# 2007–08 Rugby-Bundesliga

The 2007-08 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 37th edition of this competition and the 88th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 25 August 2007 to 31 May 2008, ending with the relegation final.

## Overview

In 2007-08, eight teams played a home-and-away season with a final between the top two teams at the end, which was won by the SC 1880 Frankfurt. It was the club's fifth German title and its first in 83 years, having last won it in 1925. It was a rematch of the 2006-07 final, also played in Frankfurt am Main, which SC 1880 had lost to Heidelberg 15-23. Alongside the national championship final, the 2nd Bundesliga final was played as a curtain raiser for the game.
Last placed RK Heusenstamm would have been relegated but the league was expanded to nine teams for 2008-09 and no team had to drop down to the 2nd Bundesliga. This was decided on 19 July 2008 at the annual meeting of the German rugby association. The decision was made to expand the league to ten teams for the 2009-10 season.
Nominally, the eight placed team in the league would be relegated while the seventh placed team had to play the loser of the 2nd Bundesliga final for one more league place. The 2nd Bundesliga champion is directly promoted, which was the RK 03 Berlin in 2008.
The 2007-08 final was sponsored by the French bank Société Générale. It was not broadcast live on television but the Deutsches Sportfernsehen showed one hour of highlights the following Monday.

## Bundesliga table

| | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Difference | Points |
| 1 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 561 | 195 | 366 | 38 |
| 2 | RG Heidelberg | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 490 | 242 | 248 | 33 |
| 3 | TSV Handschuhsheim | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 276 | 276 | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Berliner RC | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 301 | 340 | -39 | 30 |
| 5 | SC Neuenheim | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 204 | 236 | -32 | 25 |
| 6 | Heidelberger RK | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 228 | 274 | -46 | 25 |
| 7 | DRC Hannover | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 228 | 410 | -182 | 22 |
| 8 | RK Heusenstamm | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 241 | 556 | -315 | 20 |
* Relegated: none
* Promoted: RK 03 Berlin

## Bundesliga results
### Results table

| Club | SCF | RGH | TSV | BRC | SCN | HRK | DRC | RKH |
| SC 1880 Frankfurt | — | 35-32 | 78-3 | 20-17 | 15-28 | 24-6 | 56-19 | 65-10 |
| RG Heidelberg | 16-19 | — | 44-16 | 33-8 | 35-3 | 26-32 | 83-23 | 43-12 |
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 24-26 | 18-25 | — | 28-11 | 12-6 | 27-8 | 16-0 | 25-15 |
| Berliner RC | 7-84 | 28-23 | 15-20 | — | 18-6 | 24-13 | 19-12 | 61-24 |
| SC Neuenheim | 0-21 | 15-15 | 3-6 | 8-21 | — | 3-3 | 21-13 | 47-12 |
| Heidelberger RK | 9-34 | 6-28 | 15-15 | 36-26 | 9-9 | — | 22-3 | 25-26 |
| DRC Hannover | 14-11 | 20-41 | 25-28 | 23-20 | 23-25 | 13-7 | — | 20-15 |
| RK Heusenstamm | 10-73 | 7-46 | 5-38 | 10-26 | 33-30 | 16-37 | 46-20 | — |

#### Key

| Home win | Draw | Away win | Game not played |

### Round 1

* 2007-08-25 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 20 – 15 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2007-08-25 15:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 28 – 11 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Roberts
* 2007-08-25 17:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 15 – 28 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2007-08-26 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 26 – 32 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Reinecke

### Round 2

* 2007-09-01 14:30
| Berliner Rugby Club | 28 – 23 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2007-09-01 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 5 – 38 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Roberts
* 2007-09-02 16:30
| Heidelberger RK | 9 – 34 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Pangritz
* 2007-12-01 14:30
| SC Neuenheim | 21 – 13 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Roberts

### Round 3

* 2007-09-08 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 20 – 17 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2007-09-08 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 43 – 12 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2007-10-03 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 25 – 28 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Hirabayashi
* 2007-09-19 19:00
| SC Neuenheim | 3 – 3 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Lucas

### Round 4

* 2007-09-15 15:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 18 – 6 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Scheuerlein
* 2007-09-15 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 10 – 73 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Waite
* 2007-09-16 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 18 – 25 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2008-04-12 16:30
| Heidelberger RK | 22 – 3 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Scharmann

### Round 5

* 2007-09-22 14:30
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 78 – 3 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Ljungdahl
* 2007-09-22 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 20 – 41 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2007-09-22 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 36 – 26 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2007-10-03 14:30
| SC Neuenheim | 47 – 12 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Himmer

### Round 6

* 2007-10-03 16:30
| RG Heidelberg | 16 – 19 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Reinecke
* 2007-10-06 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 16 – 37 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Ljungdahl
* 2007-10-07 17:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 12 – 6 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Reinecke
* 2008-02-23 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 23 – 20 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Roberts

### Round 7

* 2007-10-13 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 15 – 15 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Frederking
* 2007-10-13 16:30
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 56 – 19 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2007-10-14 14:00
| Berliner Rugby Club | 61 – 24 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Reinecke
* 2007-10-14 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 15 – 15 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Teagarden

### Round 8

* 2007-11-17 14:30
| Berliner Rugby Club | 15 – 20 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2007-11-17 15:00
| Heidelberger RK | 6 – 28 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Pangritz
* 2007-11-17 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 46 – 20 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Scheuerlein
* 2007-11-18 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 0 – 21 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Roberts

### Round 9

* 2008-03-08 14:30
| RG Heidelberg | 33 – 8 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-03-08 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 23 – 25 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2008-03-08 16:30
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 24 – 6 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Frederking
* 2008-03-09 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 25 – 15 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Reinecke

### Round 10

* 2008-03-15 14:30
| Berliner Rugby Club | 7 – 84 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-03-15 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 16 – 0 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Ljungdahl
* 2008-03-15 16:30
| RK Heusenstamm | 7 – 46 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Scheuerlein
* 2008-03-16 14:30
| Heidelberger RK | 9 – 9 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Reinecke

### Round 11

* 2008-03-29 14:30
| SC Neuenheim | 8 – 21 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Roberts
* 2008-03-29 14:30
| DRC Hannover | 13 – 7 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2008-03-30 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 44 – 16 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-04-30 19:30
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 65 – 10 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Roberts

### Round 12

* 2008-04-05 14:30
| Berliner Rugby Club | 24 – 13 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Ljungdahl
* 2008-04-05 14:30
| RG Heidelberg | 83 – 23 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Roberts
* 2008-04-05 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 33 – 30 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-04-06 14:30
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 24 – 26 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Tietge

### Round 13

* 2008-05-10 14:30
| Berliner Rugby Club | 19 – 12 | DRC Hannover |
* Referee: Scharmann
* 2008-05-10 15:00
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 35 – 32 | RG Heidelberg |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-05-10 16:30
| Heidelberger RK | 25 – 26 | RK Heusenstamm |
* Referee: Forstmeyer
* 2008-05-11 15:00
| SC Neuenheim | 3 – 6 | TSV Handschuhsheim |
* Referee: Tietge

### Round 14

* 2008-05-17 15:00
| DRC Hannover | 14 – 11 | SC Frankfurt 1880 |
* Referee: Tietge
* 2008-05-17 15:00
| RG Heidelberg | 35 – 3 | SC Neuenheim |
* Referee: Himmer
* 2008-05-17 15:00
| TSV Handschuhsheim | 27 – 8 | Heidelberger RK |
* Referee: Blank
* 2008-05-17 15:00
| RK Heusenstamm | 10 – 26 | Berliner Rugby Club |
* Referee: Roberts

## Promotion/relegation play-off
### 2nd Bundesliga final

* 2008-05-24 13:00
| ASV Köln Rugby | 6 – 22 | RK 03 Berlin |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Frankfurt am Main Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Himmer

### Relegation match

* 2008-05-31 18:00
| ASV Köln Rugby | 3 – 52 | DRC Hannover |
| | (Report) (in German) | |
* Heusenstamm Referee: Werner Cromm

## Final

* 2008-05-24 15:30
| SC Frankfurt 1880 | 28 – 13 | RG Heidelberg |
| Tries: Nordstrom Pen: Kupa (7) Con: Kupa | (Report) (in German) | Tries: Dinha Pen: Werle, Güngör Con: Werle |
* Sportanlage an der Feldgerichtstrasse, Frankfurt am Main Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Tietge
SC 1880 FRANKFURT: :
| | Russel Kupa |
| | Zane Gardener |
| | Marcus Seuseu |
| | Zion Nordstrom |
| | Bevan Gray |
| | Jason Campell |
| | Api Matenga |
| | Aaron Satchwell |
| | Andrew Porter |
| | Sam Henderson |
| | Rodrigo Eleter |
| | Corey Read |
| | Bill Gadolo |
| | Jared Brook |
| | Ralph Klinghammer |
| Substitutes: |||
| | Daniel Preussner |
| | Mark Wasson |
| | Rolf Wacha |
| | Daniel Cünzer |
| | Dennis Feidelberg |
| | Stefan Kunde |
| | Conrad Dent |
| Coach: |||
| Phil Stevenson ||||
RG HEIDELBERG: :
| | Edmoore Takaendesa |
| | Christoph Werle |
| | Sebastien Chaule |
| | Holger Wüst |
| | Steffen Thier |
| | Patrick Schachner |
| | Mustafa Güngör |
| | Costa Dinha |
| | Jeff Tigere |
| | Tim Kasten |
| | Sebastian Werle |
| | Manuel Wilhelm |
| | Miguel Bleickert |
| | Kehoma Brenner |
| | Mohammad Kabir |
| Substitutes: |||
| | Falk Schmitt |
| | Christoph Hug |
| | Armin Ergert |
| | Nemedin Collaku |
| | Oliver Stock |
| | Christopher Müller |
| | Jan Bratschke |
| Coach: |||
| Rudolf Finsterer ||||

## 2nd Bundesliga tables
### South/West

| | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Difference | Points |
| 1 | ASV Köln Rugby | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 484 | 118 | 366 | 41 |
| 2 | Stuttgarter RC | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 339 | 190 | 149 | 39 |
| 3 | TSV Handschuhsheim II | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 377 | 276 | 101 | 35 |
| 4 | SC 1880 Frankfurt II | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 415 | 245 | 170 | 33 |
| 5 | München RFC | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 261 | 282 | -21 | 31 |
| 6 | StuSta München | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 238 | 405 | -167 | 27 |
| 7 | Heidelberger TV | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 253 | 377 | -124 | 26 |
| 8 | RG Heidelberg II | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 274 | 440 | -166 | 25 |
| 9 | RC Mainz | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 133 | 441 | -308 | 23 |
* Promoted to Bundesliga: none
* Relegated from Bundesliga: none
* Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none
* Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: Heidelberger RK II

### North/East

| | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Difference | Points |
| 1 | RK 03 Berlin | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 714 | 158 | 556 | 44 |
| 2 | TSV Victoria Linden | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 527 | 232 | 295 | 40 |
| 3 | FC St Pauli Rugby | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 554 | 300 | 254 | 38 |
| 4 | DSV 78/08 Ricklingen | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 504 | 265 | 239 | 36 |
| 5 | SC Germania List | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 313 | 337 | -24 | 32 |
| 6 | SV Odin Hannover | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 280 | 306 | -26 | 29 |
| 7 | USV Potsdam | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 350 | 503 | -153 | 27 |
| 8 | Hamburger RC | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 137 | 556 | -419 | 20 |
| 9 | Berliner SV 92 Rugby | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 97 | 819 | -722 | 18 |
* Promoted to Bundesliga: RK 03 Berlin
* Relegated from Bundesliga: none
* Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none
* Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: RU Hohen Neuendorf, SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II