2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby
2013–14 División de Honor | |
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Countries | Spain |
Champions | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares (5th title) |
Runners-up | Hermi El Salvador |
Relegated | Ciencias Fundación Cajasol |
Matches played | 132 |
Top point scorer | Brad Linklater, 228 |
Top try scorer | Ignacio Contardi, 21 |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
The 2013–14 División de Honor is the 36th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 14 September 2013 and finished on 4 May 2014.
Championship's playoffs semifinals were played on 18/18May finishing with the Final being played on 1 June.
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares successfully defended its 2012–13 season title by defeating city rivals Hermi El Salvador 26–15 in the championship final. Ciencias Fundación Cajasol was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.
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 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
VRAC /
El Salvador
Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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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 |
AMPO Ordizia | Altamira | 500[1] | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa |
Atlético Madrid | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid |
Ciencias Fundación Cajasol | La Cartuja | 1,932 | Seville |
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 |
Bathco Rugby | Mies de Cozada | 1,500 | Santander |
Regular season standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Dif | Bonus | Pts | |
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1 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 591 | 429 | 162 | 17 | 85 |
2 | Hermi El Salvador | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 625 | 403 | 222 | 14 | 78 |
3 | Complutense Cisneros | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 629 | 476 | 153 | 14 | 78 |
4 | Bathco Rugby | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 593 | 512 | 81 | 15 | 67 |
5 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 571 | 539 | 48 | 17 | 61 |
6 | AMPO Ordizia | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 522 | 522 | 0 | 12 | 60 |
7 | Getxo Artea | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 490 | 428 | 62 | 10 | 54 |
8 | Santboiana | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 477 | 566 | −89 | 13 | 53 |
9 | Bizkaia Gernika | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 529 | 546 | −17 | 14 | 50 |
10 | Hernani | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 463 | 643 | −180 | 9 | 41 |
11 | Blusens Universidade Vigo | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 502 | 686 | −184 | 9 | 37 |
12 | Ciencias Fundación Cajasol | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 407 | 649 | −242 | 14 | 22 |
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals | |
Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals | |
Relegation playoff | |
Relegated |
Championship playoffs
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
1 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 29 | |||||||||||
4 | Bathco Rugby | 20 | 4 | Bathco Rugby | 24 | ||||||||
5 | Atlético Madrid | 18 | 1 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 26 | ||||||||
2 | Hermi El Salvador | 15 | |||||||||||
2 | Hermi El Salvador | 22 | |||||||||||
3 | Complutense Cisneros | 29 | 3 | Complutense Cisneros | 9 | ||||||||
6 | AMPO Ordizia | 27 |
2013–14 División de Honor winners |
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VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Fifth title |
Quarter-finals
May 17, 2014 | Complutense Cisneros | 29–27 | AMPO Ordizia | Campo Central, Madrid | |
16:00 (UTC+2) | Try: Manu Sainz 32' c, 34' m Hayali 35' m Paco Hernández 40' m Con: Girão (1/4) Pen: Girão (1/1) 3' |
Report | Try: Arraztoa 41' c Tudela 57' c Huxford 82' c Con: Steyl (3/3) Pen: Steyl (2/2) 17', 26' |
Referee: Villegas Casado (Castile and León) |
May 18, 2014 | Bathco Rugby | 20–18 | Atlético Madrid | Mies de Cozada, Santander | |
12:00 (UTC+2) | Try: Rodríguez 5' m Quevedo 53' c Mora 59' m Con: Mateu (1/3) Pen: Mateu (1/1) |
Report | Try: Ramírez 10' m Armental 25' c Balbín 35' m Con: Balbín (1/2) Pen: Balbín (1/2) 1' |
Referee: Gallastegi Sodupe (Basque Country) |
Semifinals
May 24, 2014 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 29–24 | Bathco Rugby | Pepe Rojo, Valladolid | |
17:30 (UTC+2) | Try: Fernández 22' c Abril 32' c López 38' c Herrera 70' m Con: Griffiths (3/4) Pen: Griffiths (1/1) 59' |
Report | Try: Mañero 19' c penalty try 56' c Álvarez 79' c Con: García (3/3) Pen: García (1/1) 3' |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Pedro Montoya (Euskadi) |
May 25, 2014 | Hermi El Salvador | 22–9 | Complutense Cisneros | Pepe Rojo, Valladolid | |
16:00 (UTC+2) | Try: Max Vega 51' m Mamea 56' m, 80' c Serrano 74' m Con: Pearce (1/4) |
Report | Pen: Girão (3/3) 16', 33', 45' |
Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia) |
Final
June 1, 2014 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares | 26–15 | Hermi El Salvador | Pepe Rojo, Valladolid | |
12:30 (UTC+2) | Try: Gavidi 25' c Vessey 34' m Barnes 59' m Con: Griffiths (1/3) Pen: Griffiths (3/3) 6', 9', 19' |
Report | Try: Miranda 49' m V Sánchez 76' c Con: P Rodríguez (1/2) Pen: P Rodríguez (1/1) 15' |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country) |
Relegation playoff
Relegation playoff to be played through two legs. 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 2014–15 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.
Relegation/promotion playoff | ||||||
11th | Blusens Universidade Vigo | 10 | 38 | =48 | ||
DHB | Sant Cugat | 29 | 11 | =40 |
1st leg
June 1, 2014 | Sant Cugat | 29–10 | Blusens Universidade Vigo | La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès | |
12:00 (UTC+2) | Try: Lafuente 13' m Pla 22' c Losada 37' c Granell 48' c Con: Berasategui (3/4) Pen: Berasategui (1/1) 67' |
Report | Try: Tatafu 52' c Con: Simon (1/1) Pen: Simon (1/1) 33' |
Referee: Rafael Ortega (Andalusia) |
2nd leg
June 7, 2014 | Blusens Universidade Vigo | 38–11 | Sant Cugat | Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo | |
17:40 (UTC+2) | Try: Tito 3' m de Cabo 23' m Berlande 27' m Monreal 43' c Tatafu 58' c Con: Simon (2/5) Pen: Simon (3/3) 17', 45', 76' |
Report | Try: Gómez 39' m Con: Berasategui (0/1) Pen: Berasategui (1/2) 13' Drop: Berasategui (1/1) 25' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Félix Villegas (Castile and León) |
Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.
Scorers statistics
By try points
Player | Try points | Team |
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Ignacio Contardi | 110 | Bathco Rugby |
Iñigo Olaeta | 75 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Afa Tauli | 70 | Santboiana |
Federico Casteglioni | 65 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Pedro Martín | 60 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares |
Maka Tatafu | 55 | Blusens Universidade Vigo |
Tiago Girão | 55 | Complutense Cisneros |
Simeon James | 55 | Getxo Artea |
Tom Pearce | 55 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Heinrich Steyl | 50 | AMPO Ordizia |
By total points
Player | Points | Team |
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Brad Linklater | 228 | Getxo Artea |
Tiago Girão | 218 | Complutense Cisneros |
Pedro Rodríguez | 190 | Hermi El Salvador |
Iñigo Balbín | 190 | Atlético Madrid |
Gareth Griffiths | 189 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares |
Heinrich Steyl | 173 | AMPO Ordizia |
Iñigo Olaeta | 147 | Bizkaia Gernika |
Mariano García | 146 | Bathco Rugby |
Igor Genua | 141 | Hernani |
Jérémy Simon | 124 | Blusens Universidade Vigo |
See also
References
- ↑ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ↑ regular season stats