| 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. The reigning champions entering the season are Corteva Cocos who claimed their 2nd league title after winning the 2021-22 final against Majadahonda.
Teams
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. They replaced Sanse Scrum who were relegated after nine years in the top flight.
Team Captain Head coach Stadium Capacity City Cecilia Huarte José Antonio Portos Elviña 1500 A Coruña Lucía Díaz Jesús Delgado Valle del Arcipreste 200 Majadahonda Paula Gil José Ignacio Hidalgo Campo Central CIU 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 Estadio Pepe Rojo 2500 Valladolid Alysha Stone Albert Cassorran ZEM La Guinardera 500 Sant Cugat del Vallès Amaiur Mayo María Cristina Guntín Unbe 600 Éibar
Table
Club 1 Corteva Cocos 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 CRAT Residencia RIALTA 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 14First 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.
Regular season Fixtures for the season were announced by the Spanish Rugby Federation on 26 July 2022. The league kicked off on October 1
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Relegation playoff 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.
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Leading scorers
Most points
Rank Player Club Points 1 Carolina Fernanda Alfaro Corteva Cocos 125 2 Alba Alpín Crealia El Salvador 84 3 Ana María Iglesias Sant Cugat 74 4 Hosanna Arietta Aumua Eibar Rugby Taldea 70 5 Ana Marina Sánchez Olímpico de Pozuelo 63 6 Lavinia Silia Taukalaliku Corteva Cocos 60 7 Claudia Pérez Majadahonda 558 Vico Gorrochategui Majadahonda 50 Alysha Stone Sant Cugat 10 Sabrina Poulin Eibar Rugby Taldea 48
Most tries
Rank Player Club Tries 1 Hosanna Arietta Aumua Eibar Rugby Taldea 14 2 Lavinia Silia Taukalaliku Corteva Cocos 12 3 Claudia Pérez Majadahonda 114 Vico Gorrochategui Majadahonda 10 Alysha Stone Sant Cugat 6 María De Las Huertas Román Corteva Cocos 9 7 Marta Carmona Corteva Cocos 88 Rianna Mere Aspinall Eibar Rugby Taldea 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
Super Cup
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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. Majadahonda dominated the match and won their first title after 28 years.
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