2010–11 División de Honor de Rugby

2010–11 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsCR La Vila
(1st title)
Runners-upOrdizia
RelegatedBera Bera
CAU Valencia
Matches played90

The 2010–11 División de Honor was the 44th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953, played between September 2010 and March 2011. CR La Vila, who were runners-up the previous season, won their first ever league championship after they finished top of the table by a single point.[1]

Competition format

The season took place between September and March, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 18 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 clubs which finished in the bottom two were relegated.

Teams

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
Bera Bera Miniestadio de Anoeta 1,500 San Sebastián
Bizkaia Gernika Urbieta 2,500 Guernica, Biscay
Ciencias Olímpico La Cartuja 5,000 Seville
El Salvador Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
La Vila El Pantano 1,550 Villajoyosa, Alicante
Ordizia Altamira 500[2] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 1,200 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Valencia Campo del Río Turia 2,000 Valencia
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid

Final standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA Dif TF TA TB LB Pts
1 La Vila (C) 18 15 0 3 551 380 171 64 42 8 0 68
2 Ordizia 18 13 0 5 567 371 196 69 37 11 4 67
3 El Salvador 18 11 1 6 485 309 176 66 33 8 5 59
4 Bizkaia Gernika 18 12 1 5 460 311 149 44 32 4 3 57
5 Valladolid 18 11 0 7 450 374 76 46 40 6 3 53
6 Ciencias 18 7 1 10 387 450 −63 48 46 2 2 39
7 Santboiana 18 7 0 11 309 423 −114 26 49 3 3 34
8 Alcobendas 18 6 0 12 414 478 −64 47 59 4 5 33
9 Bera Bera (R) 18 5 1 12 408 441 −33 41 45 4 7 33
10 Valencia (R) 18 1 0 17 273 767 −494 29 97 1 1 6

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Champion
Relegated

Scorers statistics

By Tries

Player Try points Team
South Africa Ryan Le Loux 17 La Vila
Spain Matías Tudela 13 Ordizia
Argentina Santiago Fernández 9 Alcobendas
Argentina Carlos Coronel 9 Bizkaia Gernika
Samoa Esera Lauina 9 El Salvador
England Tobias Freeman 9 Ordizia
Samoa Joe Mamea 8 El Salvador
New Zealand Daniel Schuster 8 Valladolid
New Zealand Phillip Huxford 7 Ordizia
Republic of Ireland Nicolas Thompson 7 Bera Bera

By total points

Player Points Team
France Vincent Gassie 210 Bizkaia Gernika
New Zealand Phillip Huxford 186 Ordizia
Spain Agustín Gómez 156 La Vila
England Gareth Griffiths 153 Valladolid
France Ramuntxo Mittoux 131 Bera Bera
Spain Eduardo Sorribes 125 Rugby Valencia
Argentina Gastón Graco 119 Alcobendas
Argentina Santiago Fernández 99 Alcobendas
Spain Jaime Nava 94 El Salvador
South Africa Ryan Le Loux 85 La Vila

References

  1. ^ "CR La Vila campeón" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  2. ^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.