2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga

Rugby tournament 2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga 185px Official logo of the DRV Heidelberger RK 7 none ASV Köln Rugby Fabian Heimpel (225) Alexander Pipa (22) 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 39th edition of this competition and the 90th edition of the German rugby union championship. Ten teams played a home-and-away season with a finals round between the top four teams at the end. The bottom two teams are relegated. The season started on 29 August 2009 and finished with the championship final on 29 May 2010, interrupted by a winter break from early December to late March.Rugby Spielpläne - 2009-10 - 1. Bundesliga de rugbyweb.de, accessed: 18 March 2010 The competition's defending champion was SC 1880 Frankfurt, who won it in the previous two seasons. In the 2010 final, SC 1880 lost to Heidelberger RK, the previous seasons runners-up, which won its first championship since 1986 and its seventh overall. The final was drawn 22-all after regular time and was decided in extra time, where HRK scored 17 unanswered points to be crowned German champions of the men, already having won the 2010 women's final earlier that year. The 2010 final was contested by the two teams expected to do so at the start of the season, SC 1880 and HRK being the only two teams in Germany considered professional.Société Générale Endspieltag: SC 80 vor Titel-HattrickApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes de Rugby-Journal, published: 28 May 2010, accessed: 30 May 2010 The final was considered to have been of high niveau, with long-term German Bundestrainer Peter Ianusevici declaring it the best German championship final he had ever watched.Heidelberger RK deutscher Meister 2010April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes de Rugby-Journal, published: 29 May 2010, accessed: 30 May 2010 Below the Rugby-Bundesliga sat the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, which is divided into two divisions with ten teams each. With the RC Luxembourg, a team from Luxembourg, a non-German side competed in the league in 2009-10. The inclusion of this side in the 2009 promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga had caused some debate in regard to its legality, as the club had not qualified to do so through the German league system and was not a member of any of the German regional rugby federations. However, RC Luxembourg's application was declared valid in regard to the German Rugby Federation's rules and regulations and the team finished second in the promotion round, earning a place in the 2nd Bundesliga for 2009-10.Karlsruhe und Luxemburg steigen in die 2.Liga Süd auf de totalrugby.de, published: 6 July 2009, accessed: 19 March 2010 Germany right 350 Location of teams in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2009-10 Germany 52.511274 13.242632 Berliner RC bottom Germany 52.511274 13.242632 RK 03 Berlin top Germany 52.360771 9.730700 DSV 78 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 Frankfurt left Germany 50.57 6.58 ASV Köln Rugby right Overview The 2009-10 modus was somewhat different from the previous season. The competition had been expanded from nine to ten teams. It marks the first time since introduction of the single-division Bundesliga in 2001, that ten teams competed in the league. 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. It was also then decided to introduce an 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 All up, the number of season games in the Rugby-Bundesliga increases to 94 from 76. Like in 2008-09, the top four teams qualified for the finals. The two semi-finals winners then contested the championship final. At the bottom end of the table, nominally the last two teams were relegated while the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga champions are promoted, however, this was subject to the 2nd Bundesliga champions accepting promotion, which was not the case. The defending champion in 2009-10 was SC 1880 Frankfurt, who beat Heidelberger RK in the 2008-09 final while the ASV Köln Rugby and DSV 78 Hannover were newly promoted to the league, having replaced the DRC Hannover. Suffering from a string of injuries, especially to its forward line, and heavy defeats during the season, ASV Köln Rugby made the decision in mid-April 2010, to withdraw from the Rugby-Bundesliga and not to play its five remaining matches. Köln thereby was automatically relegated from the league.ASV Köln verkündet Rückzug aus der Rugbybundesliga de totalrugby.de, published: 16 April 2010, accessed: 17 April 2010 In the 2nd Bundesliga, the winners of the two divisions were nominally promoted to the Bundesliga, unless they were reserve teams, in which case the right for promotion would have gone to the next-best non-reserve team. The bottom two teams in the 2nd Bundesliga faced the prospect of relegation to the Rugby-Regionalliga. In the South/West Division, the Karlsruher SV Rugby withdrew in March 2010, its record being expulsed.TotalRugby Review 2. Bundesliga: 12. Spieltag de totalrugby.de, published: 28 March 2010, accessed: 30 March 2010 As a sign of the gap between the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga, TSV Victoria Linden, who only won the 2009-10 North/East division in the last round of the championship, declined promotion, citing the additional cost of travelling and the limited player pool as their reason. The South/West champion, Stuttgarter RC, has also indicated that it would not take up promotion because of the loss of eight first-team players at the end of the season, leaving the Bundesliga with only eight clubs for the next season. It also meant, for the first time ever, that no club from Hanover would compete at the top level of German rugby.Victoria Linden verzichtet auf den Bundesligaaufstieg de, totalrugby.de, published: 27 May 2010, accessed: 29 May 2010RC gewinnt Zweitligameisterschaft - verzichtet aber dennoch auf den AufstiegFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes de, totalrugby.de, published: 31 May 2010, accessed: 1 June 2010 DSV 78 protested the decision to reduce the league to eight teams again and thereby relegating the club.Abstieg von Hannover 78 besiegelt - Bundesligasaison 2010/2011 mit nur 8 Mannschaften de totalrugby.de, published: 8 June 2010. accessed: 14 June 2010 For the 2nd Bundesliga, this also meant, only one team each would be promoted to the two regional divisions, in the North/East, this was SC Siemensstadt, the club being directly promoted, while, in the South/West, TV Pforzheim won the promotion tournament of the five southern Regionalliga champions in Nuremberg on 12 June 2010.TV Pforzheim gewinnt das Aufstiegsturnier zur 2. Bundesliga Süd de totalrugby.de, published: 13 June 2010. accessed: 14 June 2010 Bundesliga table ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 SC 1880 Frankfurt 16 14 0 2 716 143 573 662 RG Heidelberg 16 11 2 3 512 307 205 573 Heidelberger RK 16 10 2 4 575 221 354 544 TSV Handschuhsheim 16 9 2 5 383 292 91 495 SC Neuenheim 16 9 1 6 347 320 27 476 Berliner Rugby Club 16 5 0 11 364 414 -50 297 RK 03 Berlin 16 5 1 10 259 589 -330 278 RK Heusenstamm 16 3 0 13 233 719 -486 149 DSV 78 Hannover 16 2 0 14 156 540 -384 1010 ASV Köln Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated: ASV Köln Rugby Promoted: None The two regional 2nd Bundesliga champions declined promotion. ASV Köln Rugby withdrew in April 2010, its record being expulsed. Bundesliga results Club SCF RGH HRK TSV SCN BRC RKB RKH DSV ASV SC 1880 Frankfurt — 40-6 33-16 29-6 20-23 23-14 59-8 84-0 68-5 50-0 RG Heidelberg 23-9 — 31-24 16-20 22-28 48-12 68-3 50-18 51-9 0-0 Heidelberger RK 3-5 34-34 — 16-12 20-20 27-13 61-5 43-3 74-10 65-0 TSV Handschuhsheim 15-22 13-13 7-37 — 23-20 25-11 10-10 38-24 33-8 59-0 SC Neuenheim 0-28 23-31 6-29 27-20 — 26-17 24-7 43-10 25-16 81-0 Berliner RC 5-94 12-18 25-17 10-14 18-20 — 51-19 77-21 39-5 0-0 RK 03 Berlin 12-57 26-39 7-73 19-61 17-12 23-18 — 36-19 34-3 51-10 RK Heusenstamm 7-102 21-34 10-63 12-54 14-29 19-17 31-28 — 24-18 25-15 DSV 78 Hannover 0-43 15-28 0-38 18-32 28-21 15-25 3-5 3-0 — 0-0 ASV Köln Rugby 0-0 0-77 0-0 8-79 5-53 3-24 0-97 3-49 0-22 — ASV Köln Rugby played 13 of its 18 scheduled matches before withdrawing, results were later expulsed from the record. Key Home win Draw Away win Game not played Player statistics Try scorers The leading try scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2009–10 season were (10 tries or more): PlayerClubTries GER Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 22 ZIM Manasah Sita SC Neuenheim 19 RSA Pieter Johannes Jordaan Heidelberger RK 19 NZ Caine Elisara Heidelberger RK 19 GER Bastian Himmer RG Heidelberg 15 GER Mark Sztyndera SC 1880 Frankfurt 13 GER Colin Grzanna Berliner RC 13 NZ Keiran Manawatu SC 1880 Frankfurt 13 GER Christian Lill RK 03 Berlin 11 GER Marten Strauch SC Neuenheim 11 NZ Jason Campell SC 1880 Frankfurt 10 GER Tom Schilling RK 03 Berlin 10 AUS Sean Armstrong Heidelberger RK 10 Point scorers The leading point scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2009–10 season were (100 points or more): PlayerClubPoints GER Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg 225 GER Mark Sztyndera SC 1880 Frankfurt 133 GER Thorsten Wiedemann Heidelberger RK 128 NZ Keiran Manawatu SC 1880 Frankfurt 128 GER Pascal Schuster RK Heusenstamm 115 GER Matthias Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 113 GER Colin Grzanna Berliner RC 111 GER Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 110 Per club The top try and point scorers per club were: ClubPlayerTriesPlayerPoints Berliner RC1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader Berliner RC de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Colin Grzanna 13 GER Colin Grzanna 111 RK 03 Berlin1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader RK 03 Berlin de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Christian Lill 11 GER Marc Lowdon 96 SC 1880 Frankfurt1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader SC 1880 Frankfurt de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Mark Sztyndera 13 GER Mark Sztyndera 133 TSV Handschuhsheim1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader TSV Handschuhsheim de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Alexander Pipa 22 GER Matthias Pipa 113 DSV 78 Hannover1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader DSV 78 Hannover de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Benjamin Simm 4 GER Marvin Dieckmann 67 RG Heidelberg1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader RG Heidelberg de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Bastian Himmer 15 GER Fabian Heimpel 225 Heidelberger RK1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader Heidelberger RK de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 RSA Pieter Johannes Jordaan NZ Caine Elisara 19 GER Thorsten Wiedemann 128 RK Heusenstamm1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader RK Heusenstamm de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 GER Torsten Krapscha 5 GER Pascal Schuster 115 ASV Köln Rugby1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader ASV Köln de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 Seven players 1 GER Tobias Sylvester 11 SC Neuenheim1. Bundesliga 2009/2010 - Mannschaftskader SC Neuenheim de totalrugby.de, accessed: 18 May 2010 ZIM Manasah Sita 19 GER Lars Eckert 56 Semi-finals and final Semi-finals 2010-05-22 15:00 RG Heidelberg 15 – 36 Report Heidelberger RK Himmer (2) 72', 80' Heimpel 10' Heimpel 80' Armstrong, Liebig (2), Elisara Hamstra (3) Hamstra (2) Hamstra Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 900 Dana Teargarden 2010-05-23 15:00 SC 1880 Frankfurt 27 – 16 Report TSV Handschuhsheim Manawatu 15', Hauck 75' Manawatu (5) Manawatu 76' Wetzel 35' Pipa (3) 15', 40', 49' Pipa 35' Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main 800 Dana Teargarden Final 2010-05-29 14:00 SC 1880 Frankfurt 22 – 39 (aet) Report Heidelberger RK Porter 47' Manawatu (5) 21', 33', 60', 75', 80'+ Manawatu 47' Liebig 54', Hamstra 68', Jordaan 81', Keinhorst 98' Hamstra (4) 20', 51', 65', 88' Hamstra (2) 81', 98' Jordaan 34' Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main 1,800 Frank Himmer SC 1880 FRANKFURT: FB 15 Anton Ewald 51RW 14 Keiran ManawatuOC 13 Mark Sztyndera 106IC 12 Graham SmithLW 11 Sam Leung-WaiFH 10 Jason CampellSH 9 Dennis FeidelbergN8 8 Ross Warrick 65 75OF 7 Andrew PorterBF 6 Alexander Hauck 110RL 5 Daniel Preussner 51LL 4 Rolf Wacha 84TP 3 Sam BiddlesHK 2 Michael HowellsLP 1 Syd DouglasSubstitutes:RL Chad Slaby 51FB Bevan Gray 51 94N8 Andrew Shaw 94FB Erik Podzuweit 94OC Alexander Berwing 106BF Rico Schomacker 110 Coach: NZ Aaron SatchwellHEIDELBERGER RK: FB 15 James Keinhorst 110RW 14 Christopher NeureutherOC 13 Steffen Liebig 105IC 12 Pieter Johannes JordaanLW 11 Anjo Buckman 71FH 10 Carlin HamstraSH 9 Sean ArmstrongN8 8 Manuel Ballerin 55OF 7 Carlo Schmidt 51BF 6 Caine ElisaraRL 5 Julio David RodriguezLL 4 Dan ArmitageTP 3 Patrick Schliwa 75HK 2 Alexander BiskupekLP 1 Arthur ZeilerSubstitutes:OF Sydney Brenner 51N8 Ben Dubyk55LW Christopher Liebig 71TP Alexander Wiedemann 75 105TP Benedikt Rehm 105OC Andreas Götz 105FB Erkut Leventdurmus 110Coach: AUS Murray Archibald 2nd Bundesliga tables South/West ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 Stuttgarter RC 16 13 0 3 610 194 416 632 München RFC 16 12 1 3 424 258 166 583 RC Luxembourg 16 12 0 4 309 245 64 534 RG Heidelberg II 16 8 0 8 311 294 17 415 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 16 6 0 10 374 328 46 346 StuSta München 16 7 1 8 298 391 -93 347 TSV Handschuhsheim II 16 5 0 11 243 328 -85 258 Heidelberger RK II 16 5 0 11 202 451 -249 179 RC Mainz 16 3 0 13 230 512 -282 1710 Karlsruher SV Rugby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Bundesliga: None Relegated from Bundesliga: ASV Köln Rugby Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: Karlsruher SV Rugby, RC Mainz Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: TV Pforzheim Karlsruher SV Rugby withdrew in March 2010, its record being expulsed. North/East ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 TSV Victoria Linden 178 16 0 2 656 202 454 762 USV Potsdam 18 15 0 3 838 193 645 743 RU Hohen Neuendorf 18 13 0 5 614 243 371 634 FC St Pauli Rugby 18 12 0 6 592 251 341 625 SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren 18 11 0 7 412 325 87 496 SC Germania List 18 9 1 8 333 465 -132 447 DRC Hannover 18 6 0 12 291 486 -195 318 Berliner RC II 18 4 0 14 236 682 -446 189 FT Adler Kiel Rugby 18 3 0 15 151 736 -585 1310 Hamburger RC 18 0 1 17 147 687 -540 4 Promoted to Bundesliga: None Relegated from Bundesliga: None Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: FT Adler Kiel Rugby Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: SC Siemensstadt 2nd Bundesliga final 2010-05-29 12:00 TSV Victoria Linden 10 – 59 Stuttgarter RC Sportplatz an der Feldgerichtstraße, Frankfurt am Main References External links rugbyweb.de - Rugby-Bundesliga table & results de Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga table & results de Totalrugby.de - Bundesliga table & results de 2009-10 Category:2009–10 in German rugby union Germany Category:2009 in Luxembourgian sport Category:2010 in Luxembourgian sport