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.
The playoffs began on 17 May finishing with the Final taking place on 31 May.
Valladolid were the defending champions and won their sixth title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final.
Competition format The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points were awarded according to the following:
4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match 1 bonus point for a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches played the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semifinal berth automatically, while the next four teams played off to take the remaining two spots.
The club which finished bottom was relegated, while the club that finished 11th went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B.
Promotion and relegation The bottom team in the standings was relegated to División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th played the relegation playoff. The top team from División de Honor B was promoted to División de Honor.
Teams Team Stadium CapacityLocation BarcelonaLa Teixonera500BarcelonaBizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, BizkaiaCR Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400MadridEl SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000ValladolidGetxo Artea R.T.Fadura1000GuechoHernani Landare Toki 500 Hernani, GipuzkoaIndependiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, CantabriaOrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, GipuzkoaPozueloValle de las Cañas300Pozuelo de Alarcón, MadridSantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de LlobregatUniversidade VigoLagoas-Marcosende3,000VigoValladolid RACPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Results BARCISELSGERGET HERINDORDPOZSANVALVIGBarcelona33-3817-1827-2043-2532-536-5817-2313-139-1731-3343-24Cisneros35-1422-1749-729-1340-1522-2169-832-2329-3726-3742-19El Salvador40-726-1829-2242-745-821-922-2630-036-321-2247-0Gernika RT32-1827-4030-2019-1610-1117-1119-734-024-2610-2138-31Getxo26-2310-2925-3548-1639-1522-1827-714-1519-2513-3132-17Hernani35-147-113-1014-1917-1327-3826-1216-170-3821-2935-15Independiente43-3044-1928-2224-1535-1046-3115-532-2018-3723-2120-14Ordizia18-319-3725-1739-2036-1228-3517-2648-1026-3328-3451-5Pozuelo18-169-3410-3623-2625-3021-1812-1429-2024-283-2635-19Santboiana32-1331-2536-2263-2461-1050-1021-3036-2829-1319-1668-7Valladolid40-1327-1822-2335-1956-744-2040-2932-1431-2018-1447-7Vigo22-200-3817-3820-2042-2227-526-3310-2212-1327-5315-19
Table #TeamGamesPointsTriesPtsPWDLFA1Valladolid221903681394+2879144+4718942Santboiana221903757428+32910259+4315913Complutense Cisneros221606702444+2589654+4217814Independiente RC221606615485+1307462+1213775El Salvador221507617357+2607042+2813736Bizkaia Gernika229112468572−1046969011497Ordizia229013507534−276068−89458Pozuelo227114353558−2054272−307379Getxo Artea227015440636−1965491−3783610Hernani226016374598−2245178−2793311Barcelona224117472615−1435279−27133112Universidade Vigo223118376741−36559102−431125Source: 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
Semifinals
Final
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.
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
RankPlayerTriesTeam 1 Falemaka Tatafu20Universidade Vigo 2 Afaese Tauli17Santboiana 3 Nil Baró16Santboiana 4 Joan Losada15FC Barcelona 5 José Luis del Valle14Complutense Cisneros 6 Liam Windon13Getxo Artea Phillip Huxford13Ordizia 8 Iñigo Olaeta12Bizkaia Gernika 9 Mpho Mbiyozo10Universidade Vigo 10 Leigh Thompson9Valladolid Alejandro Sánchez9El Salvador Federico González9Santboiana
Top points scorers RankPlayerPointsTeam 1 Sam Katz296El Salvador 2 Danny Kroll216Ordizia 3 Rafael Staat201FC Barcelona 4 Miguel Jiménez185Complutense Cisneros 5 Fangatapu Apikotoa177Santboiana 6 Mariano García170Independiente RC 7 Gareth Griffiths144Valladolid 8 Brad Linklater137Independiente RC 9 Igor Genua124Hernani 10 Liam Windon109Getxo Artea
See also 2014–15 División de Honor B de Rugby
References
External links Official site