2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

2014–15 División de Honor
Countries  Spain
Date 13 September 2014 – 3 May 2015 (regular season)
17 May 2015 – (championship playoff)
Champions VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Runners-up Santboiana
Relegated Blusens Universidade Vigo
Matches played 132
Tries scored 820 (average 6.212 per match)
Top point scorer Samuel Katz, 265
Top try scorer Falemaka Tatafu, 20

The 2014–15 División de Honor was the 37th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 13 September 2014 and finished on 3 May 2015.

Championship's playoffs began on 17 May finishing with the Final on 31 May.

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares were the defending champions, while Ciencias Fundación Cajasol was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.

VRAC Quesos Entrepinares won its six title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 18 matchdays. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;


Teams


VRAC /
El Salvador
Santboiana
Gernika
Ordizia
CRC Madrid
Barcelona
Getxo
Complutense Cisneros
Vigo
Hernani
Bathco Independiente
2014–15 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Guernica, Biscay
Hermi El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Bathco Rugby Mies de Cozada 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
AMPO Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona
Getxo Artea Fadura 500 Getxo, Biscay
Complutense Cisneros Central de la Ciudad Universitaria 12,400 Madrid
Blusens Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa

Regular season standings

Qualified for Playoff (Semifinals)
Qualified for Playoff (Quarter-finals)
Relegation playoff
Relegated
# Team Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Difference
1VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 221903681394+2879144+471894
2Santboiana 221903757428+32910259+431591
3Complutense Cisneros 221606702444+2589654+421781
4Bathco Rugby 221606615485+1307462+121377
5Hermi El Salvador 221507617357+2607042+281373
6Bizkaia Gernika 229112468572104696901149
7AMPO Ordizia 2290135075342760688945
8Pozuelo 227114353558205427230737
9Getxo Artea 227015440636196549137836
10Hernani 226016374598224517827933
11FC Barcelona 2241174726151435279271331
12Blusens Universidade Vigo 22311837674136559102431125
Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 3 May 2015)

Championship playoffs

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 27  
  4  Bathco Rugby 14     5  Hermi El Salvador 10    
  5  Hermi El Salvador 16         1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 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
Castile and León
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Sixth title

Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff to be played over two legs by the team qualified 11th in División de Honor and losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final play the relegation playoff. Winner team will play in División de Honor 2015–16 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

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 Tonga Falemaka Tatafu 20 Blusens Universidade Vigo
2 New Zealand Afaese Tauli 17 Santboiana
3 Spain Nil Baró 16 Santboiana
4 Spain Joan Losada 15 FC Barcelona
5 Spain José Luis del Valle 14 Complutense Cisneros
6 Australia Liam Windon 13 Getxo Artea
New Zealand Phillip Huxford 13 AMPO Ordizia
8 Spain Iñigo Olaeta 12 Bizkaia Gernika
9 South Africa Mpho Mbiyozo 10 Blusens Universidade Vigo
10 New Zealand Leigh Thompson 9 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Spain Alejandro Sánchez 9 Hermi El Salvador
Spain Federico González 9 Santboiana

Top points scorers

Rank Player Points Team
1 England Sam Katz 265 Hermi El Salvador
2 Australia Danny Kroll 208 AMPO Ordizia
3 Spain Rafael Staat 201 FC Barcelona
4 Spain Miguel Jiménez 185 Complutense Cisneros
5 Tonga Fangatapu Apikotoa 177 Santboiana
6 Spain Mariano García 170 Bathco Rugby
7 England Gareth Griffiths 144 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
8 New Zealand Brad Linklater 137 Bathco Rugby
9 Spain Igor Genua 124 Hernani
10 Australia Liam Windon 109 Getxo Artea

See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. regular season stats

External links

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