DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC - V Broadstreet 2021 3:00pm KO Saturday 23rd October
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DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC MATCH DAY PROGRAMME V Broadstreet Saturday 23rd October 2021 3:00pm KO
DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY Welcome to a new season at DKRFC! And to the 21st Century! Online Match Day Programme. At the start of this season we are continuing with the Online Match MATCH DAY PROGRAMME Day Programme. This programme will be available on the Thursday prior to a home game so you can have a read before you come down. It is also compatible with a mobile phone! You can search www.dkrugby.co.uk hit the INFO tab then Match-Day Programme or use the QR Code displayed around the club on match days. The web address will remain the same all season so put it into your favourites! So why are we doing this? Well there are a few reasons: On a match day we see programmes left around, even before the kick-off! Online will reduce wastage. We pay a considerable amount of money for printing, Online costs nothing but time and effort. If details change after it has been sent to the printers, we can’t change it, with online we can make changes right up to kick off. No hard copy programmes will be available on the day, online will be available on the Thursday and remain online until the following home game. Check out the online version here: CLICK HERE
DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY When the 2019-2020 season was suspended we were riding high at the top of Midlands 1 West which in turn rewarded us with a hard earned, well-deserved promotion following several seasons of near misses in play-off’s. This year we will play at - Level 5 - in President’s Message – season 2021 - Midlands Premier league where for the first 2022 time we will lock horns with – Oundle, MATCH DAY PROGRAMME Sheffield & Doncaster Pheonix. We renew I know all will agree that the past 18 acquaintances with – Syston, Paviors & months have been a most painful Sandbach.& eagerly anticipate experience affecting each & every one recommencing hostilities once more with of us - sadly some more than others. old adversaries – Scunthorpe, Broad St, In many ways it is difficult to Burton & Nuneaton. In addition we have the comprehend exactly what has ‘spice’ of local derby games against our near happened since the forced suspension neighbours Newport, Bromsgrove & of all sports in early March 2020. Bridgnorth. Indeed I‘m sure at times we may have So at last we look forward to a new season thought it would never end, but, with much anticipation as all clubs will begin thankfully, we are back at last and I’m with much uncertainty following the long delighted to be able to extend a very lay-off. For our part our coaching staff have warm welcome to all players, a strengthened the playing squad ensuring coaches, supporters and visitors for competition for places will be tough as another season of rugby at Dudley established team members are challenged Kingswinforrd RFC. by emerging younger players developed Despite the extended periods of from within the clubs burgeoning Youth lockdown our management team section & successful Colts team. have been busy and you will see many One thing is certain, that there will be no improvements in and around the easy games. More than ever before we clubhouse and grounds. The patio await a new season of challenging area around the front of the competitive rugby - bring it on – oh how clubhouse has been completely we’ve missed it! refurbished and new security gates As ever we promise all visitors a warm, have been erected at the main friendly welcome & we look forward to a entrance. All in-line with the sound season full of hard fought rugby played and prudent management structures, within the true spirit of the game. designed to underpin and develop the We are proud of our reputation for pre & club’s vital revenue steam’s over the post-match hospitality - all are welcome. coming years. Above all enjoy your visit to DK. Ken Crane – DKRFC President
DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY SELECTION FROM THE GALLERY MATCH DAY PROGRAMME
DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY Sponsor a DK Player If you would like to join our supporters and help one of our DK 1st XV this season, please contact Gail email: dkrfcsponsorship@gmail.com Look forward to hearing from you! MATCH DAY PROGRAMME A few thoughts from our DoR As we go into the second block of games, we know we must start turning pressure into points. After a disappointing performance against Sheffield, we ramped up intensity in training. This in turn led to a far better first half performance at Bridgnorth. But again, poor discipline and inaccuracy let us down in the final third. Refereeing Darth Shill decisions went against us and we came away disappointed in the result. A week off has given players a chance to rest bodies and refresh. Coaches have reviewed game footage and discussed areas we need to improve. Tactical and positional changes will be made to hopefully address the areas of concern. A look at the league table and we could say we have played some of the stronger sides now. But a look at results confirms there are no easy weeks. Any given week anybody can beat anybody. There is still a lot of rugby to be played this season and I believe that by Christmas the table will make for different viewing. We will continue to put the work in on the training paddock and I am confident we can achieve our goals for the season. This week’s opponents have a similar playing record to us but a look at their results show that they have lost fixtures by very slim margins. We’re expecting a physical encounter and look forward to it.
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DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLUBS FORMATION AND HISTORY Cliff Watson In 1952, Harold Chambers and Luing Preedy, former Presidents of Dudley-Kingswinford rugby club, attended a meeting with the Dudley Schools Association which revealed much encouragement of Rugby football and as a result, a circular was sent to all head MATCH DAY PROGRAMME teachers in the Borough. In response, in 1953, two lads from the Roseland School reported to the club; a lad named John Gallis, later to become a life member of the club, and a strapping fourteen-year old, Cliff Watson. After being tried in several positions in the forwards, he finally settled as a prop. His basic learning must have been very good and in a very few years he made the First XV and by 1959, at the age of nineteen, he had played for the combined counties side of Worcester & Hereford R.F.U. Unfortunately for Rugby Union, Midlands Rugby and Dudley Kingswinford RFC in particular, Cliff saw an advertisement placed by the Rugby League club St Helens, offering employment and the opportunity to play Rugby League, and to be paid for the privilege! It was reported that Cliff received an initial payment of £750 to be followed by a similar amount after six first team appearances. Presumably, the club were more than happy with the lad from Dudley as he went on to make a total of three hundred and seventy- three appearances for them. Cliff was a permanent fixture in the side over the next ten seasons, becoming known for his physical, tough and all- round fearless style of play. He was voted in the club's top seventeen players over their one-hundred-and- twenty-year history. Cliff became an England player, receiving his first cap in 1963 against Australia and over the next seven years played in thirty-four internationals playing in both the 1968 and 1970 World Cup tournaments. He captained the St Helens Club for two seasons and achieved what is surely the ultimate honour when in 1968 he captained his country in the game against Wales. He went on to represent Great Britain in thirty tests, touring Australia three times. Cliff holds the dubious record of being the only British player to have been sent off twice against Australia! Cliff finished his playing days in Australia with Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and finally with Wollongong Wolves before retiring in 1974. He remained in Australia and lived near Sydney. Sadly, Cliff passed away on 2nd May 2018 He will be forever remembered at DK where replica shirts made of St Helens and Great Britain and a Shirt from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are mounted and they now adorn the wall at DK as a fitting tribute to a true Black Country Legend.
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DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD RFC FORGED IN THE BLACK COUNTRY Broadstreet RFC TEAM SELECTION 1 Loose Head Alex Willis 2 Hooker Alex Finney MATCH DAY PROGRAMME 3 Tight Head Chris Hanley 4 Lock Connor Burnett 5 Lock Matt Spinks 6 Blind Side Callum Hopkin 7 Open Side Joe Jackson 8 Nr 8 Brett Daynes 9 Scrum Half Adam Collingwood 10 Fly Half Jack Jolly 11 Left Wing Josh Hickman 12 Inside Centre Andy Morrison 13 Outside Centre Phil Reed 14 Right Wing Jack Kettringham 15 Full Back Harry Hudson - Capt 16 Replacement O T Edwards 17 Replacement Tom Friswell 18 Replacement Jack Birks Todays Referee Reece Riley Midlands Group
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