Location | Stourbridge, England | |
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Old Swinford Hospital RFC is the rugby union football club of Old Swinford Hospital School in Stourbridge. The school is acknowledged as one of the top rugby schools in the country, holding a highly successful playing record and with many players playing at regional level and an increasing number going on to play professionally and internationally.
Rugby at the school starts at Under-12 level and is played in individual year groups until Under-16 level where the players enter the senior rugby system, where there are four senior XV's[clarification needed] for players to play in.
The school's 1st XV and U15 teams both compete in the Daily Mail Cup and it is not uncommon for the teams to reach the late stages of the competition, in the 2011/2012 season the 1st XV made it to the final of the U18 cup at Twickenham, unfortunately losing to Dulwich College 15–8. However Swinford scored the only try through Cass Brookes. Also, in the 2016/2017 season the 1XV managed to play at Sixways Stadium, Home of the Worcester Warriors to compete in the Natwest Bowl, which they won 25–13. This has led to a large following by members of the school both past and present. On many occasions a 1st XV match will attract a large proportion of the school community to the sidelines.
Unusual Matches
[edit]In the late 70's a game of Rugby was being played on Top Field, which concealed the old World War II air raid shelters, long since closed up. During the game a maul was formed and the roof of the air raid shelter collapsed leading to the pile of players falling through the hole. After that the field was not declared playable until the shelters had been filled and reinforced.
1st XV Captains
[edit]Dates | Name | Notes |
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1986-1987 | ![]() | |
1987-1988 | ![]() | |
1988-1989 | ![]() | |
1989–1990 | ![]() | |
1990-1991 | ![]() | |
1991–1992 | ![]() | |
1992-1993 | ![]() | |
1993-1994 | ![]() | |
1994–1995 | ![]() | |
1995–1996 | ![]() | |
1996-1997 | ![]() | |
1997–1998 | ![]() | |
1998–1999 | ![]() | |
1999–2000 | ![]() | |
2000–2001 | ![]() | |
2001–2002 | ![]() | |
2002–2003 | ![]() | |
2003–2004 | ![]() | |
2004-2005 | ![]() | |
2005–2006 | ![]() | |
2006–2008 | ![]() | |
2008-2009 | ![]() | |
2009-2010 | ![]() | |
2010-2011 | ![]() | |
2011-2012 | ![]() | |
2012-2013 | ![]() | |
2013-2014 | ![]() | |
2018-2019 | ![]() | |
2019-2020 | ![]() | |
2020-2021 | ![]() | |
2021-2022 | ![]() | |
2022-2023 | ![]() |
Coaches
[edit]Dates | Name |
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1989–2002 | ![]() |
2000-2002 | ![]() ![]() |
2002-2008 | ![]() ![]() |
2008–2018 | ![]() ![]() |
2008–Present | ![]() ![]() |
Notable players
[edit]Richard West
Joe Shaw
James Tideswell
George Robson
James Collins
Chris Pennell
Rhys Crane
Daniel Willis (Ex Worcester Warriors player. Retired at age 19 due to a knee injury)
Max Stelling (Worcester Warriors)
Ed Taylor (Bedford Blues Rugby)
Sam Smith (England U17, England U18)
Huw Taylor (England U17, England U18)
George Trimmer (Ex Nottingham Rugby & Worcester Warriors. Retired aged 21 due to Knee Injury)
Tours
[edit]Year | To | Captain | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against |
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1991 | ![]() |
J Simpson | |||||
1993 | ![]() |
G England | |||||
1996 | ![]() |
B Corfield | |||||
1998 | South America | J Shaw | |||||
2000 | ![]() |
D Burr | |||||
2002 | ![]() |
A Cambridge | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 114 |
2004 | ![]() ![]() |
J Pette | 3 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 64 |
2006 | ![]() ![]() |
H Southall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 20 |
2008 | ![]() ![]() |
D Vermont | 5 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 64 |
2010 | ![]() ![]() |
A Nixon | 5 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
1st XV Playing Record
[edit]Daily Mail Cup
[edit]2007/2008
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
Queen Mary's Grammar, Walsall | 5–55 | Old Swinford Hospital |
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 32–5 | Newcastle-Under-Lyme School |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 32–3 | Wellingborough School |
5th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 50–0 | Haileybury School |
6th Round
Worcester 6th Form College | 7–14 | Old Swinford Hospital |
Quarter Final
Barnard Castle School | 39–10 | Old Swinford Hospital |
2006/2007
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
Prince Henry's High School, Evesham | 0–50 | Old Swinford Hospital |
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 21–8 | Hereford Cathedral School |
4th Round
Prince Henry's High School, Evesham | 0–50 | Old Swinford Hospital |
5th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 25–32 | Warwick School |
2005/2006
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: Bye
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 39–0 | Solihull VI Form College |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 15–5 | King Edward's Birmingham |
5th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 24–15 | Solihull School |
6th Round
Hereford Cathedral School | 7–26 | Old Swinford Hospital |
Quarter Final
Durham School | 10–5 | Old Swinford Hospital |
2004/2005
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
Sutton Coldfield College | 0–52 | Old Swinford Hospital |
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 22–14 | Hereford Cathedral School |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 22–9 | Lady Manners School |
5th Round
Northampton School for Boys | 8–17 | Old Swinford Hospital |
6th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 27–23 | Oakham School |
Quarter Final
Semi-Final
2003/2004
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
KES Five Ways | 0–42 | Old Swinford Hospital |
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 45–0 | KES Stratford |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 12–19 | Hartpury College |
2002/2003
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 26–3 | Worcester 6th Form College |
3rd Round
KES Lichfield | 0–WO | Old Swinford Hospital |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 13–5 | Leicester Grammar School |
5th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 14–10 | Northampton School for Boys |
6th Round
Solihull School | 10–35 | Old Swinford Hospital |
Quarter Final
Old Swinford Hospital | 10–44 | Barnard Castle School |
2001/2002
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round
Fairfax School | 3–58 | Old Swinford Hospital |
3rd Round
Hereford Cathedral School | 10–49 | Old Swinford Hospital |
4th Round
The King's School, Worcester | 25–23 | Old Swinford Hospital |
2000/2001
1st Round
Kenilworth School | 13–60 | Old Swinford Hospital |
2nd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 42–25 | King Henry VIII School |
3rd Round
Old Swinford Hospital | WO–0 | Bromsgrove School |
4th Round
Old Swinford Hospital | 10–11 | Oakham School |
The National Schools 7's
[edit]2009/2010
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 51 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 67 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 79 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 83 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 142 |
Final 16
Quarter Final
2007/2008
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 24 | |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 19 | |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 60 | |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 139 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 175 |
2006/2007
Final 16
Quarter Final
Semi-Final
2005/2006
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 34 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 32 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 72 | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 125 |
2004/2005
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 33 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 43 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 42 | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 132 |
Final 32
Final 16
2003/2004
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 20 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 36 | |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 57 | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 132 |
Final 32