2013–14 División de Honor de Rugby

2013–14 División de Honor
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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
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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 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

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	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
1	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	22	17	0	5	591	429	162	17	85
2	Hermi El Salvador	22	16	0	6	625	403	222	14	78
3	Complutense Cisneros	22	16	0	6	629	476	153	14	78
4	Bathco Rugby	22	13	0	9	593	512	81	15	67
5	Atlético Madrid	22	11	0	11	571	539	48	17	61
6	AMPO Ordizia	22	12	0	10	522	522	0	12	60
7	Getxo Artea	22	11	0	11	490	428	62	10	54
8	Santboiana	22	10	0	12	477	566	−89	13	53
9	Bizkaia Gernika	22	9	0	13	529	546	−17	14	50
10	Hernani	22	8	0	14	463	643	−180	9	41
11	Blusens Universidade Vigo	22	7	0	15	502	686	−184	9	37
12	Ciencias Fundación Cajasol	22	2	0	20	407	649	−242	14	22

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
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares Fifth title

Quarter-finals

May 17, 2014	Complutense Cisneros	29–27	AMPO Ordizia	Campo Central, Madrid
16:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Manu Sainz 32' c, 34' m Hayali 35' m Paco Hernández 40' m Con: Girão (1/4) Pen: Girão (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Arraztoa 41' c Tudela 57' c Huxford 82' c Con: Steyl (3/3) Pen: Steyl (2/2) 17', 26'	Referee: Villegas Casado (Castile and León)

May 18, 2014	Bathco Rugby	20–18	Atlético Madrid	Mies de Cozada, Santander
12:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Rodríguez 5' m Quevedo 53' c Mora 59' m Con: Mateu (1/3) Pen: Mateu (1/1)	Report	Try: Ramírez 10' m Armental 25' c Balbín 35' m Con: Balbín (1/2) Pen: Balbín (1/2) 1'	Referee: Gallastegi Sodupe (Basque Country)

Semifinals

May 24, 2014	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	29–24	Bathco Rugby	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
17:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Fernández 22' c Abril 32' c López 38' c Herrera 70' m Con: Griffiths (3/4) Pen: Griffiths (1/1) 59'	Report	Try: Mañero 19' c penalty try 56' c Álvarez 79' c Con: García (3/3) Pen: García (1/1) 3'	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Pedro Montoya (Euskadi)

May 25, 2014	Hermi El Salvador	22–9	Complutense Cisneros	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
16:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Max Vega 51' m Mamea 56' m, 80' c Serrano 74' m Con: Pearce (1/4)	Report	Pen: Girão (3/3) 16', 33', 45'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia)

Final

June 1, 2014	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	26–15	Hermi El Salvador	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Gavidi 25' c Vessey 34' m Barnes 59' m Con: Griffiths (1/3) Pen: Griffiths (3/3) 6', 9', 19'	Report	Try: Miranda 49' m V Sánchez 76' c Con: P Rodríguez (1/2) Pen: P Rodríguez (1/1) 15'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country)

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

June 1, 2014	Sant Cugat	29–10	Blusens Universidade Vigo	La Guinardera, Sant Cugat del Vallès
12:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Lafuente 13' m Pla 22' c Losada 37' c Granell 48' c Con: Berasategui (3/4) Pen: Berasategui (1/1) 67'	Report	Try: Tatafu 52' c Con: Simon (1/1) Pen: Simon (1/1) 33'	Referee: Rafael Ortega (Andalusia)

2nd leg

June 7, 2014	Blusens Universidade Vigo	38–11	Sant Cugat	Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo
17:40 (UTC+2)	Try: Tito 3' m de Cabo 23' m Berlande 27' m Monreal 43' c Tatafu 58' c Con: Simon (2/5) Pen: Simon (3/3) 17', 45', 76'	Report	Try: Gómez 39' m Con: Berasategui (0/1) Pen: Berasategui (1/2) 13' Drop: Berasategui (1/1) 25'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Félix Villegas (Castile and León)

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

Scorers statistics

By try points

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

By total points

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

See also

• 2013–14 División de Honor B de Rugby

External links

• Official site