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2014–15 Rugby-Bundesliga
The 2014–15 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 44th edition of this competition and the 95th edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, twenty-one teams played in, initially, four regional divisions, the first stage of the competition, followed by a championship round of sixteen clubs and, finally, the play-offs consisting of twelve teams. The season started on 30 August 2014 and finished with the championship final on 16 May 2015 in Heidelberg, interrupted by a winter break from December to late February. Nominally the league should consist of twenty-four teams however only twenty-one fulfilled the licensing requirements for 2014–15.Rugby Spielpläne - 2014/2015
www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 8 October 2014
The defending champions were
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Heidelberger RK
The Heidelberger Ruderklub (Heidelberger RK or HRK for short) is a German rowing club and German rugby union clubs from Heidelberg, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club is one of four professional rugby clubs in Germany. The turn to professionalism in a sport otherwise fully amateur in Germany was made possible through the support of Hans-Peter Wild, who owns a soft drink manufacturing business. Heidelberger RK was to become the first German club to take part in either of the two major European rugby union competitions after they qualified for the 2018-19 European Rugby Challenge Cup via winning their semi-final against Timișoara Saracens in the 2017-18 European Rugby Continental Shield. European Professional Club Rugby announced that Heidelberger would be excluded as they were under the ownership of Wild, who was simultaneously the owner of another Challenge Cup side, Stade Francais. Following the decision, Wild announced he was withdrawing support for the ...
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RK 03 Berlin
The RK 03 Berlin is a German rugby union :German rugby union clubs, club from Berlin, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club was formed in 2003, when the rugby department of the ''Post SV Berlin'' left the club. ''Post SV Rugby'' itself had been formed in 1967 as ''BSG Post Berlin Rugby''.Post SV Berlin Rugby - Archiv
Chronik 30 Jahre - History of Post SV Berlin Rugby, accessed: 11 April 2010


History


Post SV Rugby

''PSV's'' rugby department had been formed in 1967 in what was then East Germany, under the name of ''BSG Post Berlin Rugby''. ''Post Rugby'' took part in the East German championship, the ''DDR Rugby-Oberliga''. It celebrated its greatest success in this league in the last decade of its existence, finishing third from 1985 to 1988, followed by two runners-up finishes in ...
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USV Potsdam Rugby
The USV Potsdam Rugby is a German rugby union club from Potsdam, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. It is part of a larger multi-sport club, the USV Potsdam, which also offers other sports like basketball, association football and tennis and consists of 19 departments. History USV Potsdam The club was formed on 11 March 1949 as SG Landeshochschule Potsdam in what was soon to become East Germany. It was later renamed to HSG PH Potsdam.USV Potsdam website - History
, accessed: 6 April 2010
In 1990, with the imminent dissolution of East Germany, it became the HSG BLH Potsdam, to adopt its current name, USV Potsdam, in July 1991, reflecting its close ties with the

RC Mainz
The RC Mainz is a German rugby union club from Mainz, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. History Rugby in Mainz dates back to 1997, when a rugby department was formed in the ''1. FC Vorwärts Orient Mainz''. Two years later, in 1999, this rugby department formed the current RC Mainz.Rugby in Mainz
RCM website, accessed: 8 April 2010
The club competed at the third tier of German club rugby at the time, the . Oddly, it took part in two of the Regionalligas local divisions, and

SV 08 Ricklingen
The SV 08 Ricklingen is a German rugby union club from the Ricklingen suburb of Hanover. The team plays in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, the second tier of German rugby. After having formed an on-the-field union with DSV 78 Hannover from 2003 to 2009 instead of fielding an independent team, the club left this partnership at the end of the 2008–09 season. Instead, it formed a partnership with TuS Wunstorf from the 2009–10 season onwards. The team now plays as ''SG TuS Wunstorf/08 Ricklingen''. The club has three German rugby union championships to its name, won in 1950, 1960 and 1974.Die Deutschen Meister der Männer
''DRV'' website, accessed: 1 April 2010


History

''Ricklingen'' was formed on 6 August 1908, by twelve young men, as a rugby club. The club, for the most part, existed in the ...
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RU Hohen Neuendorf
The RU Hohen Neuendorf is a German rugby union club from Hohen Neuendorf, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club is located in the Oberhavel district, north west of Berlin. The district is home to two more rugby union clubs, Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby and Veltener RC. History The club was formed in November 1997, when ''Grün-Weiß Birkenwerder'' and the ''Rugbyclub Hohen Neuendorf'' merged. It achieved promotion from the Rugby-Regionalliga to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga in 2003 and spent three seasons at this level, with a fourth place in 2005 as its best result. After returning to the Regionalliga in 2006, it won promotion to the second division once more in 2008 and now played there as a mid-table side until 2012 when it was forcefully relegated after missing two league matches without adequate excuse. A championship in the Regionalliga in 2012–13 took the club back up to the 2nd Bundesliga again for the following season. The club qualified for the DRV-Pokal in 201 ...
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RC Leipzig
The RC Leipzig is a German rugby union club from Leipzig, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga, the top tier of German rugby. The club, formed in 2004, traces its history back to the early 1950s, when a number of successful rugby clubs were formed in Leipzig in what was then East Germany. Between them, these predecessor clubs have won nine East German rugby union championship.Rugby beim TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren
TSV 1893 Leipzig-Wahren website, accessed: 15 April 2010


History

Rugby in Leipzig dates back to the 1950s, when a number of rugby departments were founded in local sport clubs. ''BSG Lok Leipzig-Wahren'', '''', ''BSG Gastronom Leipzig'' and ...
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ASV Köln Rugby
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SC 1880 Frankfurt
The Sport-Club Frankfurt 1880 e.V. (or SC 1880 Frankfurt) is a German sports club from Frankfurt am Main. The club is mainly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in the Rugby-Bundesliga, the highest level of the league system for rugby union in Germany. Apart from rugby, the club hosts other sports such as athletics, curling, field hockey, lacrosse, and tennis. The club is one of four professional rugby clubs in Germany. The turn to professionalism in a sport otherwise fully amateur in Germany was made possible through the support of Uli Byszio, who owns a gold- and silver trading business. The club became an amateur side once more after the 2012–13 season.2. BL: Auch der SC Frankfurt 1880 II zieht zurück
totalrugby.de, published: 11 July 2013, accessed: 16 July 2013

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RK Heusenstamm
The RK Heusenstamm is a German rugby union club from Heusenstamm, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. History The club was formed in 1979, much later than most other current Bundesliga clubs, in Heusenstamm, Hesse. After relegation from the Rugby-Bundesliga in 2000, the club played in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga for a number of seasons. The ''RKH's'' greatest success came in 2006, when it managed to take out the German sevens championship. In 2007, the club achieved promotion back to the first division through winning its league and a subsequent 52–10 victory over the North/East champion SC Germania List. The following season, 2007-08, the team finished last in the Bundesliga but was saved from relegation by the decision to expand the league from 8 to 9 teams for 2008-09. In the 2008–09 season, the team lived a separate existence from the six clubs contending for the four final spots as well as the two strugglers at the end of the table, clearly removed in point ...
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