2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

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.

2014–15 División de Honor
Countries Spain
Date13 September 2014 – 3 May 2015 (regular season)
17 May 2015 – (championship playoff)
ChampionsValladolid
Runners-upSantboiana
RelegatedVigo RC
Matches played137
Tries scored820
(average 6 per match)
Top point scorerSamuel Katz, 265
Top try scorerFalemaka Tatafu, 20

The playoffs began on 17 May finishing with the Final taking place on 31 May.

Valladolid were the defending champions and won their six title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 22 match days. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;

  • Teams in 1st & 2nd at regular season standings receive a bye to semifinal.
  • Teams at 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th position plays for the two vacant places in quarter-finals.
  • Team in 11th position plays the relegation playoff.
  • Team in 12th position is relegated.

  • Each win means 4 points to winning team.
  • A draw means 2 points for each team.
  • 1 bonus point for a team that achieves 4 tries in a match.
  • A defeat by 7 or less points means 1 bonus point for defeated team.

Teams


Valladolid /
El Salvador
Santboiana
Gernika
Ordizia
CRC Madrid
Barcelona
Getxo
Complutense Cisneros
Vigo
Hernani
Independiente
2014–15 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
CR Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona
Getxo Artea R.T. Fadura 1000 Guecho
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RC San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Valladolid RAC Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Regular season standings

# Team Games Points Tries Bon Pts
P W D L F A +/- F A +/-
1Valladolid 221903681394+2879144+471894
2Santboiana 221903757428+32910259+431591
3Complutense Cisneros 221606702444+2589654+421781
4Independiente RC 221606615485+1307462+121377
5El Salvador 221507617357+2607042+281373
6Bizkaia Gernika 229112468572104696901149
7Ordizia 2290135075342760688945
8Pozuelo 227114353558205427230737
9Getxo Artea 227015440636196549137836
10Hernani 226016374598224517827933
11FC Barcelona 2241174726151435279271331
12Universidade Vigo 22311837674136559102431125
Source: 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
                           
      1 Valladolid 27  
  4 Independiente 14     5 El Salvador 10    
  5 El Salvador 16         1 Valladolid 19
      2 UE Santboiana 8
      2 UE Santboiana 29    
  3 Complutense Cisneros 52     3 Complutense Cisneros 13  
  6 Bizkaia Gernika 19  

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final


2014–15 División de Honor winners

Valladolid
Sixth title

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.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th FC Barcelona 17 22 39
DHB Sant Cugat 13 13 26

1st leg

2nd leg

FC Barcelona won 39–26 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2015–16 season.

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

[2]

Rank Player Tries Team
1 Falemaka Tatafu 20 Universidade Vigo
2 Afaese Tauli 17 Santboiana
3 Nil Baró 16 Santboiana
4 Joan Losada 15 FC Barcelona
5 José Luis del Valle 14 Complutense Cisneros
6 Liam Windon 13 Getxo Artea
Phillip Huxford 13 Ordizia
8 Iñigo Olaeta 12 Bizkaia Gernika
9 Mpho Mbiyozo 10 Universidade Vigo
10 Leigh Thompson 9 Valladolid
Alejandro Sánchez 9 El Salvador
Federico González 9 Santboiana

Top points scorers

Rank Player Points Team
1 Sam Katz 296 El Salvador
2 Danny Kroll 216 Ordizia
3 Rafael Staat 201 FC Barcelona
4 Miguel Jiménez 185 Complutense Cisneros
5 Fangatapu Apikotoa 177 Santboiana
6 Mariano García 170 Independiente RC
7 Gareth Griffiths 144 Valladolid
8 Brad Linklater 137 Independiente RC
9 Igor Genua 124 Hernani
10 Liam Windon 109 Getxo Artea

See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. regular season stats
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