Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club is an English

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football club based in

Kingswinford Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated west-southwest of central Dudley. In 2011 the area had a population of 25,191, down from 25,808 at the 2001 Census. The current economic focus ...

in the West Midlands. The club currently plays in the fifth tier of English club rugby, participating in the

Midlands Premier Regional 1 Midlands (until 2022–23 known as Midlands Premier and up until 2016–17 known as National League 3 Midlands) is a level five semi-professional league in the English rugby union system. It is one of six leagues at this level. When ...

. The club runs seven senior sides, a ladies team and a full range of junior sides.

Early history

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.

Ground

Dudley Kingswinford play home games at Heathbrook, located on the western outskirts of

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. The ground is most accessible by car with the nearest train station being

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, 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). 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.

Current standings

Dudley Kingswinford were demoted from

National League 2 North National League 2 North is one of three, level four leagues in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the northern half of England, the North. The remainder of England is covered by the two counte ...

at the end of the 2013–14 season and played in

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from 2014–15. Following a further relegation they play in

Midlands 1 West Midlands 1 West is an English English rugby union system, level 6 rugby union regional league for rugby clubs in the western region of the The Midlands, Midlands, including sides from Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Birm ...

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.

Honours

1st team: *Staffordshire Cup winners (2): 1967, 1969 *

North Midlands Cup The North Midlands Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out cup club competition organised by the North Midlands Rugby Football Union and was first contested during the 1971-72 season with the inaugural cup being won by the now defunct Birmingham P ...

winners (5): 1977, 1979, 1989, 2000, 2012 * NPI Cup finalists: 1999 * Midlands Division 1 champions: 1999–00 * Midlands Division 1 West champions (2): 2010–11, 2019–20 * National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winner: 2011–12 http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/7657/dudleyk'fordB.pdf 2nd team (Dudley Wasps): * Midlands 6 West (South-West) champions: 2006–07 *

North Midlands Vase The North Midlands Vase is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the North Midlands Rugby Football Union and was first contested during the 2005-06 season when Kings Norton RFC, Kings Norton became the first winners when th ...

winners: 2011

References

External links

Official website
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