2011–12 Rugby-Bundesliga
Countries Germany
 Luxembourg
ChampionsHeidelberger RK (8th title)
Promoted12 clubs
Relegatednone, expansion of league
Top point scorerNew Zealand Luke James Muggeridge (234)
Top try scorerNew Zealand Caine Elisara (31)

The 2011–12 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 41st edition of this competition and the 92nd edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, the first division, ten teams played a home-and-away season with semi-finals and a final between the top four teams at the end. The season started on 27 August 2010 and finished with the championship final on 5 May 2012, interrupted by a winter break from mid-December to late February.[1] The league's top try scorer was Caine Elisara for the second year running while Luke James Muggeridge took out the honours of best points scorer for the first time. Both are from New Zealand and played for Heidelberger RK.

The league was won by Heidelberger RK who defeated TV Pforzheim 20-16 to earn its third consecutive title. TV Pforzheim played in its first-ever German championship final, having defeated SC 1880 Frankfurt 46–25 in the semi-finals. Frankfurt had played in the previous five finals and won the championship in 2008 and 2009. The second semi-final was played between HRK and SC Neuenheim with the former winning 71–21.[1]

In the second tier, the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, FC St. Pauli Rugby and the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt took out the division titles, with SC 1880 Frankfurt II taking out the overall title with a 32–22 finals victory.[2][3]

Both divisions of the 2nd Bundesliga played with only nine instead of ten clubs. The South/West division lost RG Heidelberg II just before the start of the season when the club decided to withdraw its reserve team to the third division[4] while the reserve team of Berliner Rugby Club was withdrawn during the season.[5] RU Hohen Neuendorf was expulsed from the league during the season for falling to field in two games without adequate excuse. TSV Handschuhsheim II was punished the same way for the same reason after the season had ended, with both of the teams being relegated.[6][7]

In mid-July 2012 the Deutsche Rugby Tag, the annual general meeting of the DRV decided to approve a league reform proposed by German international Manuel Wilhelm. The new system will see the number of clubs in the Bundesliga increased from ten to 24 in 2012–13, the league divided into four regional divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to eight teams. One of the main aims of the reform was to reduce the number of kilometres traveled by individual teams and therefore reduce the travel expenses. Additionally, the 2nd Bundesliga would be expanded to 24 teams.[8][9][10]

Bundesliga table

The final standings in the table:[1][11]

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
points		 Points
1Heidelberger RK18170111002098911785
2SC 1880 Frankfurt1815038372755621474
3TV Pforzheim1815128343484861474
4SC Neuenheim181107469390791054
5TSV Handschuhsheim18819511593-821448
6RG Heidelberg187110327507-180432
7DSV 78 Hannover185112278629-351628
8RK 03 Berlin185013372898-526627
9Berliner Rugby Club182016321653-332917
10RK Heusenstamm183015283830-547416

Bundesliga results

The results of the Bundesliga in 2011–12:[1]

Club HRK SCF TVP SCN TSV RGH DSV RKB BRC RKH
Heidelberger RK — 22–19 24–17 34–3 147–12 45–5 102–0 109–7 50–0 99–0
SC 1880 Frankfurt 26–39 — 49–7 30–0 38–14 48–23 71–12 120–0 30–15 82–0
TV Pforzheim 26–24 27–17 — 37–20 62–39 67–21 60–18 104–24 54–7 41–7
SC Neuenheim 32–33 15–24 11–20 — 26–22 15–16 33–15 71–14 27–10 29–8
TSV Handschuhsheim 10–58 19–36 27–34 26–29 — 20–22 27–11 47–17 36–17 45–3
RG Heidelberg 26–46 14–37 27–27 21–24 10–32 — 31–0 21–7 20–13 10–26
DSV 78 Hannover 7–41 12–59 11–41 17–22 34–34 23–11 — 33–0 22–16 13–12
RK 03 Berlin 14–64 17–60 7–60 24–41 26–44 50–0 24–11 — 28–21 39–19
Berliner RC 0–75 15–27 13–78 8–33 8–11 10–16 34–39 51–36 — 40–25
RK Heusenstamm 5–88 24–64 12–72 31–38 15–46 17–33 11–10 22–38 46–43 —

Key

Home win Draw Away win

Player statistics

Try scorers

The leading try scores in the 2011–12 Rugby-Bundesliga season were (10 tries or more):[14]

Player Club Tries
New Zealand Caine Elisara Heidelberger RK 31
New Zealand Rusell Ngamarama Kupa TV Pforzheim 24
New Zealand Shaun Walker Heidelberger RK 21
Germany Tim Kasten Heidelberger RK 21
New Zealand Jacob Kennedy TV Pforzheim 17
New Zealand Rob May TSV Handschuhsheim 15
Zimbabwe Manasah Sita SC Neuenheim 13
New Zealand Jesse Westerlund Heidelberger RK 13
New Zealand Alex Jessop TV Pforzheim 13
Samoa Afa Tauli TV Pforzheim 11
Germany Steffen Liebig Heidelberger RK 11
New Zealand Kieran Manawatu SC 1880 Frankfurt 10
Australia Sean Armstrong Heidelberger RK 10

Point scorers

The leading point scores in the 2011–12 Rugby-Bundesliga season were (100 points or more):

Player Club Points
New Zealand Luke James Muggeridge Heidelberger RK 234
New Zealand Sam Harris SC Neuenheim 163
Germany Mathias Pipa TSV Handschuhsheim 162
New Zealand Caine Elisara Heidelberger RK 157
New Zealand Jacob Kennedy TV Pforzheim 132
Germany Fabian Heimpel RG Heidelberg 131
New Zealand Jeremy Te Huia TV Pforzheim 121
New Zealand Alex Jessop TV Pforzheim 112
Germany Tim Kasten Heidelberger RK 105
New Zealand Shaun Walker Heidelberger RK 105

Per club

The top try and point scorers per club were:

Club Player Tries Player Points
Berliner RC[15] Germany Robert Taylor 5 Germany Raphael Hackl 55
RK 03 Berlin[16] Germany Christian Lill 9 Germany Christian Lill 45
SC 1880 Frankfurt[17] New Zealand Kieran Manawatu 10 New Zealand Kieran Manawatu 86
TSV Handschuhsheim[18] New Zealand Rob May 15 Germany Mathias Pipa 162
DSV 78 Hannover[19] Germany Nikolai Siekmann 6 Germany Steven Bouajila 48
RG Heidelberg[20] Germany Bastian Himmer 6 Germany Fabian Heimpel 131
Heidelberger RK[21] New Zealand Caine Elisara 31 New Zealand Luke James Muggeridge 234
RK Heusenstamm[22] Germany Benjamin Polheim
Germany Patrick Weber
Germany Tim Biniak		 5 Germany Pascal Schuster 76
SC Neuenheim[23] Zimbabwe Manasah Sita 13 New Zealand Sam Harris 163
TV Pforzheim[24] New Zealand Rusell Ngamarama Kupa 24 New Zealand Jacob Kennedy 132

Semi-finals and final

Semi-finals

2012-04-28
14:00
SC 1880 Frankfurt25 – 46TV Pforzheim
Try: Raea 37', K. Manawatu 40', Shepherd 80'
Con: K. Manawatu (2) 37', 80'
Pen: K. Manawatu 16', T. Manawatu 49'		ReportTry: Güngör 28', Bain 51', Kupa 59', Jessop 84'
Con: Te Huia (4) 28', 51', 59', 84'
Pen: Te Huia (6) 23' 34', 43', 46', 62', 76'
Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jan Craenen
2012-04-28
18:00
Heidelberger RK71 – 21SC Neuenheim
Try: Rodriguez (2) 10', 36', Muggeridge 13', Walker (2) 20', 79', Mathurin 25', Elisara (2) 28', 60', Kasten 54', Armstrong 56', Liebig 72'
Con: Muggeridge (7), 13', 20', 25', 28', 36', 54', 56', Liebig 60'		ReportTry: Strauch 37', Nechironga 79', Da Fonseca 80'
Con: Harris (2) 37', 80', Nechironga 79'
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 400
Referee: Florian Forstmeyer

Final

2012-05-05
16:00
Heidelberger RK20 – 16TV Pforzheim
Try: Liebig 23', Elisara 51'
Con: Muggeridge (2) 23', 52'
Pen: Muggeridge (2) 28', 57'		ReportTry: Shaw 58'
Con: Te Huia 58'
Pen: Te Huia (3) 35', 45', 64'
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Frank Himmer

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West

The final standings in the table:[2][25]

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
Points		 Points
1SC 1880 Frankfurt II1612044462142321462
2Heidelberger TV161006436269167848
3RC Luxembourg16100634727671646
4ASV Köln Rugby1610063183171545
5Heidelberger RK II16709389406-17836
6RC Mainz166010289392-103832
7München RFC166010220263-43630
8TSV Handschuhsheim II16709250434-184327
9RC Aachen164012270394-124721

North/East

The final standings in the table:[3][26]

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Bonus
Points		 Points
1FC St. Pauli Rugby1413015371903471163
2SC Germania List141004453197256848
3USV Potsdam Rugby1481539030585842
4Hamburger RC1470728726621634
5DRC Hannover14716254346-92434
6TSV Victoria Linden14608256302-46933
7Berliner SV 92 Rugby144010194403-209319
8Welfen Braunschweig140014117479-36255
9RU Hohen Neuendorf000000000

2nd Bundesliga final

2012-05-01
14:00
FC St. Pauli Rugby22 – 32SC 1880 Frankfurt II
Report
Rugby-Arena Saarlandstraße, Hamburg
Attendance: 350
Referee: Scharmann

References

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  2. 1 2 Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2011/2012 : 2. Bundesliga Süd (in German) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 22 August 2012
  3. 1 2 Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2011/2012 : 2. Bundesliga Nord (in German) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 22 August 2012
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