2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby

2011–12 División de Honor
Countries	Spain
Champions	Valladolid
Runners-up	Ordizia
Relegated	Alcobendas
Matches played	90
Tries scored	600 (average 6.7 per match)
Top point scorer	Daniel Waenga, 221
Top try scorer	Julen Goia, 17

The 2011–12 División de Honor was the 45th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competitions since 1953. It began in autumn 2011 and finished on May 12 with the Final. Valladolid won the title, while Alcobendas were relegated to División de Honor B.

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 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 went into a playoff with a team from División de Honor B. Up to three teams would be promoted in order to increase the number of teams in the División de Honor to 12.

Teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	500	Alcobendas, Community of Madrid	Valladolid El Salvador Ordizia Gernika La Vila Ciencas Getxo Vigo Alcobendas Santboiana class=notpageimage| 2011–12 División de Honor teams
Bizkaia Gernika	Urbieta	2,500	Guernica, Biscay
Ciencias	Olímpico La Cartuja	5,000	Seville
Getxo Artea	Fadura	500	Getxo
El Salvador	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid
La Vila	El Pantano	1,550	Villajoyosa, Alicante
Ordizia	Altamira	500	Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana	Baldiri Aleu	4,000	Sant Boi de Llobregat
Universidade Vigo	Lagoas-Marcosende	3,000	Vigo
Valladolid	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid

Regular season standings

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	TF	TA	Bon	Pts
1	Valladolid	18	15	0	3	589	374	215	74	44	11	71
2	Ordizia	18	13	1	4	543	384	159	66	46	11	65
3	Santboiana	18	13	0	5	536	348	188	67	42	12	64
4	La Vila	18	10	2	6	450	442	8	54	48	9	53
5	Bizkaia Gernika	18	9	0	9	431	388	43	47	59	11	47
6	Getxo Artea	18	9	2	7	406	409	−3	56	47	7	47
7	El Salvador	18	9	0	9	469	472	−3	62	62	9	45
8	Ciencias	18	5	0	13	353	503	−150	49	65	11	31
9	Universidade de Vigo	18	2	0	16	353	543	−190	49	75	14	22
10	Alcobendas	18	2	1	15	325	592	−267	44	80	8	18

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

	Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
	Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
	Relegation playoff

Championship playoffs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						1	Valladolid	55
	3	Santboiana	14			6	Bizkaia Gernika	25
	6	Bizkaia Gernika	18								1	Valladolid	27
											2	Ordizia	10
						2	Ordizia	38
	4	La Vila	3			5	Getxo Artea	22
	5	Getxo Artea	33

2011–12 División de Honor winners
Valladolid Third title

Quarter-finals

April 29, 2012	Santboiana	14 – 18	Bizkaia Gernika	Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat
12:00 UTC+2	Try: Severino, 75' Pen: Palau, 4', 31', 62'	Report	Try: Olaeta, 13' Montagut, 34' Con: Swartbooi, 34' Pen: Swartbooi, 17', 80'	Referee: Jorge Molpeceres

April 29, 2012	La Vila	3 – 33	Getxo Artea	Municipal, Villajoyosa
12:30 UTC+2	Pen: Sorribes, 31'	Report	Try: Aboitiz, 71' Booiman, 74' Bentall, 80' Con: Linklater, 71', 80' Pen: Linklater, 6', 10', 21', 75'	Referee: Félix Villegas

Semifinals

May 5, 2012	Valladolid	55 – 25	Getxo Artea	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
18:00 UTC+2	Try: Newton, 4', 48' Rolls, 11' Montorfano, 19' Waenga, 29', 79' Nacho Gutiérrez, 69' Juan Carlos Pico, 71' Con: Waenga, 4', 11', 19', 48', 69' Juan Carlos Pico, 79' Pen: Waenga, 64'	Report	Try: Rodríguez, 40' Brooks, 54' Aboitz, 66' Con: Linklater, 54', 66' Pen: Linklater, 22', 25'	Referee: Sergio Figueruelo

May 6, 2012	Ordizia	38 – 22	Bizkaia Gernika	Altamira, Ordizia
12:30 UTC+2	Try: Goia, 3' Huxford, 8', 10', 32', 76' Kroll, 16' Con: Kroll, 8', 16' Simpson, 32', 76'	Report	Try: Ross, 21' Swartbooi, 23' García Parrado, 66' Con: Swartbooi, 21', 23' Pen: Swartbooi, 46'	Referee: Félix Villegas

Final

May 12, 2012	Valladolid	27 – 10	Ordizia	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
18:00 UTC+2	Try: Waenga, 24', 55' Nacho Gutiérrez, 32' Molina, 64' Álex Gutiérrez, 78' Con: Waenga, 32'	Report	Try: Huxford, 50' Con: Kroll, 50' Pen: Kroll, 5'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Steve Lee

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was contested over two legs by Alcobendas, who finished 10th in División de Honor, and Hernani, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Hernani won the tie, winning 27-24 on aggregate.

	Relegation/promotion playoff
	3rd	Hernani	19	8	27
	10th	Alcobendas	18	6	24

1st leg

April 22, 2012	Hernani	19 – 18	Alcobendas	Landare Toki, Hernani
12:30 UTC+2	Try: Otaño, 55' Con: Genua, 55' Pen: Genua, 14', 35', 44', 49'	Report	Try: Montoliu, 4' Bermejo, 65' Con: Ati, 4', 65' Pen: Ati, 18', 28'

2nd leg

April 29, 2012	Alcobendas	6 – 8	Hernani	Las Terrazas, Alcobendas
12:30 UTC+2	Pen: Ati, 18', 26'	Report	Try: Genua, 37' Pen: Genua, 9'

• Hernani promoted to División de Honor. Sanitas Alcobendas relegated to División de Honor B.

Scorers statistics [1]

By try points

Player	Try points	Team
Julen Goia	80	Ordizia
Josh Hamilton	75	Universidade Vigo
Ryan Le Loux	70	Santboiana
Marcos Poggi	55	La Vila
Pablo Feijoo	50	El Salvador
Glen Rolls	50	Valladolid
Aníbal Bonan	45	Valladolid
Jon Magunazelaia	40	Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández	40	Alcobendas
Daniel Kroll	40	Ordizia

By total points

Player	Points	Team
Daniel Waenga	221	Valladolid
Daniel Kroll	215	Ordizia
Isaac Thompson	187	Santboiana
Brad Linklater	165	Getxo Artea
Josh Hamilton	163	Universidad de Vigo
Pedro Rodríguez	147	El Salvador
Marvin Swartbooi	147	Bizkaia Gernika
Santiago Fernández	126	Alcobendas
Eduardo Sorribes	90	La Vila
Julen Goia	85	Ordizia

See also

• División de Honor B de Rugby

External links

• Official site