2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga

The 2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 40th edition of this competition and the 91st edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, the first division, nine teams played a home-and-away season with a finals round between the top four teams at the end. The season started on 28 August 2010 and finish with the championship final on 28 May 2011, interrupted by a winter break from December to late February. Cold weather and heavy snow falls however meant that the last game before the winter break was played already on 6 November 2010.[1]

2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga
Countries Germany
 Luxembourg
ChampionsHeidelberger RK (8th title)
PromotedTV Pforzheim
Relegatednone, expansion of league
Top point scorer Keiran Manawatu (282)
Top try scorer Caine Elisara (27)

The championship was won by Heidelberger RK, the defending champion, who defeated SC 1880 Frankfurt 12-9 in the final, marking the third season in a row that these two teams played each other in the championship game, being the only two professional sides in German rugby.[2] Heidelberg had won the 2010 final while Frankfurt triumphed in 2009. It as the eighth championship for HRK. The two finalists of 2009 and 2010 are the only two clubs in Germany considered professional, the remaining clubs and players are all amateurs.[3]

Below the Rugby-Bundesliga sits the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, which is divided into two divisions with ten teams each. With the RC Luxembourg, a team from Luxembourg, a non-German side competes in the league in 2010-11, the club having joined the German league system in 2009.[4]

In the 2nd Bundesliga, TV Pforzheim won the championship and promotion without dropping a game, while northern champion TSV Victoria Linden declined promotion for a second year in a row.

Location of teams in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2010-11

Overview

The 2009-10 modus is identical to the previous season. However, the competition had been reduced from ten to nine teams, after the withdrawal of the ASV Köln Rugby during last season and no team from the 2nd Bundesliga accepting promotion.[5] Like in 2008-09, the top four teams qualify for the finals. The two semi-finals winners then contested the championship final.

At the bottom end of the table, nominally the last two teams are relegated while the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga champions are promoted, however, this is subject to the 2nd Bundesliga champions accepting promotion and a decision on the league strength for 2011-12. In February 2011, the DRV decided that the league would continue to play with ten teams in the future.[6]

As a sign of the gap between the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga, TSV Victoria Linden, who only won the 2009-10 North/East division in the last round of the championship, declined promotion, citing the additional cost of travelling and the limited player pool as their reason. The South/West champion, Stuttgarter RC, also declined promotion because of the loss of eight first-team players at the end of the season, originally leaving the Bundesliga with only eight clubs for the next season.[7][8] DSV 78 protested the decision to reduce the league to eight teams again and thereby relegating the club,[9] and was ultimately permitted to stay in the league.

In the 2nd Bundesliga, SC Siemensstadt and TV Pforzheim are new teams for 2010-11, while FT Adler Kiel Rugby and RC Mainz were relegated. A third team, the Karlsruher SV Rugby, withdrew from the league during the 2009-10 season.

After suffering nine defeats in eleven games, the SC Siemensstadt withdrew its team from the North/East division of the 2nd Bundesliga in March 2011.[10]

Bundesliga table

The final standings in the table:

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
points		 Points
1Heidelberger RK1615019241208041575
2SC 1880 Frankfurt1614028492376121268
3TSV Handschuhsheim16110546843929953
4RG Heidelberg16907512264248844
5SC Neuenheim16907380395-15844
6Berliner Rugby Club16709281471-190634
7DSV 78 Hannover164012265594-329420
8RK 03 Berlin162014195688-493210
9RK Heusenstamm161015183849-66637
  • Relegated: None, league expanded to ten teams in 2011-12
  • Promoted: TV Pforzheim

Bundesliga results

The results of the Bundesliga in 2010–11:[11]

Club HRK SCF TSV RGH SCN BRC DSV RKB RKH
Heidelberger RK — 36–6 44–9 19–10 31–7 74–18 84–0 60–5 112–0
SC 1880 Frankfurt 16–14 — 72–35 43–29 19–17 57–0 80–0 92–17 69–12
TSV Handschuhsheim 10–64 29–22 — 18–9 13–22 50–24 41–10 44–15 47–21
RG Heidelberg 17–27 21–30 13–20 — 28–24 16–9 43–16 47–12 84–0
SC Neuenheim 3–53 7–81 25–33 13–32 — 51–13 31–26 27–11 51–7
Berliner Rugby Club 0–71 10–22 23–25 18–14 8–14 — 32–20 25–15 29–12
DSV 78 Hannover 0–48 5–84 40–31 8–17 10–18 13–14 — 19–13 53–11
RK 03 Berlin 12–87 5–49 17–38 0–50 15–43 7–37 32–22 — 11–10
RK Heusenstamm 7–100 0–107 18–25 7–82 15–27 10–21 15–23 38–8 —

Key
Home win Draw Away win

Player statistics

Try scorers

The leading try scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2010–11 season were (10 tries or more):

Player Club Tries
Caine Elisara Heidelberger RK 27
Keiran Manawatu SC 1880 Frankfurt 26
Shalva Didebashvili SC Neuenheim 15
Mustafa Güngör RG Heidelberg 13
Pieter Jordaan Heidelberger RK 13
Sean Armstrong Heidelberger RK 12
Wayne Hughson SC 1880 Frankfurt 12
Tim Kasten Heidelberger RK 12
Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 12
Manasah Sita SC Neuenheim 12
Anjo Buckman Heidelberger RK 11
Steffen Liebig Heidelberger RK 11
Peniasi Loco Tokacece SC 1880 Frankfurt 10

Point scorers

The leading point scores in the 2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga season were (100 points or more):

Player Club Points
Keiran Manawatu SC 1880 Frankfurt 282
Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg 167
Steffen Liebig Heidelberger RK 143
Caine Elisara Heidelberger RK 137
Matthias Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 133
Pieter Jordaan Heidelberger RK 109

Per club

The top try and point scorers per club were:

Club Player Tries Player Points
Berliner RC [12] Sebastian Freund 4 Christian Schubert 76
RK 03 Berlin [13] Christian Lill 5 Marc Lowdon 73
SC 1880 Frankfurt [14] Keiran Manawatu 26 Keiran Manawatu 282
TSV Handschuhsheim [15] Alexander Pipa 12 Matthias Pipa 133
DSV 78 Hannover [16] Benjamin Simm
Pascal Fischer		 4 Marvin Dieckmann 80
RG Heidelberg [17] Mustafa Güngör 13 Fabian Heimpel 167
Heidelberger RK [18] Caine Elisara 27 Steffen Liebig 143
RK Heusenstamm [19] Torsten Krapscha 5 Pascal Schuster 53
SC Neuenheim [20] Shalva Didebashvili 15 Lars Eckert 54

Semi-finals and final

Semi-finals
2011-05-21
15:00
SC 1880 Frankfurt 41 – 9 TSV Handschuhsheim
Report
Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jan Craenen
2011-05-22
15:00
Heidelberger RK 38 – 11 RG Heidelberg
Report
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Referee: Florian Forstmeyer

Final

The 2011 final of the Rugby-Bundesliga was a closely contested game. Frankfurt lead the game from early on until almost the end of regular time. A late try by New Zealander Jesse Westerlund however equalised Frankfurt's lead, followed by a conversion by South African Pieter Jordaan. A desperate attack by Frankfurt in injury time was not rewarded and Heidelberg was able to defend its narrow lead and thereby its German title.[21][22]

2011-05-28
16:00
SC 1880 Frankfurt 9 – 12 Heidelberger RK
Pen: Manawatu (3) 6', 15', 24'
 Report Try: Widiker 31', Westerlund 80'
Con: Jordaan 80'
Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Frank Himmer
SC 1880 FRANKFURT:
FB15Keiran Manawatu
RW14Carlos Soteras Merz
OC13Mark Sztyndera
IC12Graham Smith
LW11Sam Leung-Wai  3'
FH10Jason Campell
SH9Chad Shepherd
N88Timo Vollenkemper  63'
OF7Peniasi Loco Tokacece
BF6Eugene Smith  52'
RL5Alexander Hauck
LL4Daniel Preussner  54'
TP3Josh Keys  63'
HK2John Pareanga
LP1Sam Biddles
Substitutes:
LWAnton Ewald  3'
BFBenjamin Krimer  52'
LLRolf Wacha  54'
TPChad Slaby  63'
N8Jannis Läpple  63'
Coach:
Aaron Satchwell
HEIDELBERGER RK:
FB15Steffen Liebig
RW14Christopher Neureuther  77'
OC13Rafael Pyrasch
IC12Pieter Johannes Jordaan
LW11Anjo Buckman
FH10Jesse Westerlund
SH9Sean Armstrong
N88Caine Elisara
OF7Kehoma Brenner
BF6Tim Kasten
RL5Julio David Rodriguez
LL4Dan Armitage  40'
TP3Patrick Schliwa
HK2Alexander Widiker 45' to 55'
LP1Arthur Zeiler  88'
Substitutes:
LLBenjamin Danso  40'
RWChristopher Liebig 77'
LPAlexander Biskupek  88'
Coach:
Kobus Potgieter

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West

The final standings in the table:

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
points		 Points
1TV Pforzheim1818001,2291771,0521890
2RC Luxembourg181404476244232864
3München RFC18927408352561252
4TSV Handschuhsheim II181008414435-211151
5Heidelberger RK II181008516454621050
6ASV Köln Rugby18819446414321145
7SC 1880 Frankfurt II186012400532-132832
8RG Heidelberg II186210370569-199531
9Stuttgarter RC184113267698-431622
10StuSta München182016191842-65119

North/East

The final standings in the table:

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
points		 Points
1TSV Victoria Linden1613126182513671367
2FC St Pauli Rugby1612135282502781464
3SC Germania List1612044602492111058
4RU Hohen Neuendorf169164302981321250
5USV Potsdam1671850142774636
6SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren165011221581-360323
7DRC Hannover165011231505-274222
8Berliner RC II164012249492-243521
9Hamburger RC163013239424-185517
10SC Siemensstadt000000000

2nd Bundesliga final
2011-05-28
14:00
TV Pforzheim 89 – 0 TSV Victoria Linden
Sportplatz an der Feldgerichtstraße, Frankfurt am Main
Referee: Forstmeyer

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