Dudley Kingswinford RFC

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]

Dudley Kingswinford

Full name	Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club
Union	North Midlands RFU
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Location	Kingswinford, England
Ground(s)	Heathbrook (Capacity: 2,260 (260 seats))
Chairman	Jonathan Knowles
President	Ken Crane
Captain(s)	Dan Marsh
League(s)	Regional 1 Midlands
2024–25	10th
Team kit
Official website
dkrugby.rfu.club

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.^[2]

Ground

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]

Honours

1st team:

• Staffordshire Cup winners (2): 1967, 1969
• North Midlands Cup 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^[5]
• National League 3 (north v midlands) promotion play-off winner: 2011–12
• Regional 1 Midlands winners: 2022–23

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2nd team (Dudley Wasps):

• Midlands 6 West (South-West) champions: 2006–07
• North Midlands Vase winners: 2011^[7]

Full internationals

Shaun Perry -England. Dudley Kingswinford 1985-2003