Staines Rugby Football Club (trading as Staines Rugby Football Club Limited) is an English
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
club founded in 1926 whose first team "The Swans" now play in the London & SE Division – Herts/Middlesex 2.
The Club used to play at the 'Lammas' recreation ground in
Staines-upon-Thames but relocated to its own ground The Reeves in
Hanworth
Hanworth is a district of West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Hounslow since 1965. Hanworth adjoins Feltham to the northwest, Twickenham to the northeast and Hampton to the southeast, with ...
(
London Borough of Hounslow
The London Borough of Hounslow () is a London borough in West London, England, forming part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 when three smaller borough councils (forming part of the former Middlesex County Council area) amalgamated under ...
) in the 1960s but still proudly bears the name of the town.
The Club runs a number of senior men's and women's teams with names such as "the Swans" and "the Cobs", and were one of the first in the county to have a Mini and Youth section now offering rugby for children aged 4 to 17.
Club honours
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Middlesex 1
Middlesex 1 was an English level 10 Rugby Union league with teams from north-west London taking part. Promoted teams used to move up to Herts/Middlesex 1 and relegation was to Middlesex 2. The division was cancelled in at the end of the 1995†...
champions: 1991–92
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London 3 North West
London 3 North West is a level 8 league within the RFU league structure and is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. Promoted sides tend to move up to London 2 North West while relegated teams drop to Her ...
champions: 1993–94
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London 1 North
London 1 North is an English level 6, rugby union league for clubs in London and the south-east of England including sides from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, north Greater London, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk. Wh ...
champions (2): 1994–95, 2009–10
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Middlesex Senior Cup
The Middlesex Senior Cup is the most prestigious football cup competition in the historic county of Middlesex, England. The competition is run mainly for non-League clubs in the region, although league clubs have been known to enter the compe ...
winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011
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London 2 (north v south) promotion playoff winners: 2004–05
External links
Official site{{Spelthorne
English rugby union teams
Rugby union clubs in London
Staines-upon-Thames
Sport in the London Borough of Hounslow