The season started on 28 August 2010 and finish with the championship final on 28 May 2011, interrupted by a winter break from December to late February.

Cold weather and heavy snow falls however meant that the last game before the winter break was played already on 6 November 2010.

In the 2nd Bundesliga, SC Siemensstadt and TV Pforzheim are new teams for 2010-11, while FT Adler Kiel Rugby and RC Mainz were relegated.

A late try by New Zealander Jesse Westerlund however equalised Frankfurt's lead, followed by a conversion by South African Pieter Jordaan.

A desperate attack by Frankfurt in injury time was not rewarded and Heidelberg was able to defend its narrow lead and thereby its German title.