Dudley Kingswinford
Full nameDudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club
UnionNorth Midlands RFU
Founded1920 (1920)
LocationKingswinford, England
Ground(s)Heathbrook (Capacity: 2,260 (260 seats))
ChairmanJonathan Knowles
PresidentKen Crane
Captain(s)Ben Rhodes
League(s)Regional 1 Midlands
2022–23Champions (promoted to National League 2 West)
Team kit
Official website
dkrugby.rfu.club

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 fourth tier of English club rugby, National League 2 West, following their promotion from Regional 1 Midlands in 2022–23. The club run seven senior sides, a ladies team and a full range of junior sides.[1]

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]

Current standings

Dudley Kingswinford were demoted from National League 2 North at the end of the 2013–14 season and played in National League 3 Midlands from 2014–15. Following a further relegation they play in Midlands 1 West 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.

2023–24 National League 2 West Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Luctonians15120350027422612363
2Dings Crusaders1511134642342309358
3Hinckley1510144363884810153
4Clifton159244513341178452
5Camborne159154804641612151
6Exeter University159064964336310349
7Old Redcliffians15807391397-68242
8Redruth15726368437-697140
9Loughborough Students156095625035913138
10Chester15708371450-798036
11Bournville154011342402-609631
12Hornets154110443476-337530
13Dudley Kingswinford153012290542-2524218
14Newport (Salop)152013282542-2606317
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 13 January 2024
Source: National League 2 West RFU [5]

Honours

1st team:

[7]

2nd team (Dudley Wasps):

References

  1. ↑ Club website
  2. ↑ Club website history page
  3. ↑ "DK Ground Plan". Dudley Kingswinford RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Famous DK Bank" (PDF). Dudley Kingswinford RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "National League 2 West". England Rugby.
  6. ↑ "Dudley Kingswinford finish with a 100 per cent record « Express & Star". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ↑ http://files.pitchero.com/clubs/7657/dudleyk'fordB.pdf
  8. ↑ "NM VASE PREVIOUS WINNERS". North Midlands RFU. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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