# 2008–09 Rugby-Bundesliga results

These are the results round-by-round for the Rugby-Bundesliga in 2008-09.

## 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) |

### Round 1

* 2008-08-30 14:30
| SC Neuenheim | 23 – 28 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 400 Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2008-08-30 15:00
| DRC Hannover | 20 – 35 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2008-08-30 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 7 – 44 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 300 Referee: Dana Teagarden
* 2008-08-31 15:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 25 – 12 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 500 Referee: Alan Roberts

### Round 2

* 2008-07-06 14:30
| RK Heusenstamm | 7 – 27 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-07-06 14:30
| RG Heidelberg | 20 – 6 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 350 Referee: Jens Reinecke
* 2008-07-06 16:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 36 – 31 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 400 Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2008-07-07 14:00
| Heidelberger RK | 78 – 7 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 3

* 2008-09-13 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 13 – 8 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 150 Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-09-13 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 14 – 36 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 150 Referee: Kerstin Ljungdahl
* 2008-09-13 15:00
| DRC Hannover | 7 – 53 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Matthias Scheuerlein
* 2008-09-13 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 10 – 36 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Ralf Brunner

### Round 4

* 2008-09-17 19:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 59 – 0 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 400 Referee: Kerstin Ljungdahl
* 2008-09-17 19:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 9 – 16 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 500 Referee: Jens Reinecke
* 2008-09-17 19:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 30 – 9 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-09-18 19:00
| Heidelberger RK | 38 – 3 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 300 Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 5

* 2008-09-20 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 53 – 21 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2008-09-20 15:00
| DRC Hannover | 6 – 18 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 250 Referee: Dana Teagarden
* 2008-09-20 16:30
| Heidelberger RK | 13 – 23 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 350 Referee: Ralf Tietge
* 2008-09-21 14:30
| RK 03 Berlin | 5 – 27 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 250 Referee: Matthias Scheuerlein

### Round 6

* 2008-10-03 15:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 78 – 7 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 200 Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-10-04 13:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 30 – 15 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 250 Referee: Dana Teagarden
* 2008-10-04 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 24 – 14 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2008-10-05 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 38 – 19 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 300 Referee: Jens Reinecke

### Round 7

* 2008-10-25 14:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 16 – 20 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Kerstin Ljungdahl
* 2008-10-25 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 19 – 24 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2008-10-25 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 34 – 23 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 300 Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2008-10-26 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 23 – 17 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 600 Referee: Jens Reinecke

### Round 8

* 2008-11-01 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 28 – 52 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Ralf Tietge
* 2008-11-01 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 15 – 29 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 600 Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2008-11-01 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 37 – 20 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-11-01 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 15 – 35 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann

### Round 9

* 2008-11-22 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 67 – 7 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Peter Keller
* 2008-11-22 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 56 – 0 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-11-23 15:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 28 – 25 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 100 Referee: Jens Reinecke
* 2009-02-28 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 0 – 45 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Kerstin Ljungdahl

### Round 10

* 2008-11-29 14:30
| RK Heusenstamm | 41 – 12 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2008-11-29 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 38 – 8 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2008-11-29 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 69 – 0 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2008-11-30 14:00
| RG Heidelberg | 19 – 15 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 11

* 2008-12-06 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 11 – 15 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 150 Referee: Frank Frederking
* 2008-12-07 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 81 – 19 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2009-03-07 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 37 – 15 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-04-25 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 29 – 13 | RG Heidelberg |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 12

* 2009-03-14 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 31 – 16 | SC Neuenheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2009-03-14 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 17 – 5 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 100 Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-03-14 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 50 – 0 $^1$ | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Brunner
* 2009-03-15 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 33 – 5 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Jens Reinecke

### Round 13

* 2009-03-21 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 69 – 14 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2009-03-21 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 22 – 19 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2009-03-21 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 27 – 22 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2009-03-22 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 35 – 10 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 100 Referee: Gil

### Round 14

* 2009-03-28 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 12 – 73 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 250 Referee: Dana Teagarden
* 2009-03-28 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 28 – 23 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-03-29 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 5 – 29 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Dietmar Scharmann
* 2009-03-29 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 16 – 46 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 500 Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 15

* 2009-04-04 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 18 – 6 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 500 Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-04-04 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 88 – 15 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Jens Reinecke
* 2009-04-05 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 3 – 5 | Heidelberger RK |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 200 Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2009-05-16 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 13 – 29 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Schomacker

### Round 16

* 2009-04-18 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 54 – 13 | RG Heidelberg |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Frank Himmer
* 2009-04-18 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 17 – 20 | RK Heusenstamm |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Attendance: 200 Referee: Frank Frederking
* 2009-04-18 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 12 – 10 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-04-19 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 64 – 12 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Referee: Gil

### Round 17

* 2009-04-21 19:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 29 – 53 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2009-04-21 19:00
| SC Neuenheim | 31 – 23 | Heidelberger RK |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-04-22 19:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 14 – 42 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Attendance: 350 Referee: Florian Forstmeyer
* 2009-04-22 19:00
| RG Heidelberg | 12 – 6 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Attendance: 500 Referee: Frank Himmer

### Round 18

* 2009-03-07 15:00
| RK 03 Berlin | 17 – 25 | Heidelberger RK |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Kerstin Ljungdahl
* 2009-04-26 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 22 – 29 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Jens Reinecke
* 2009-05-09 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 49 – 7 | DRC Hannover |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Alan Roberts
* 2009-05-09 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 20 – 12 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
| | Report (in German) | |
* Referee: Jens Reinecke
* $^1$ The DRC Hannover canceled the game, it was awarded to SC 1880 Frankfurt.

## 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.

## Semi-finals and final
### Semi-finals

* 2009-05-16 15:00
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | 36 – 15 | Berliner Rugby Club |
| | Report | |
* Sportanlage in der Feldgericht, 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 in 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' |
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| Coach: |||
| Murray Archibald ||||