2022–23 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby | |
Countries: | Spain |
Champions: | Majadahonda |
Count: | 3 |
Runnersup: | Corteva Cocos |
Relegated: | Complutense Cisneros |
Matches: | 59 |
Top Point Scorer: | Carolina Fernanda Alfaro (Corteva Cocos) – 125 points |
Top Try Scorer: | Hosanna Arietta Aumua (Eibar Rugby Taldea) – 14 tries |
Website: | https://ferugby.es/calendario-liga-iberdrola |
Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
Teams: | 8 |
The 2022–23 Liga Iberdrola de Rugby was the 13th season of the Liga Iberdrola de Rugby, the top flight of Spanish domestic women's rugby union competition and the 7th to be sponsored by Iberdrola.[1] [2] The reigning champions entering the season are Corteva Cocos who claimed their 2nd league title after winning the 2021-22 final against Majadahonda.[3] [4]
Eight teams compete in the league – the top seven teams from the previous season and Crealia El Salvador who were promoted as champions of the 2021–22 Honor Division B.[5] [6] They replaced Sanse Scrum who were relegated after nine years in the top flight.[7]
Team | Captain | Head Coach | Stadium | Capacity | City | |
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Cecilia Huarte | José Antonio Portos | Elviña | 1500 | A Coruña | ||
Lucía Díaz | Jesús Delgado | Valle del Arcipreste | 200 | Majadahonda | ||
Paula Gil | José Ignacio Hidalgo | 12400 | Madrid | |||
Miriam Vega | Daniel Mingo | Valle de las Cañas | 300 | Pozuelo de Alarcón | ||
Julia Castro | Jesús Romero | La Cartuja | 1932 | Sevilla | ||
Elisa Castro | Harry Semple Michael Walker-Fitton | 2500 | Valladolid | |||
Alysha Stone | Albert Cassorran | ZEM La Guinardera | 500 | Sant Cugat del Vallès | ||
Amaiur Mayo | María Cristina Guntín | Unbe | 600 | Éibar |
Club | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 423 | 208 | +215 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 6 | 2 | 52 | |||
2 | Majadahonda | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 411 | 262 | +149 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 9 | 2 | 51 | ||
3 | Crealia El Salvador | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 287 | 294 | -7 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
4 | Eibar Rugby Taldea | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 305 | 336 | -31 | 52 | 53 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | ||
5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 298 | 319 | -21 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 31 | |||
6 | Sant Cugat | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 267 | 359 | -92 | 41 | 58 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
7 | Olímpico de Pozuelo | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 214 | 344 | -130 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 0 | 4 | 20 | ||
8 | Complutense Cisneros | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 283 | 366 | -83 | 44 | 52 | -8 | 1 | 9 | 14 | ||
First Four are play-off places. Second to last plays a relegation playoff against Honor Division B runner-up. Last placed relegated to Honor Division B. |
Fixtures for the season were announced by the Spanish Rugby Federation on 26 July 2022.[8] The league kicked off on October 1[9]
The team finishing in 7th place faces the runner-up of the Honor Division B, with the winner of this match playing in the 2023–24 Liga Iberdrola and the loser in the 2023–24 Honor Division B.
Rank | Player | Club | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carolina Fernanda Alfaro | 125 | ||
2 | Alba Alpín | 84 | ||
3 | Ana María Iglesias | 74 | ||
4 | Hosanna Arietta Aumua | 70 | ||
5 | Ana Marina Sánchez | 63 | ||
6 | Lavinia Silia Taukalaliku | 60 | ||
7 | Claudia Pérez | 55 | ||
8 | Vico Gorrochategui | 50 | ||
Alysha Stone | Sant Cugat | |||
10 | Sabrina Poulin | 48 |
Rank | Player | Club | Tries |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hosanna Arietta Aumua | 14 | |
2 | Lavinia Silia Taukalaliku | 12 | |
3 | Claudia Pérez | 11 | |
4 | Vico Gorrochategui | 10 | |
Alysha Stone | Sant Cugat | ||
6 | María De Las Huertas Román | 9 | |
7 | Marta Carmona | 8 | |
8 | Rianna Mere Aspinall | 7 | |
Amaiur Mayo | Eibar Rugby Taldea | ||
Arantzazu Olabarria | Complutense Cisneros | ||
Merenia Marie Paraone | Corteva Cocos | ||
Mariana Carolina Romero | CRAT Residencia RIALTA | ||
Ocean Tierney | Crealia El Salvador |
I Supercopa Iberdrola de Rugby | |
Countries: | Spain |
Champions: | Majadahonda |
Count: | 1 |
Runnersup: | Corteva Cocos |
Matches: | 1 |
Nextseason: | 2nd |
Teams: | 2 |
After the 2022 General Assembly, the Spanish Rugby Federation announced the creation of a new competition, the Women's Super Cup, that would pit Corteva Cocos, as champions of the previous season league and Majadahonda as winners of the regular season, and would act as start of the season.[10] Majadahonda dominated the match and won their first title after 28 years.[11] [12] [13]