2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby


The 2015–16 División de Honor was the 38th season of the top flight of the Spanish domestic rugby union competition since its inception in 1970. Regular season began on 19 September 2015 and finished on 1 May 2016.
The playoffs began in May, with the Final taking place on 28 May.
SilverStorm El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local arch-rivals VRAC Quesos Entrepinares in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the team relegated to División de Honor B de Rugby.

Competition format

The regular season runs through 22 match days. Upon completion the regular season, it is the turn of championship playoffs. The breakdown is as follows;
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TeamStadiumCapacityCity
AMPO OrdiziaAltamira500Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia GernikaUrbieta2,500Gernika, Bizkaia
CR Complutense CisnerosEstadio Complutense12,400Madrid
FC BarcelonaLa Teixonera500Barcelona
Gernika_RTUrbieta zelaia1,000Gernika
Getxo Artea R.T.Fadura1,000Guecho
HernaniLandare Toki500Hernani, Gipuzkoa
Independiente RCSan Román1,500Santander, Cantabria
Sanitas AlcobendasLas Terrazas500Alcobendas
SantboianaBaldiri Aleu4,000Sant Boi de Llobregat
SilverStorm El SalvadorPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid
Valladolid RACPepe Rojo5,000Valladolid

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 played over two legs by Bizkaia Gernika, the team finishing 11th in División de Honor, and CAU Valencia, the losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final. Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17 season.

1st leg

2nd leg

Scorers statistics

Top try scorers

RankPlayerTriesTeam
1 Anthony Matoto24Getxo Artea R.T.

Top points scorers