Staines RFC
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Staines Rugby Football Club (Staines R.F.C.; trading as Staines Rugby Football Club Limited) is an English rugby union club founded in 1926, whose first team "The Swans" now play in Counties 4 Surrey. The club's home ground, The Reeves, in the London Borough of Hounslow, has five pitches and opened in 1964.[1]
Full name | Staines Rugby Football Club Limited |
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Union | Middlesex RFU |
Nickname(s) | Swans |
Founded | 1926 |
Location | Hanworth, Hounslow, London, England |
Ground(s) | The Reeves |
Chairman | Stephen Leach |
President | Russell Cook |
League(s) | Counties 4 Surrey |
Official website | |
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The club runs a number of senior men's and women's teams with names such as "the Swans" and "the Cobs". It was one of the first in the county to have Mini and Youth sections for children aged 4 to 17.
A notable former mini rugby player was British and Irish Lions Lawrence Dallaglio, who started his career at the age of eight.[2]