2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga

2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga
2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga
Countries	Germany
Champions	SC Frankfurt 1880 (6th title)
Relegated	DRC Hannover
Top point scorer	Thorsten Wiedemann (212)
Top try scorer	Alexander Pipa (22)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The Rugby-Bundesliga 2008-09 was the 38th edition of this competition and the 89th edition of the German rugby union championship. Nine teams play a home-and-away season with a finals round between the top four teams at the end. The bottom two teams determine which club is relegated in an end-of-season decider. The season started on 30 August 2008 and finished with the championship final on 23 May 2009, interrupted by a winter break from early December to late February.

The competition was won by the SC Frankfurt 1880 the previous season.

Berliner RC

RK 03 Berlin

DRC Hannover

RG Heidelberg
Heidelberger RK
TSV Handschuhsheim
SC Neuenheim

RK Heusenstamm

SC 1880 Frankfurt

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Location of teams in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008-09

Overview

The 2008-09 modus was somewhat different from the previous season. The competition had been expanded from eight to nine teams. The final, which used to be determined by the top-two teams of the regular season was now played by the two winners of the semi-finals which pair the first placed team against the fourth and the second against the third.

At the bottom end of the table, a relegation match between the two last-placed teams was also a new introduction. All up, the number of season games in the Rugby-Bundesliga increased to 76 from 57.

This change of modus was decided upon on 19 July 2008 at the annual general meeting of the German rugby association, the DRV. It was decided to expand the league to ten teams for 2009-10, meaning only one club was to be relegated in 2009, and two promoted. It was also then decided to introduce the extended play-off format.^[1]

The defending champion was SC 1880 Frankfurt, who beat RG Heidelberg in the 2007-08 final, while the RK 03 Berlin was newly promoted to the league.

With Kerstin Ljungdahl^[2] and Dana Teagarden,^[3] two female head referees have been officiating in the Rugby-Bundesliga in 2008-09.

Bundesliga table

	Club	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against	Difference	Points
1	SC 1880 Frankfurt	16	14	2	693	227	466	70
2	Heidelberger RK	16	12	4	464	212	252	56
3	SC Neuenheim	16	10	6	423	287	136	49
4	Berliner Rugby Club	16	10	6	441	328	113	48
5	RG Heidelberg	16	10	6	323	281	42	46
6	TSV Handschuhsheim	16	9	7	521	377	144	46
7	RK Heusenstamm	16	5	11	336	515	-179	29
8	RK 03 Berlin	16	2	14	195	688	-493	11
9	DRC Hannover	16	0	16	176	657	-481	0

Relegated: DRC Hannover
Promoted: ASV Köln Rugby and DSV 78 Hannover

Player statistics

Try scorers

The leading try scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 season were (10 tries or more):

Player	Club	Tries
Alexander Pipa	TSV Handschuhsheim	22
Bevan Grey	RK Heusenstamm	13
Jason Campell	SC 1880 Frankfurt	10
Marcus Seuseu	SC 1880 Frankfurt	10
Jovesa Naivalu	SC 1880 Frankfurt	10

Point scorers

The leading point scores in the Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 season were (100 points or more):

Player	Club	Points
Thorsten Wiedemann	TSV Handschuhsheim	212
Braam Pretorius	Heidelberger RK	211
Lars Eckert	SC Neuenheim	137
Fabian Heimpel	RG Heidelberg	129
Alexander Pipa	TSV Handschuhsheim	110

Per club

The top try and point scorers per club were:

Club	Player	Tries	Player	Points
Berliner RC^[4]	Gerrit van Look	8	Sebastian Freund	74
RK 03 Berlin^[5]	Robin Knüpfer	7	Robin Knüpfer	35
SC 1880 Frankfurt^[6]	Jason Campell Marcus Seuseu Jovesa Naivalu	10	Rusell Kupa	80
TSV Handschuhsheim^[7]	Alexander Pipa	22	Thorsten Wiedemann	212
DRC Hannover^[8]	Sven Pausch	4	Dan Richards	33
RG Heidelberg^[9]	Mustafa Güngör	7	Fabian Heimpel	129
Heidelberger RK^[10]	Pieter Johannes Jordaan	9	Braam Pretorius	211
RK Heusenstamm^[11]	Bevan Grey	13	Mark Sztyndera	82
SC Neuenheim^[12]	Juan Cabanas	9	Lars Eckert	137

Bundesliga results

Club	SCF	HRK	SCN	BRC	RGH	TSV	RKH	RKB	DRC
SC 1880 Frankfurt	—	27-22	24-14	67-7	54-13	81-19	30-9	69-0	50-0
Heidelberger RK	13-23	—	38-3	12-10	23-17	38-8	33-5	56-0	78-7
SC Neuenheim	16-46	31-23	—	13-8	23-28	18-6	37-15	69-14	49-7
Berliner RC	20-12	15-35	31-16	—	29-13	22-19	88-15	59-0	30-15
RG Heidelberg	15-29	3-5	19-15	20-6	—	12-6	38-19	17-5	35-10
TSV Handschuhsheim	36-31	25-12	16-20	53-21	9-16	—	28-25	78-7	64-12
RK Heusenstamm	29-53	10-36	7-27	19-24	28-23	22-29	—	37-20	41-12
RK 03 Berlin	7-44	17-25	5-27	14-42	14-36	12-73	17-20	—	34-23
DRC Hannover	7-53	11-15	0-45	5-29	6-18	28-52	20-35	13-29	—

Key

Home win	Draw	Away win	Game not played (awarded)

Promotion/relegation play-off

Relegation match

2009-05-21
15:00

RK 03 Berlin	–	DRC Hannover

The DRC Hannover canceled the game on 18 April 2009 and voluntarily accepted relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga North/East.^[13]

Semi-finals and final

Semi-finals

2009-05-16
15:00

SC 1880 Frankfurt	36 – 15	Berliner Rugby Club
	Report

Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
Referee: Dana Teagarden

2009-05-16
15:00

Heidelberger RK	19 – 14 (aet)	SC Neuenheim
Try: Pretorius 98' Con: Pretorius 98' Pen: Pretorius (3) 7', 39', 56' Drop: Jordaan 103'	Report	Try: Smit 98' Pen: Eckert (3) 16', 40', 60'

Heidelberg
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frank Himmer

Final

2009-05-23
14:00

SC 1880 Frankfurt	11 – 8	Heidelberger RK
Try: Kupa 36' Pen: Kupa (2) 10', 73'	Report	Try: Schliwa 20' Pen: Pretorius 52'

Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Jens Reinecke


SC 1880 FRANKFURT:
FB	15	Ralph Klinghammer 46'
RW	14	Jamie Houston
OC	13	Kuramate Tama Tuirirangi 79'
IC	12	Daniel Preussner 61'
LW	11	Rolf Wacha
FH	10	Corey Read
SH	9	Aaron Satchwell
N8	8	Ross Warrick
OF	7	Api Matenga 76'
BF	6	Jason Campell
RL	5	Kieran Manawatu
LL	4	Philip Aporo 55'
TP	3	Anton Ewald
HK	2	Bratley Langenhoven 61'
LP	1	Russel Kupa
Substitutes:
HK	16	Marcus Seuseu 61' 71'
LL	17	Jovesa Naivalu 55'
OF	18	Dennis Feidelberg 76'
IC	19	Jannis Läpple 61' 79'
IC	20	Karsten Dobs 79'
OC	21	Chris Howells 79'
FB	22	Syd Douglas 46'
Coach:
Phil Stevenson


HEIDELBERGER RK:
FB	15	Frederik Potgieter
RW	14	Alexander Biskupek
OC	13	Patrick Schliwa 65'
IC	12	Dan Armitage
LW	11	Julio David Rodriguez
FH	10	Manuel Ballerin 77'
SH	9	Andreas Kerber 75'
N8	8	Johannes Erasmus
OF	7	Sean Armstrong
BF	6	Pieter Johannes Jordaan
RL	5	Christopher Liebig 40'
LL	4	Sydney Brenner
TP	3	Christoffer Neureuther
HK	2	Steffen Liebig
LP	1	Braam Pretorius
Substitutes:
RL	16	Jürgen Missal 40'
SH	17	Sascha Fraser 75'
FH	18	Jörg Bielinski 77'
OC	19	Arthur Zeiler 65'
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Murray Archibald

Squads

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Difference	Points
1	SC 1880 Frankfurt II	18	16	0	2	778	217	561	77
2	ASV Köln Rugby	18	15	0	3	515	166	349	72
3	RG Heidelberg II	18	11	1	6	445	357	88	57
4	München RFC	18	8	1	9	451	350	91	48
5	TSV Handschuhsheim II	18	7	0	11	334	442	-108	37
6	StuSta München	18	8	0	10	270	393	-123	37
7	RC Mainz ‡	18	6	0	12	343	513	-170	33
8	Heidelberger RK II ‡	18	6	2	10	265	472	-207	31
9	Stuttgarter RC	18	5	1	12	256	380	-124	30
10	SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II	18	5	1	12	259	616	-357	24

Promoted to Bundesliga: ASV Köln Rugby (SC 1880 Frankfurt II inelegible)
Relegated from Bundesliga: none
Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II
Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: RC Luxembourg, Karlsruher SV Rugby
‡ Two points deducted for break of licensing agreement; insufficient numbers of youth teams.^[14]

North/East

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Difference	Points
1	DSV 78/08 Ricklingen	18	18	0	0	1138	135	1003	87
2	TSV Victoria Linden	18	15	0	3	720	246	474	72
3	USV Potsdam	18	14	0	4	804	271	533	69
4	FC St Pauli Rugby	18	11	0	7	632	311	321	56
5	SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren	18	11	0	7	509	328	181	52
6	RU Hohen Neuendorf	18	9	0	9	452	401	51	45
7	SC Germania List	18	4	0	14	250	813	-563	20
8	Hamburger RC	18	4	0	14	235	891	-656	19
9	Berliner SV 92 Rugby	18	3	1	14	201	857	-656	15
10	SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II ‡	18	0	1	17	114	802	-688	-7

Promoted to Bundesliga: DSV 78/08 Ricklingen
Relegated from Bundesliga: DRC Hannover
Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II, Berliner SV 92 Rugby
Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: Berliner RC II, FT Adler Kiel Rugby
‡ Team withdrawn from the competition on 22 April 2009 due to a lack of players.^[15]

2nd Bundesliga final

2009-05-23
12:00

DSV 78/08 Ricklingen	10 – 24	SC 1880 Frankfurt II

Referee: Scharmann

DRV-Pokal 2008-09

In 2008-09, 16 teams took part in the national cup competition, those being the eight clubs who played in the Bundesliga in 2007-08 plus the top-four of each of the two 2nd Bundesligas that season.

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

SC 1880 Frankfurt	51

Heidelberger RK	20
		Berliner Rugby Club	7

		SC 1880 Frankfurt	17
TSV Handschuhsheim II	8

Berliner Rugby Club	36
				SC 1880 Frankfurt	50

				DRC Hannover ²	0
FC St. Pauli	0

DRC Hannover ¹	50
		DRC Hannover	15

		Stuttgarter RC	0
Stuttgarter RC	17

TSV Victoria Linden	10
						SC 1880 Frankfurt	56

						TSV Handschuhsheim	24
RG Heidelberg	45

RK 03 Berlin	3
		TSV Handschuhsheim	15

		RG Heidelberg	13
TSV Handschuhsheim	39

RK Heusenstamm	19
				SC 1880 Frankfurt II	17

				TSV Handschuhsheim	34
ASV Köln Rugby	7

SC 1880 Frankfurt II	24
		SC 1880 Frankfurt II	18

		DSV 78/08 Ricklingen	16
DSV 78/08 Ricklingen	10

SC Neuenheim	6

Source:"DRV-Pokal 2008-09". Rugby-web.de. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

¹ Game not played, awarded to DRC Hannover.
² Game awarded to Frankfurt after Hannover cancelled the game, stating that they were unable to compete at the scheduled date and no other date being available.^[16]

References

^ DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009
^ Kerstin Ljungdahl profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 8 January 2009
^ Dana Teagarden profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 8 January 2009
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Berliner RC (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK 03 Berlin (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC 1880 Frankfurt (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader TSV Handschuhsheim (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader DRC Hannover (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RG Heidelberg (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Heidelberger RK (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK Heusenstamm (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC Neuenheim (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010
^ DRC Hannover verzichtet auf Bundesliga-Playdown Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby-Journal, accessed: 16 May 2009
^ 2. Liga Süd: Punktabzüge für HRK II und RC Mainz Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009
^ 2. Liga Nord: SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II zieht sich zurück^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in German) Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009
^ DRV-Pokal: DRC Hannover sagt Halbfinale ab^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in German) Rugby Journal, published: 8 April 2009, accessed: 15 April 2009

External links

rugbyweb.de - Rugby-Bundesliga table & results (in German)
Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga table & results (in German)
Totalrugby.de - Bundesliga table & results (in German)

[1] DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009

[2] Kerstin Ljungdahl profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 8 January 2009

[3] Dana Teagarden profile at the Germany Rugby Referees Association website Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 8 January 2009

[4] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Berliner RC (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[5] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK 03 Berlin (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[6] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC 1880 Frankfurt (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[7] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader TSV Handschuhsheim (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[8] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader DRC Hannover (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[9] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RG Heidelberg (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[10] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader Heidelberger RK (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[11] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader RK Heusenstamm (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[12] 1. Bundesliga 2008/2009 - Mannschaftskader SC Neuenheim (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 23 May 2010

[13] DRC Hannover verzichtet auf Bundesliga-Playdown Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby-Journal, accessed: 16 May 2009

[14] 2. Liga Süd: Punktabzüge für HRK II und RC Mainz Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009

[15] 2. Liga Nord: SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II zieht sich zurück^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in German) Rugby Journal, accessed: 17 May 2009

[16] DRV-Pokal: DRC Hannover sagt Halbfinale ab^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in German) Rugby Journal, published: 8 April 2009, accessed: 15 April 2009

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