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 (county), 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. T ...

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

Regional 1 Midlands Regional 1 Midlands (until 2021–22 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 ...

, following their relegation from

National League 2 West National League 2 West is a rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in the Midlands and South West England. The remainder of England is covered by two other region ...

in 2023–24. The club run 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

Wall Heath Wall Heath is a suburban village in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the A449 road, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Kingswinford (of which it is considered a suburb), 5 miles west of Dudle ...

. 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.

Honours

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

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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 *

winners: 2022–23 http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/7657/dudleyk'fordB.pdf 2nd team (Dudley Wasps): * Midlands 6 West (South-West) champions: 2006–07 * North Midlands Vase winners: 2011

Full internationals

Shaun Perry -England. Dudley Kingswinford 1985-2003

References

External links

* {{National League 2 West Rugby union teams in England Rugby clubs established in 1922 Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Rugby union in the West Midlands (county) 1922 establishments in England