2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby
The 2014–15 División de Honor was the 37th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. 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.
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares were the defending champions, while Ciencias Fundación Cajasol was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2014–15.
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares won its six title after defeating UE Santboiana 19–8 in the Final.
Competition format
The regular season runs through 22 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.
- 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
Team | Stadium | Capacity | City |
AMPO Ordizia | Altamira | 500 | Ordizia, Gipuzkoa |
Blusens Universidade Vigo | Lagoas-Marcosende | 3,000 | Vigo |
Bizkaia Gernika | Urbieta | 2,500 | Gernika, Bizkaia |
CR Complutense Cisneros | Estadio Complutense | 12,400 | Madrid |
FC Barcelona | La Teixonera | 500 | Barcelona |
Getxo Artea R.T. | Fadura | 1000 | Guecho |
Hernani | Landare Toki | 500 | Hernani, Gipuzkoa |
Independiente RC | San Román | 1,500 | Santander, Cantabria |
Pozuelo | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid |
Santboiana | Baldiri Aleu | 4,000 | Sant Boi de Llobregat |
SilverStorm El Salvador | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
Valladolid RAC | Pepe Rojo | 5,000 | Valladolid |
Regular season standings
Qualified for Playoff | |
Qualified for Playoff | |
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
Rank | Player | Tries | Team |
1 | Falemaka Tatafu | 20 | Blusens Universidade Vigo |
2 | Afaese Tauli | 17 | Santboiana |
3 | Nil Baró | 16 | Santboiana |
4 | Joan Losada | 15 | FC Barcelona |
5 | José Luis del Valle | 14 | Complutense Cisneros |
6 | Liam Windon | 13 | Getxo Artea |
6 | Phillip Huxford | 13 | AMPO Ordizia |
8 | Iñigo Olaeta | 12 | Bizkaia Gernika |
9 | Mpho Mbiyozo | 10 | Blusens Universidade Vigo |
10 | Leigh Thompson | 9 | VRAC Quesos Entrepinares |
10 | Alejandro Sánchez | 9 | Hermi El Salvador |
10 | Federico González | 9 | Santboiana |