2015–16 División de Honor de Rugby

Competition format

Teams

Regular season standings

Championship playoffs

Relegation playoff

Scorers statistics

References

External links

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

1st leg

2nd leg

Top try scorers

Top points scorers

Final

2015–16 División de Honor
Countries	Spain
Date	19 September 2015 – 1 May 2016 (regular season); 15 May 2016 – 28 May 2016 (championship playoff)
Champions	SilverStorm El Salvador
Runners-up	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
Relegated	Pozuelo
Matches played	132
Tries scored	791 ; (average 6 per match)
Top point scorer	Samuel Katz, 317
Top try scorer	Anthony Matoto, 24

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.

Championship's playoffs began on May finishing with the Final on 28 May.

SilverStorm El Salvador won its eighth División de Honor title after defeating local archrivals VRAC Quesos Entrepinares in the Final 24–23, held at Estadio Pepe Rojo on 28 May. Pozuelo was the relegated team to División de Honor B 2016–17.

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 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.

VRAC /
El Salvador

Santboiana

Gernika

Ordizia

CRC Madrid

Barcelona

Getxo

Complutense Cisneros

Hernani

Alcobendas

Bathco Rugby

2015–16 División de Honor teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Valladolid RAC	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid
Santboiana	Baldiri Aleu	4,000	Sant Boi de Llobregat
Complutense Cisneros	Estadio Complutense	12,400	Madrid
Bathco Rugby	San Román	1,500	Santander, Cantabria
SilverStorm El Salvador	Pepe Rojo	5,000	Valladolid
Bizkaia Gernika	Urbieta	2,500	Gernika, Bizkaia
AMPO Ordizia	Altamira	500^[1]	Ordizia, Gipuzkoa
Pozuelo	Valle de las Cañas	300	Pozuelo de Alarcón
Getxo Artea	Fadura	500	Getxo, Biscay
Hernani	Landare Toki	500	Hernani, Gipuzkoa
FC Barcelona	La Teixonera	500	Barcelona
Alcobendas	Las Terrazas	500	Alcobendas

	Qualified for Playoff (Semifinals)
	Qualified for Playoff (Quarter-finals)
	Relegation playoff
	Relegated

#	Team	Games				Points			Tries			Bonus points	Points
#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Difference	Bonus points	Points
1	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	22	20	1	1	775	328	+447	105	38	+67	16	98
2	Silverstorm El Salvador	22	17	1	4	763	438	+325	97	54	+43	13	83
3	Bathco Rugby	22	14	1	7	663	498	+165	81	57	+24	14	72
4	Santboiana	22	13	0	9	748	530	+218	100	65	+35	17	69
5	Complutense Cisneros	22	13	1	8	606	505	+101	82	61	+21	14	68
6	Alcobendas	22	11	0	11	563	537	+26	75	64	+11	14	58
7	FC Barcelona	22	8	2	12	456	639	−183	54	92	−38	6	42
8	Getxo Artea	22	7	0	15	477	695	−218	64	95	−31	12	40
9	AMPO Ordizia	22	6	0	16	540	714	−174	73	96	−23	16	40
10	Hernani	22	7	0	15	423	743	−320	60	110	−50	10	38
11	Bizkaia Gernika	22	7	0	15	472	619	−147	58	78	−20	9	37
12	CRC Madrid	22	6	0	16	455	695	−240	58	97	−39	11	35
Source: División de Honor Table (accessed 4 May 2016)

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	33
4	UE Santboiana	23	5	Complutense Cisneros	26
5	Complutense Cisneros	25				1	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	23
						2	Silverstorm El Salvador	24
			2	Silverstorm El Salvador	36
3	Bathco Rugby	42	3	Bathco Rugby	16
6	Alcobendas	13

15 May 2016	Bathco Rugby	42–13	Alcobendas	San Román, Santander
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Latrónico 2' c Steward 8' c, 80' c Penalty try 35' c Schab 53' Con: Zabalegui (3/4) 2', 8', 35' García (1/1) 80' Pen: Zabalegui (3/3) 50', 64', 74'	Boxscore	Try: Íñiguez 56' c Con: Ati (1/1) 56' Pen: Ati (2/2) 7', 31'	Referee: Luis Santos (Castile and León)

15 May 2016	Santboiana	23–25	Complutense Cisneros	Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Nichols 25' c Casey 43' Baker 78' Con: Casey (1/3) 25' Pen: Millán (2/2) 55', 72'	Boxscore	Try: Sainz-Trápaga 28' c Con: Nacho Martínez (1/1) 28' Pen: Nacho Martínez (5/5) 14', 40', 52', 76', 80' Drop: Gimeno 60'	Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country)

21 May 2016	Silverstorm El Salvador	36–16	Bathco Rugby	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
17:00 (UTC+2)	Try: Díaz 55' c Carter 68' c Zebango 80' c Con: Katz (3/3) 55', 68', 80' Pen: Katz (3/3) 3', 42', 50', 53'	Boxscore	Try: Coronel 39' c Con: Zabalegui (1/1) 39' Pen: Zabalegui (3/3) 11', 25', 36'	Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Andalusia)

22 May 2016	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	33–26	Complutense Cisneros	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
12:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Abril 15' c Griffiths 32' c Castiglioni 65' c Con: Griffiths (3/3) 15', 32', 65' Pen: Griffiths (3/3) 13', 22', 72' Nuno Penha (1/1) 78'	Boxscore	Try: Molina 28 c, 75' Cano 80' Con: Nacho Martínez (1/3) 28' Pen: Nacho Martínez (3/3) 6', 42', 46'	Referee: Marc Riera (Catalonia)

28 May 2016	VRAC Quesos Entrepinares	23–24	Silverstorm El Salvador	Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
17:30 (UTC+2)	Try: Nuno Penha 9' Con: Griffiths (0/1) Pen: Griffiths (5/5) 2', 26', 30', 45', 72' Drop: Griffiths 63'	Boxscore	Try: Marrón 13' c Blanco 70' Con: Katz (1/2) 13' Pen: Katz (4/4) 37', 49', 57', 79'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Basque Country)

2015–16 División de Honor winners
Silverstorm El Salvador Eighth title

Relegation playoff to be played over two legs by the team qualified 11th in División de Honor and losing team from División de Honor B promotion playoff final play the relegation playoff. Winner team will play in División de Honor 2016–17 season and the loser team in División de Honor B.

5 June 2016	CAU Valencia	7–35	Bizkaia Gernika	Campo del Río Turia, Valencia
12:00	Try: Herrero 50' c Con: Sorribes (1/1) 50'	Boxscore	Try: Pietrelli 5' c Amor 9' c, 77' c Souville 25' c Bertero 38' c Con: Bertero (5/5) 6', 10', 26', 39', 78'	Referee: Ignacio Muñoz (Madrid)

12 June 2016	Bizkaia Gernika	94–18	CAU Valencia	Urbieta, Gernika
12:00	Try: Pietrelli 1' c, 8' c, 19' c, 41' Magunazelaia 6' c Verran 16' c, 27' c, 57' c Sclavi 39' c Morgan 50' c Es Saheb 55' c, 69' Albizua 65' c Con: Bertero (11/13) 2', 7', 9', 17', 20', 28', 40', 51', 56', 58', 66'	Boxscore	Try: Morente 14' Ortega 66' c Con: Sorribes (1/2) 67' Pen: Sorribes (2/2) 13', 21'	Referee: Félix Villegas (Castile and León)

Bizkaia Gernika won 129–25 on aggregate and remained in División de Honor for 2016–17season.

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Rank	Player	Tries	Team
1	Anthony Matoto	24	Getxo Artea R.T.

Rank	Player	Points	Team
1	Sam Katz	352	Silverstorm El Salvador

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

[2] regular season stats