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2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby

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2011–12 División de Honor
Countries Spain
ChampionsValladolid
Runners-upOrdizia
RelegatedAlcobendas
Matches played90
Tries scored600
(average 6.7 per match)
Top point scorerDaniel Waenga, 221
Top try scorerJulen 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

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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 9th position plays the relegation playoff.
  • Team in 10th 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

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Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Alcobendas Las Terrazas 500 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid
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[1] Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Santboiana Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Universidade Vigo Lagoas-Marcosende 3,000 Vigo
Valladolid Pepe Rojo 5,000 Valladolid
2011–12 División de Honor de Rugby is located in Spain
Valladolid El Salvador

Valladolid
El Salvador
Ordizia
Ordizia
Gernika
Gernika
La Vila
La Vila
Ciencas
Ciencas
Getxo
Getxo
Vigo
Vigo
Alcobendas
Alcobendas
Santboiana
Santboiana
2011–12 División de Honor teams

Regular season standings

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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

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Castile and LeónValladolid 55
3 CataloniaSantboiana 14 6 Basque Country (autonomous community)Bizkaia Gernika 25
6 Basque Country (autonomous community)Bizkaia Gernika 18 1 Castile and LeónValladolid 27
2 Basque Country (autonomous community)Ordizia 10
2 Basque Country (autonomous community)Ordizia 38
4 Valencian CommunityLa Vila 3 5 Basque Country (autonomous community)Getxo Artea 22
5 Basque Country (autonomous community)Getxo Artea 33
2011–12 División de Honor winners
Castile and León
Valladolid
Third title

Quarter-finals

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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

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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

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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 England

Relegation playoff

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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 Basque Country (autonomous community) Hernani 19 8 27
10th Community of Madrid Alcobendas 18 6 24

1st leg

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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

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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]

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By try points

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

By total points

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Estadio Altamira" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
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