2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga

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.

2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga
Countries Germany
ChampionsSC Frankfurt 1880 (6th title)
RelegatedDRC Hannover
Top point scorerThorsten Wiedemann (212)
Top try scorerAlexander Pipa (22)

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

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 Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Points
1SC 1880 Frankfurt16140269322746670
2Heidelberger RK16120446421225256
3SC Neuenheim16100642328713649
4Berliner Rugby Club16100644132811348
5RG Heidelberg1610063232814246
6TSV Handschuhsheim1690752137714446
7RK Heusenstamm165011336515-17929
8RK 03 Berlin162014195688-49311
9DRC Hannover160016176657-4810

Player statistics

Try scorers

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

Player Club Tries
Germany Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 22
New Zealand Bevan Grey RK Heusenstamm 13
New Zealand Jason Campell SC 1880 Frankfurt 10
New Zealand Marcus Seuseu SC 1880 Frankfurt 10
Fiji 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
Germany Thorsten Wiedemann TSV Handschuhsheim 212
South Africa Braam Pretorius Heidelberger RK 211
Germany Lars Eckert SC Neuenheim 137
Germany Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg 129
Germany Alexander Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 110

Per club

The top try and point scorers per club were:

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

Bundesliga results
Main article: Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 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 Frankfurt36 – 15Berliner Rugby Club
Report
Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
Referee: Dana Teagarden
2009-05-16
15:00
Heidelberger RK19 – 14 (aet)SC Neuenheim
Try: Pretorius 98'
Con: Pretorius 98'
Pen: Pretorius (3) 7', 39', 56'
Drop: Jordaan 103'		ReportTry: Smit 98'
Pen: Eckert (3) 16', 40', 60'
Heidelberg
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frank Himmer

Final
2009-05-23
14:00
SC 1880 Frankfurt11 – 8Heidelberger RK
Try: Kupa 36'
Pen: Kupa (2) 10', 73'		ReportTry: Schliwa 20'
Pen: Pretorius 52'
Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Jens Reinecke
SC 1880 FRANKFURT:
FB15Ralph Klinghammer downward-facing red arrow 46'
RW14Jamie Houston
OC13Kuramate Tama Tuirirangi downward-facing red arrow 79'
IC12Daniel Preussner downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW11Rolf Wacha
FH10Corey Read
SH9Aaron Satchwell
N88Ross Warrick
OF7Api Matenga downward-facing red arrow 76'
BF6Jason Campell
RL5Kieran Manawatu
LL4Philip Aporo downward-facing red arrow 55'
TP3Anton Ewald
HK2Bratley Langenhoven downward-facing red arrow 61'
LP1Russel Kupa
Substitutes:
HK16Marcus Seuseu upward-facing green arrow 61' downward-facing red arrow 71'
LL17Jovesa Naivalu upward-facing green arrow 55'
OF18Dennis Feidelberg upward-facing green arrow 76'
IC19Jannis Läpple upward-facing green arrow 61' downward-facing red arrow 79'
IC20Karsten Dobs upward-facing green arrow 79'
OC21Chris Howells upward-facing green arrow 79'
FB22Syd Douglas upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:
New Zealand Phil Stevenson
HEIDELBERGER RK:
FB15Frederik Potgieter
RW14Alexander Biskupek
OC13Patrick Schliwa downward-facing red arrow 65'
IC12Dan Armitage
LW11Julio David Rodriguez
FH10Manuel Ballerin downward-facing red arrow 77'
SH9Andreas Kerber downward-facing red arrow 75'
N88Johannes Erasmus
OF7Sean Armstrong
BF6Pieter Johannes Jordaan
RL5Christopher Liebig downward-facing red arrow 40'
LL4Sydney Brenner
TP3Christoffer Neureuther
HK2Steffen Liebig
LP1Braam Pretorius
Substitutes:
RL16Jürgen Missal upward-facing green arrow 40'
SH17Sascha Fraser upward-facing green arrow 75'
FH18Jörg Bielinski upward-facing green arrow 77'
OC19Arthur Zeiler upward-facing green arrow 65'
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21
22
Coach:
Australia Murray Archibald

Squads
Main article: Rugby-Bundesliga 2008–09 squads

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Points
1SC 1880 Frankfurt II18160277821756177
2ASV Köln Rugby18150351516634972
3RG Heidelberg II1811164453578857
4München RFC188194513509148
5TSV Handschuhsheim II187011334442-10837
6StuSta München188010270393-12337
7RC Mainz ‡186012343513-17033
8Heidelberger RK II ‡186210265472-20731
9Stuttgarter RC185112256380-12430
10SG Heidelberger TV/SC Neuenheim II185112259616-35724

North/East
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Points
1DSV 78/08 Ricklingen1818001138135100387
2TSV Victoria Linden18150372024647472
3USV Potsdam18140480427153369
4FC St Pauli Rugby18110763231132156
5SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren18110750932818152
6RU Hohen Neuendorf189094524015145
7SC Germania List184014250813-56320
8Hamburger RC184014235891-65619
9Berliner SV 92 Rugby183114201857-65615
10SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II ‡180117114802-688-7

2nd Bundesliga final
2009-05-23
12:00
DSV 78/08 Ricklingen10 – 24SC 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]

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