2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

2013–14 División de Honor
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

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


VRAC /
El Salvador
Santboiana
Gernika
Ordizia
Atl. Madrid
Ciencias Cajasol
Getxo
Complutense Cisneros
Vigo
Hernani
Bathco Rugby
2013–14 División de Honor teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
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
1VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 2217055914291621785
2Hermi El Salvador 2216066254032221478
3Complutense Cisneros 2216066294761531478
4Bathco Rugby 221309593512811567
5Atlético Madrid 2211011571539481761
6AMPO Ordizia 221201052252201260
7Getxo Artea 2211011490428621054
8Santboiana 2210012477566891353
9Bizkaia Gernika 229013529546171450
10Hernani 228014463643180941
11Blusens Universidade Vigo 227015502686184937
12Ciencias Fundación Cajasol2220204076492421422

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
Castile and León
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Fifth title

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

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

2nd leg

Blusens Universidade Vigo won 48–40 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2014–15 season.

Scorers statistics

By try points

[2]

Player Try points Team
Spain Ignacio Contardi 110 Bathco Rugby
Spain Iñigo Olaeta 75 Bizkaia Gernika
New Zealand Afa Tauli 70 Santboiana
Argentina Federico Casteglioni 65 Bizkaia Gernika
Spain Pedro Martín 60 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Tonga Maka Tatafu 55 Blusens Universidade Vigo
Portugal Tiago Girão 55 Complutense Cisneros
New Zealand Simeon James 55 Getxo Artea
England Tom Pearce 55 Bizkaia Gernika
South Africa Heinrich Steyl 50 AMPO Ordizia

By total points

Player Points Team
New Zealand Brad Linklater 228 Getxo Artea
Portugal Tiago Girão 218 Complutense Cisneros
Spain Pedro Rodríguez 190 Hermi El Salvador
Spain Iñigo Balbín 190 Atlético Madrid
England Gareth Griffiths 189 VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
South Africa Heinrich Steyl 173 AMPO Ordizia
Spain Iñigo Olaeta 147 Bizkaia Gernika
Spain Mariano García 146 Bathco Rugby
Spain Igor Genua 141 Hernani
France Jérémy Simon 124 Blusens Universidade Vigo

See also

References

  1. "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. regular season stats

External links

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