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
Date	13 September 2014 – 3 May 2015 (regular season) 17 May 2015 – (championship playoff)
Champions	Valladolid
Runners-up	Santboiana
Relegated	Vigo RC
Matches played	137
Tries scored	820 (average 6 per match)
Top point scorer	Samuel Katz, 265
Top try scorer	Falemaka 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.

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• 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	+/-
1	Valladolid	22	19	0	3	681	394	+287	91	44	+47	18	94
2	Santboiana	22	19	0	3	757	428	+329	102	59	+43	15	91
3	Complutense Cisneros	22	16	0	6	702	444	+258	96	54	+42	17	81
4	Independiente RC	22	16	0	6	615	485	+130	74	62	+12	13	77
5	El Salvador	22	15	0	7	617	357	+260	70	42	+28	13	73
6	Bizkaia Gernika	22	9	1	12	468	572	−104	69	69	0	11	49
7	Ordizia	22	9	0	13	507	534	−27	60	68	−8	9	45
8	Pozuelo	22	7	1	14	353	558	−205	42	72	−30	7	37
9	Getxo Artea	22	7	0	15	440	636	−196	54	91	−37	8	36
10	Hernani	22	6	0	16	374	598	−224	51	78	−27	9	33
11	FC Barcelona	22	4	1	17	472	615	−143	52	79	−27	13	31
12	Universidade Vigo	22	3	1	18	376	741	−365	59	102	−43	11	25
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

May 17, 2015	Independiente RC	14–16	El Salvador	San Román, Santander
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Penalty try 33' c Blanco 51' c Con: García (2/2) 33', 51'	Report	Try: Blanco 18' c Con: Katz (1/1) 19' Pen: Katz (3/3) 8', 13', 60'	Referee: Pedro Montoya (Basque Country)

May 17, 2015	Complutense Cisneros	52–19	Bizkaia Gernika	Campo Central, Madrid
14:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Norton 20' c, 23' c, 39' c Boccardo 35' c Villanueva 44' Carreras 53' c Sainz-Trápaga 59' Hernández 69' c Con: Norton (4/5) 20', 24', 36', 40' Tudela (2/3) 54', 70'	Report	Try: Etxaniz 29' c Magunazelaia 49' c Wiedemann 79' Con: Casteglioni (2/3) 30', 50'	Referee: Jorge Molpeceres (Castille and León)

Semifinals

May 23, 2015	Valladolid	27–10	El Salvador	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
18:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Snee 17' c Mateu 27' c Griffiths 40' c Con: Griffiths (3/3) 17', 27', 40' Pen: Griffiths (2/2) 67', 77'	Report	Try: Casado 11' c Con: Katz (1/1) 11' Pen: Katz (1/1) 5'	Referee: Alfonso Mirat (Madrid)

May 24, 2015	Santboiana	29–13	Complutense Cisneros	Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: García 5' Tauli 34', 68' Sanz 66' Pen: Anufe (3/3) 11', 59', 61'	Report	Try: Villanueva 74' c Con: Tudela (1/1) 74' Pen: Tudela (2/2) 39', 41'	Referee: Igotz Gallastegi (Basque Country)

Final

May 31, 2015	Valladolid	19–8	Santboiana	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Miejimolle 4' c Con: Griffiths (1/1) 4' Pen: Griffiths (4/4) 25', 31', 54', 62'	Report	Con: Sanz 79' Pen: Baró (1/1) 47'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia)

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

May 30, 2015	San Cugat	13–17	FC Barcelona	La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès
16:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Raya 46' c Con: Louteiro (1/1) 46' Pen: Louteiro (1/1) 65' Drop: Berasategui (1/1) 41'	Report	Try: Martínez 4' c Cabeza 60' c Con: Martínez (2/2) 4', 60' Pen: Martínez (1/1) 33'	Referee: Declan Lane (Australia)

2nd leg

June 6, 2015	FC Barcelona	22–13	San Cugat	La Teixonera, Barcelona
16:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Montes 8' Fuertes 40' c Pinto 44' c Con: Martínez (1/2) 40' Belda (1/1) 44' Pen: Belda (1/1) 64'	Report	Try: Granell 46' c Con: Louteiro (1/1) 46' Pen: Serrano (1/1) 20' Louteiro (1/1) 51'	Referee: Igotz Gallastegi (Basque Country)

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

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

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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

• 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby

References

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

External links

• Official site