previous season. Germany right 400 Location of teams in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008-09 Germany 52.60 13.40 Berliner RC bottom Germany 52.60 13.40 RK 03 Berlin top Germany 52.360771 9.730700 DRC Hannover right Germany 49.2444 8.4236 RG HeidelbergHeidelberger RKTSV HandschuhsheimSC Neuenheim right Germany 50.03 8.48 RK Heusenstamm right Germany 50.0637 8.4056 SC 1880 Frankfurt top Overview The 2008-09 modus was somewhat different from the previous season. The competition had been expanded from eight to nine teams. The final, which used to be determined by the top-two teams of the regular season was now played by the two winners of the semi-finals which pair the first placed team against the fourth and the second against the third. At the bottom end of the table, a relegation match between the two last-placed teams was also a new introduction. All up, the number of season games in the Rugby-Bundesliga increased to 76 from 57. This change of modus was decided upon on 19 July 2008 at the annual general meeting of the German rugby association, the DRV. It was decided to expand the league to ten teams for 2009-10, meaning only one club was to be relegated in 2009, and two promoted. It was also then decided to introduce the extended play-off format.DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs https://web.archive.org/web/20080917143421/http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/drt_beschliesst_reform_des_spielbetriebs/ 2008-09-17 de Rugby Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009 The defending champion was SC 1880 Frankfurt, who beat RG Heidelberg in the 2007-08 final, while the RK 03 Berlin was newly promoted to the league. With Kerstin LjungdahlKerstin Ljungdahl profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website https://web.archive.org/web/20071013135109/http://en.drvreferees.de/sdrv/Referee:Kerstin_Ljungdahl 2007-10-13 accessed: 8 January 2009 and Dana Teagarden,Dana Teagarden profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website https://web.archive.org/web/20110427115334/http://en.drvreferees.de/sdrv/Referee:Dana_Teagarden 2011-04-27 accessed: 8 January 2009 two female head referees have been officiating in the Rugby-Bundesliga in 2008-09. Bundesliga table ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 SC 1880 Frankfurt 16 14 0 2 693 227 466 702 Heidelberger RK 16 12 0 4 464 212 252 563 SC Neuenheim 16 10 0 6 423 287 136 494 Berliner Rugby Club 16 10 0 6 441 328 113 485 RG Heidelberg 16 10 0 6 323 281 42 466 TSV Handschuhsheim 16 9 0 7 521 377 144 467 RK Heusenstamm 16 5 0 11 336 515 -179 298 RK 03 Berlin 16 2 0 14 195 688 -493 119 DRC Hannover 16 0 0 16 176 657 -481 0 Relegated: DRC Hannover Promoted: ASV Köln Rugby and DSV 78 Hannover Player statistics Try scorers The leading try scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 season were (10 tries or more): PlayerClubTries GER Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 22 NZ Bevan Grey RK Heusenstamm 13 NZ Jason Campell SC 1880 Frankfurt 10 NZ Marcus Seuseu SC 1880 Frankfurt 10 Fiji Jovesa Naivalu SC 1880 Frankfurt 10 Point scorers The leading point scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 season were (100 points or more): PlayerClubPoints GER Thorsten Wiedemann TSV Handschuhsheim 212 RSA Braam Pretorius Heidelberger RK 211 GER Lars Eckert SC Neuenheim 137 GER Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg 129 GER Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 110 Per club The top try and point scorers per club were: ClubPlayerTriesPlayerPoints Berliner RC1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Berliner RC de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 GER Gerrit van Look 8 GER Sebastian Freund 74 RK 03 Berlin1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK 03 Berlin de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 GER Robin Knüpfer 7 GER Robin Knüpfer 35 SC 1880 Frankfurt1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC 1880 Frankfurt de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 NZ Jason Campell NZ Marcus Seuseu Fiji Jovesa Naivalu 10 NZ Rusell Kupa 80 TSV Handschuhsheim1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader TSV Handschuhsheim de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 GER Alexander Pipa 22 GER Thorsten Wiedemann 212 DRC Hannover1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader DRC Hannover de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 GER Sven Pausch 4 NZ Dan Richards 33 RG Heidelberg1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RG Heidelberg de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 GER Mustafa Güngör 7 GER Fabian Heimpel 129 Heidelberger RK1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Heidelberger RK de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 RSA Pieter Johannes Jordaan 9 RSA Braam Pretorius 211 RK Heusenstamm1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK Heusenstamm de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 NZ Bevan Grey 13 GER Mark Sztyndera 82 SC Neuenheim1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC Neuenheim de totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010 Paraguay Juan Cabanas 9 GER Lars Eckert 137 Bundesliga results Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 results Club SCF HRK SCN BRC RGH TSV RKH RKB DRC SC 1880 Frankfurt — 27-22 24-14 67-7 54-13 81-19 30-9 69-0 50-0 Heidelberger RK 13-23 — 38-3 12-10 23-17 38-8 33-5 56-0 78-7 SC Neuenheim 16-46 31-23 — 13-8 23-28 18-6 37-15 69-14 49-7 Berliner RC 20-12 15-35 31-16 — 29-13 22-19 88-15 59-0 30-15 RG Heidelberg 15-29 3-5 19-15 20-6 — 12-6 38-19 17-5 35-10 TSV Handschuhsheim 36-31 25-12 16-20 53-21 9-16 — 28-25 78-7 64-12 RK Heusenstamm 29-53 10-36 7-27 19-24 28-23 22-29 — 37-20 41-12 RK 03 Berlin 7-44 17-25 5-27 14-42 14-36 12-73 17-20 — 34-23 DRC Hannover 7-53 11-15 0-45 5-29 6-18 28-52 20-35 13-29 — Key Home win Draw Away win Game not played (awarded) Promotion/relegation play-off Relegation match 2009-05-21 15:00 RK 03 Berlin – DRC Hannover The DRC Hannover canceled the game on 18 April 2009 and voluntarily accepted relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga North/East.DRC Hannover verzichtet auf Bundesliga-Playdown https://web.archive.org/web/20090502170258/http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/drc_hannover_verzichtet_auf_bundesliga-playdown 2009-05-02 de Rugby-Journal, accessed: 16 May 2009 Semi-finals and final Semi-finals 2009-05-16 15:00 SC 1880 Frankfurt 36 – 15 Report Berliner Rugby Club Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main Dana Teagarden 2009-05-16 15:00 Heidelberger RK 19 – 14 (aet) Report SC Neuenheim Pretorius 98' Pretorius (3) 7', 39', 56' Pretorius 98' Jordaan 103' Smit 98' Eckert (3) 16', 40', 60' Heidelberg 1,200 Frank Himmer Final 2009-05-23 14:00 SC 1880 Frankfurt 11 – 8 Report Heidelberger RK Kupa 36' Kupa (2) 10', 73' Schliwa 20' Pretorius 52' Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main 3,200 Jens Reinecke SC 1880 FRANKFURT: FB 15 Ralph Klinghammer 46 RW 14 Jamie Houston OC 13 Kuramate Tama Tuirirangi 79IC 12 Daniel Preussner 61LW 11 Rolf Wacha FH 10 Corey Read SH 9 Aaron Satchwell N8 8 Ross Warrick OF 7 Api Matenga 76BF 6 Jason Campell RL 5 Kieran ManawatuLL 4 Philip Aporo 55TP 3 Anton Ewald HK 2 Bratley Langenhoven 61LP 1 Russel Kupa Substitutes:HK 16 Marcus Seuseu 61 71LL 17 Jovesa Naivalu 55OF 18 Dennis Feidelberg 76IC 19 Jannis Läpple 61 79IC 20 Karsten Dobs 79OC 21 Chris Howells 79FB 22 Syd Douglas 46Coach: NZ Phil StevensonHEIDELBERGER RK: FB 15 Frederik Potgieter RW 14 Alexander Biskupek OC 13 Patrick Schliwa 65IC 12 Dan Armitage LW 11 Julio David Rodriguez FH 10 Manuel Ballerin 77SH 9 Andreas Kerber 75N8 8 Johannes Erasmus OF 7 Sean Armstrong BF 6 Pieter Johannes Jordaan RL 5 Christopher Liebig 40LL 4 Sydney Brenner TP 3 Christoffer NeureutherHK 2 Steffen LiebigLP 1 Braam Pretorius Substitutes:RL 16 Jürgen Missal 40SH 17 Sascha Fraser 75FH 18 Jörg Bielinski 77OC 19 Arthur Zeiler 65 20 21 22 Coach: AUS Murray Archibald Squads Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 squads 2nd Bundesliga tables South/West ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 18 16 0 2 778 217 561 772 ASV Köln Rugby 18 15 0 3 515 166 349 723 RG Heidelberg II 18 11 1 6 445 357 88 574 München RFC 18 8 1 9 451 350 91 485 TSV Handschuhsheim II 18 7 0 11 334 442 -108 376 StuSta München 18 8 0 10 270 393 -123 377 RC Mainz ‡ 18 6 0 12 343 513 -170 338 Heidelberger RK II ‡ 18 6 2 10 265 472 -207 319 Stuttgarter RC 18 5 1 12 256 380 -124 3010 SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II 18 5 1 12 259 616 -357 24 Promoted to Bundesliga: ASV Köln Rugby (SC 1880 Frankfurt II inelegible) Relegated from Bundesliga: none Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: RC Luxembourg, Karlsruher SV Rugby ‡ Two points deducted for break of licensing agreement; insufficient numbers of youth teams.2. Liga Süd: Punktabzüge für HRK II und RC Mainz https://web.archive.org/web/20090330224240/http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/2._liga_sued_punktabzuege_fuer_hrk_ii_und_rc_mainz 2009-03-30 de Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009 North/East ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 18 18 0 0 1138 135 1003 872 TSV Victoria Linden 18 15 0 3 720 246 474 723 USV Potsdam 18 14 0 4 804 271 533 694 FC St Pauli Rugby 18 11 0 7 632 311 321 565 SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren 18 11 0 7 509 328 181 526 RU Hohen Neuendorf 18 9 0 9 452 401 51 457 SC Germania List 18 4 0 14 250 813 -563 208 Hamburger RC 18 4 0 14 235 891 -656 199 Berliner SV 92 Rugby 18 3 1 14 201 857 -656 1510 SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II ‡ 18 0 1 17 114 802 -688 -7 Promoted to Bundesliga: DSV 78/08 Ricklingen Relegated from Bundesliga: DRC Hannover Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II, Berliner SV 92 Rugby Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: Berliner RC II, FT Adler Kiel Rugby ‡ Team withdrawn from the competition on 22 April 2009 due to a lack of players.2. Liga Nord: SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II zieht sich zurückSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes de Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009 2nd Bundesliga final 2009-05-23 12:00 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 10 – 24 SC 1880 Frankfurt II Scharmann DRV-Pokal 2008-09 In 2008-09, 16 teams took part in the national cup competition, those being the eight clubs who played in the Bundesliga in 2007-08 plus the top-four of each of the two 2nd Bundesligas that season. SC 1880 Frankfurt 51 Heidelberger RK 20 TSV Handschuhsheim II 8 Berliner Rugby Club 36 FC St. Pauli 0 DRC Hannover 1 50 Stuttgarter RC 17 TSV Victoria Linden 10 RG Heidelberg 45 RK 03 Berlin 3 TSV Handschuhsheim 39 RK Heusenstamm 19 ASV Köln Rugby 7 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 24 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 10 SC Neuenheim 6 Berliner Rugby Club 7 SC 1880 Frankfurt 17 DRC Hannover 15 Stuttgarter RC 0 TSV Handschuhsheim 15 RG Heidelberg 13 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 18 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 16 SC 1880 Frankfurt 50 DRC Hannover 2 0 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 17 TSV Handschuhsheim 34 SC 1880 Frankfurt 56 TSV Handschuhsheim 24 Source: https://www.rugbyweb.de/index.php?league=DRV-Pokal DRV-Pokal 2008-09 2009-04-15 Rugby-web.de 1 Game not played, awarded to DRC Hannover. 2 Game awarded to Frankfurt after Hannover cancelled the game, stating that they were unable to compete at the scheduled date and no other date being available.DRV-Pokal: DRC Hannover sagt Halbfinale abSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes de Rugby Journal, published: 8 April 2009, accessed: 15 April 2009 References External links rugbyweb.de - Rugby-Bundesliga table & results de Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga table & results de Totalrugby.de - Bundesliga table & results de 2008-09 Category:2008–09 in German rugby union Germany