2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

Spanish rugby union competition 2014–15 División de Honor División de Honor.PNG Spain 13 September 2014 – 3 May 2015 (regular season)17 May 2015 – (championship playoff) Valladolid Santboiana Vigo RC 137 820 Samuel Katz, 265 Falemaka Tatafu, 20 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 División de Honor was the 48th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1953. Regular season began on 13 September 2014 and finished on 3 May 2015. The playoffs began on 17 May finishing with the Final taking place on 31 May. Valladolid were the defending champions and won their sixth title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final. 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 BarcelonaLa Teixonera500BarcelonaSpain 450 none 2014–15 División de Honor teams Spain 41.652136 -4.726181 top 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 CRC Madrid 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 42.23894 -8.719368 top 5 Vigo 80 Spain 43.268456 -1.974535 right 5 Hernani 80 Spain 43.462015 -3.810024 left 5 Independiente 80Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaCR Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGetxo Artea R.T.Fadura1000GuechoHernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan 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 LlobregatUniversidade VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000VigoValladolid RACPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid Results BARCISELSGERGET HERINDORDPOZSANVALVIGBarcelona33-3817-1827-2043-2532-536-5817-2313-139-1731-3343-24Cisneros35-1422-1749-729-1340-1522-2169-832-2329-3726-3742-19El Salvador40-726-1829-2242-745-821-922-2630-036-321-2247-0Gernika RT32-1827-4030-2019-1610-1117-1119-734-024-2610-2138-31Getxo26-2310-2925-3548-1639-1522-1827-714-1519-2513-3132-17Hernani35-147-113-1014-1917-1327-3826-1216-170-3821-2935-15Independiente43-3044-1928-2224-1535-1046-3115-532-2018-3723-2120-14Ordizia18-319-3725-1739-2036-1228-3517-2648-1026-3328-3451-5Pozuelo18-169-3410-3623-2625-3021-1812-1429-2024-283-2635-19Santboiana32-1331-2536-2263-2461-1050-1021-3036-2829-1319-1668-7Valladolid40-1327-1822-2335-1956-744-2040-2932-1431-2018-1447-7Vigo22-200-3817-3820-2042-2227-526-3310-2212-1327-5315-19 Table #TeamGamesPointsTriesBon Bonus PointsPtsPWDLF Points forA Points against+/- Points differenceFA+/- Tries difference1Valladolid221903681394+2879144+4718942Santboiana221903757428+32910259+4315913Complutense Cisneros221606702444+2589654+4217814Independiente RC221606615485+1307462+1213775El Salvador221507617357+2607042+2813736Bizkaia Gernika229112468572−1046969011497Ordizia229013507534−276068−89458Pozuelo227114353558−2054272−307379Getxo Artea227015440636−1965491−3783610Hernani226016374598−2245178−2793311Barcelona224117472615−1435279−27133112Universidade Vigo223118376741−36559102−431125Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 3 May 2015) Qualified for Playoff (semifinals) Qualified for Playoff (quarter-finals) Relegation playoff Relegated Championship playoffs Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 30 160 4 CantabriaIndependiente 14 5 Castile and León El Salvador 16 3 MadridComplutense Cisneros 52 6 Basque CountryBizkaia Gernika 19 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 27 5 Castile and León El Salvador 10 2 CataloniaUE Santboiana 29 3 MadridComplutense Cisneros 13 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 19 2 CataloniaUE Santboiana 8 Quarter-finals May 17, 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) Independiente RC 14–16 Report El Salvador Penalty try 33' cBlanco 51' c García (2/2) 33', 51' Blanco 18' c Katz (1/1) 19' Katz (3/3) 8', 13', 60' San Román, Santander Pedro Montoya (Basque Country) May 17, 2015 14:00 (UTC+2) Complutense Cisneros 52–19 Report Bizkaia Gernika Norton 20' c, 23' c, 39' cBoccardo 35' cVillanueva 44'Carreras 53' cSainz-Trápaga 59'Hernández 69' c Norton (4/5) 20', 24', 36', 40'Tudela (2/3) 54', 70' Etxaniz 29' cMagunazelaia 49' cWiedemann 79' Casteglioni (2/3) 30', 50' Campo Central, Madrid Jorge Molpeceres (Castille and León) Semifinals May 23, 2015 18:00 (UTC+2) Valladolid 27–10 Report El Salvador Snee 17' cMateu 27' cGriffiths 40' c Griffiths (3/3) 17', 27', 40' Griffiths (2/2) 67', 77' Casado 11' c Katz (1/1) 11' Katz (1/1) 5' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Alfonso Mirat (Madrid) May 24, 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) Santboiana 29–13 Report Complutense Cisneros García 5'Tauli 34', 68'Sanz 66' Anufe (3/3) 11', 59', 61' Villanueva 74' c Tudela (1/1) 74' Tudela (2/2) 39', 41' Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat Igotz Gallastegi (Basque Country) Final May 31, 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) Valladolid 19–8 Report Santboiana Miejimolle 4' c Griffiths (1/1) 4' Griffiths (4/4) 25', 31', 54', 62' Sanz 79' Baró (1/1) 47' Pepe Rojo, Valladolid Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia) 2014–15 División de Honor winners Castile and León Valladolid Sixth Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by FC Barcelona, who finished 11th in División de Honor, and their neighbours Sant Cugat, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Barcelona won the tie, winning 39-26 on aggregate. y 2 score Relegation/promotion playoff 25 11th team qualified 11th in División de Honor Catalonia FC Barcelona 17 22 DHB Loser team from promotion's playoff Final Catalonia Sant Cugat 13 13 1st leg May 30, 2015 16:30 (UTC+2) San Cugat 13–17 Report FC Barcelona Raya 46' c Louteiro (1/1) 46' Louteiro (1/1) 65' Berasategui (1/1) 41' Martínez 4' cCabeza 60' c Martínez (2/2) 4', 60' Martínez (1/1) 33' La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès Declan Lane (Australia) 2nd leg June 6, 2015 16:30 (UTC+2) FC Barcelona 22–13 Report San Cugat Montes 8'Fuertes 40' cPinto 44' c Martínez (1/2) 40'Belda (1/1) 44' Belda (1/1) 64' Granell 46' c Louteiro (1/1) 46' Serrano (1/1) 20'Louteiro (1/1) 51' La Teixonera, Barcelona Igotz Gallastegi (Basque Country) FC Barcelona won 39–26 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2015–16 season. Scorers statistics Top try scorers http://www.ferugby.es/comp_nacional.php?nombre_categoria=Division%20de%20Honor&titulo=Estadisticas regular season stats 2015-05-02 2015-05-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528231407/http://www.ferugby.es/comp_nacional.php?nombre_categoria=Division%20de%20Honor&titulo=Estadisticas dead RankPlayerTriesTeam 1TON Falemaka Tatafu20Universidade Vigo 2NZL Afaese Tauli17Santboiana 3ESP Nil Baró16Santboiana 4ESP Joan Losada15FC Barcelona 5ESP José Luis del Valle14Complutense Cisneros 6AUS Liam Windon13Getxo ArteaNZL Phillip Huxford13Ordizia 8ESP Iñigo Olaeta12Bizkaia Gernika 9RSA Mpho Mbiyozo10Universidade Vigo 10NZL Leigh Thompson9ValladolidESP Alejandro Sánchez9El SalvadorESP Federico González9Santboiana Top points scorers RankPlayerPointsTeam 1ENG Sam Katz296El Salvador 2AUS Danny Kroll216Ordizia 3ESP Rafael Staat201FC Barcelona 4ESP Miguel Jiménez185Complutense Cisneros 5TON Fangatapu Apikotoa177Santboiana 6ESP Mariano García170Independiente RC 7ENG Gareth Griffiths144Valladolid 8NZL Brad Linklater137Independiente RC 9ESP Igor Genua124Hernani 10AUS Liam Windon109Getxo Artea See also 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby References External links Official site 2014–15 Spain