2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

2015–16 División de Honor
Countries  Spain
Date 19 September 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season)
15 May 2016 – 28 May 2016 (championship playoff)
Champions SilverStorm El Salvador
Runners-up VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Relegated Pozuelo
Matches played 132
Tries scored 791 (average 5.992 per match)
Top point scorer Samuel Katz, 317
Top try scorer Anthony Matoto, 24
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 División de Honor was the 38th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 19 September 2015 and finished on 1 May 2016.

Championship's playoffs began on May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

SilverStorm El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local archrivals VRAC Quesos Entrepinares in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2016–17.

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
Hernani
Alcobendas
Bathco Rugby
2015–16 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Valladolid RAC Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Complutense Cisneros Estadio Complutense 12,400 Madrid
Bathco Rugby San Román 1,500 Santander, Cantabria
SilverStorm El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Gernika, Bizkaia
AMPO Ordizia Altamira 500[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Pozuelo Valle de las Cañas 300 Pozuelo de Alarcón
Getxo Artea Fadura 500 Getxo, Biscay
Hernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, Gipuzkoa
FC Barcelona La Teixonera 500 Barcelona
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas

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 222011775328+44710538+671698
2Silverstorm El Salvador 221714763438+3259754+431383
3Bathco Rugby 221417663498+1658157+241472
4Santboiana 221309748530+21810065+351769
5Complutense Cisneros 221318606505+1018261+211468
6Alcobendas 2211011563537+267564+111458
7FC Barcelona 228212456639183549238642
8Getxo Artea 2270154776952186495311240
9AMPO Ordizia 2260165407141747396231640
10Hernani 22701542374332060110501038
11Bizkaia Gernika 227015472619147587820937
12CRC Madrid 2260164556952405897391135
Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 4 May 2016)

Championship playoffs

Bracket

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Final
                           
      1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 33  
  4  UE Santboiana 23     5  Complutense Cisneros 26    
  5  Complutense Cisneros 25         1  VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 23
      2  Silverstorm El Salvador 24
      2  Silverstorm El Salvador 36    
  3  Bathco Rugby 42     3  Bathco Rugby 16  
  6  Alcobendas 13  

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final


2015–16 División de Honor winners
Castile and León
Silverstorm El Salvador
Eighth 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 2016–17 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

Relegation/promotion playoff
11th Bizkaia Gernika 35 94 =129
DHB CAU Valencia 7 18 =25

1st leg

2nd leg

Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17season.

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

[2]

Rank Player Tries Team
1 Tonga Anthony Matoto 24 Getxo Artea R.T.

Top points scorers

Rank Player Points Team
1 England Sam Katz 352 Silverstorm El Salvador

See also

References

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

External links

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