2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga

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2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga
CountriesFlag of Germany.svg  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.

Contents

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

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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

ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints
1 SC 1880 Frankfurt 16140269322746670
2 Heidelberger RK 16120446421225256
3 SC Neuenheim 16100642328713649
4 Berliner Rugby Club 16100644132811348
5 RG Heidelberg 1610063232814246
6 TSV Handschuhsheim 1690752137714446
7 RK Heusenstamm 165011336515-17929
8 RK 03 Berlin 162014195688-49311
9 DRC Hannover 160016176657-4810

Player statistics

Try scorers

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

PlayerClubTries
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim22
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bevan Grey RK Heusenstamm13
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Campell SC 1880 Frankfurt10
Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Seuseu SC 1880 Frankfurt10
Flag of Fiji.svg Jovesa Naivalu SC 1880 Frankfurt10

Point scorers

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

PlayerClubPoints
Flag of Germany.svg Thorsten Wiedemann TSV Handschuhsheim212
Flag of South Africa.svg Braam Pretorius Heidelberger RK211
Flag of Germany.svg Lars Eckert SC Neuenheim137
Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg129
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim110

Per club

The top try and point scorers per club were:

ClubPlayerTriesPlayerPoints
Berliner RC [4] Flag of Germany.svg Gerrit van Look 8 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Freund 74
RK 03 Berlin [5] Flag of Germany.svg Robin Knüpfer 7 Flag of Germany.svg Robin Knüpfer35
SC 1880 Frankfurt [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Campell
Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Seuseu
Flag of Fiji.svg Jovesa Naivalu 		10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rusell Kupa 80
TSV Handschuhsheim [7] Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Pipa 22 Flag of Germany.svg Thorsten Wiedemann 212
DRC Hannover [8] Flag of Germany.svg Sven Pausch 4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dan Richards 33
RG Heidelberg [9] Flag of Germany.svg Mustafa Güngör 7 Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Heimpel 129
Heidelberger RK [10] Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Johannes Jordaan 9 Flag of South Africa.svg Braam Pretorius 211
RK Heusenstamm [11] Flag of New Zealand.svg Bevan Grey 13 Flag of Germany.svg Mark Sztyndera 82
SC Neuenheim [12] Flag of Paraguay.svg Juan Cabanas 9 Flag of Germany.svg Lars Eckert 137

Bundesliga results

Club SCF HRK SCN BRC RGH TSV RKH RKB DRC
SC 1880 Frankfurt —27-2224-1467-754-1381-1930-969-050-0
Heidelberger RK 13-23—38-312-1023-1738-833-556-078-7
SC Neuenheim 16-4631-23—13-823-2818-637-1569-1449-7
Berliner RC 20-1215-3531-16—29-1322-1988-1559-030-15
RG Heidelberg 15-293-519-1520-6—12-638-1917-535-10
TSV Handschuhsheim 36-3125-1216-2053-219-16—28-2578-764-12
RK Heusenstamm 29-5310-367-2719-2428-2322-29—37-2041-12
RK 03 Berlin 7-4417-255-2714-4214-3612-7317-20—34-23
DRC Hannover 7-5311-150-455-296-1828-5220-3513-29—

Key

Home winDrawAway winGame 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:
FB15 Ralph Klinghammer Sub off.svg 46'
RW14 Jamie Houston
OC13 Kuramate Tama Tuirirangi Sub off.svg 79'
IC12 Daniel Preussner Sub off.svg 61'
LW11 Rolf Wacha
FH10 Corey Read
SH9 Aaron Satchwell
N88 Ross Warrick
OF7 Api Matenga Sub off.svg 76'
BF6 Jason Campell
RL5 Kieran Manawatu
LL4 Philip Aporo Sub off.svg 55'
TP3 Anton Ewald
HK2 Bratley Langenhoven Sub off.svg 61'
LP1 Russel Kupa
Substitutes:
HK16 Marcus Seuseu Sub on.svg 61'Sub off.svg 71'
LL17 Jovesa Naivalu Sub on.svg 55'
OF18 Dennis Feidelberg Sub on.svg 76'
IC19 Jannis Läpple Sub on.svg 61'Sub off.svg 79'
IC20 Karsten Dobs Sub on.svg 79'
OC21 Chris Howells Sub on.svg 79'
FB22 Syd Douglas Sub on.svg 46'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Phil Stevenson
HEIDELBERGER RK:
FB15 Frederik Potgieter
RW14 Alexander Biskupek
OC13 Patrick Schliwa Sub off.svg 65'
IC12 Dan Armitage
LW11 Julio David Rodriguez
FH10 Manuel Ballerin Sub off.svg 77'
SH9 Andreas Kerber Sub off.svg 75'
N88 Johannes Erasmus
OF7 Sean Armstrong
BF6 Pieter Johannes Jordaan
RL5 Christopher Liebig Sub off.svg 40'
LL4 Sydney Brenner
TP3 Christoffer Neureuther
HK2 Steffen Liebig
LP1 Braam Pretorius
Substitutes:
RL16 Jürgen Missal Sub on.svg 40'
SH17 Sascha Fraser Sub on.svg 75'
FH18 Jörg Bielinski Sub on.svg 77'
OC19 Arthur Zeiler Sub on.svg 65'
20
21
22
Coach:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Murray Archibald

Squads

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West

ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints
1 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 18160277821756177
2 ASV Köln Rugby 18150351516634972
3 RG Heidelberg II 1811164453578857
4 München RFC 188194513509148
5 TSV Handschuhsheim II 187011334442-10837
6 StuSta München 188010270393-12337
7 RC Mainz ‡186012343513-17033
8 Heidelberger RK II ‡186210265472-20731
9 Stuttgarter RC 185112256380-12430
10 SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II 185112259616-35724

North/East

ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints
1 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 1818001138135100387
2 TSV Victoria Linden 18150372024647472
3 USV Potsdam 18140480427153369
4 FC St Pauli Rugby 18110763231132156
5 SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren 18110750932818152
6 RU Hohen Neuendorf 189094524015145
7 SC Germania List 184014250813-56320
8 Hamburger RC 184014235891-65619
9 Berliner SV 92 Rugby 183114201857-65615
10 SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II ‡180117114802-688-7

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 20
FC St. Pauli 0
DRC Hannover 150
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.

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