Dudley Kingswinford RFC

Dudley Kingswinford
Full nameDudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club
UnionNorth Midlands RFU
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
LocationKingswinford, England
Ground(s)Heathbrook (Capacity: 2,260 (260 seats))
ChairmanJonathan Knowles
PresidentKen Crane
Captain(s)Ben Rhodes
League(s)National League 2 West
2023–2414th (relegated to Regional 1 Midlands)
Team kit
Official website
dkrugby.rfu.club

Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union football club based in Kingswinford in the West Midlands. The club currently participate in the fifth tier of English club rugby, Regional 1 Midlands, following their relegation from National League 2 West in 2023–24. The club run seven senior sides, a ladies team and a full range of junior sides.[1]

Early history

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The club was founded in May 1920. Known in its early years as the Bean Football Club, the name Dudley Kingswinford was adopted in 1927. After playing at several grounds the club moved to its current premises in 1962.[2]

Ground

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Dudley Kingswinford play home games at Heathbrook, located on the western outskirts of Wall Heath, Kingswinford. The ground is most accessible by car with the nearest train station being Stourbridge Town railway station, over 5 miles away. The ground has four full size pitches (1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XV and training), along with five pitches for youth rugby (under-9 to under-13).[3]

The ground capacity for the 1st XV pitch is approximately 2,260, with 260 seated in the main stand and an estimated 2,000 standing pitch side including on the grass banks and by the club-house.[4]

Current standings

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Dudley Kingswinford were demoted from National League 2 North at the end of the 2013–14 season and played in National League 3 Midlands from 2014–15. Following a further relegation they play in Midlands 1 West and in the 2016–17 season they finished 4th overall. They were promoted back to Midlands Premier at the end of the 2019–20 season.

2023–24 National League 2 West table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Result
1 Dings Crusaders (C) 26 22 1 3 1007 382 +625 18 3 111 Promoted
2 Luctonians 26 20 0 6 859 443 +416 20 4 104
3 Clifton 26 15 2 9 802 610 +192 17 8 89
4 Old Redcliffians 26 16 0 10 769 659 +110 18 3 85
5 Exeter University 26 15 0 11 816 778 +38 16 5 81
6 Camborne 26 13 1 12 796 904 −108 19 3 76
7 Hinckley 26 13 2 11 730 732 −2 15 4 75
8 Loughborough Students 26 12 0 14 972 839 +133 22 2 72
9 Redruth 26 11 4 11 598 743 −145 12 2 66
10 Bournville 26 10 0 16 647 765 −118 15 7 62
11 Chester 26 11 0 15 696 814 −118 15 1 60
12 Hornets 26 8 2 16 713 806 −93 13 9 58
13 Newport (Salop) (R) 26 6 0 20 515 935 −420 11 4 39 Relegated
14 Dudley Kingswinford (R) 26 4 0 22 511 1021 −510 8 3 27
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: National League 2 West RFU [5]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    (C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Honours

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1st team:

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2nd team (Dudley Wasps):

References

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  1. ^ Club website
  2. ^ Club website history page
  3. ^ "DK Ground Plan". Dudley Kingswinford RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "The Famous DK Bank" (PDF). Dudley Kingswinford RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "National League 2 West". England Rugby.
  6. ^ "Dudley Kingswinford finish with a 100 per cent record « Express & Star". www.expressandstar.com. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ^ http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/7657/dudleyk'fordB.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "NM VASE PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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