Old Swinford Hospital RFC

Old Swinford Hospital RFUC

Location	Stourbridge, England
Coach(es)	Andrew Coalter Simon Daws
Team kit

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 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. 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.

The current captain of the 1st XV is Huw Taylor of Foley House

Unusual Matches

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

Dates	Name	Notes
1986-1987	M Evans
1987-1988	T Vaughan
1988-1989	A Bradley
1989–1990	W Coles
1990-1991	J Simpson
1991–1992	R Greasley
1992-1993	G England
1993-1994	A Driver
1994–1995	J Hyatt
1995–1996	B Corfield
1996-1997	A Gibson
1997–1998	J Shaw
1998–1999	D Quinn
1999–2000	D Burr
2000–2001	T Daplyn
2001–2002	A Cambridge
2002–2003	R Harding
2003–2004	J Pette
2004-2005	C Pennell
2005–2006	H Southall
2006–2008	D Willis
2008-2009	S Sutherland
2009-2010	A Nixon
2010-2011	R Williamson
2011-2012	E Taylor
2012-2013	R Williams
2013-2014	H Taylor

Coaches

Dates	Name
1989–2002	Peter Jones
2000-2002	Peter Jones & Nick Tisdale
2002-2008	Nick Tisdale & Andrew Coalter
2008–present	Andrew Coalter & Simon Daws

Notable players

• Richard West
• Joe Shaw
• James Tideswell
• George Robson
• James Collins
• Chris Pennell
• Rhys Crane
• Daniel Willis (Ex Worcestor Warriors player. Retired at age 19 due to a knee injury)
• Max Stelling (Worcester Warriors)
• Sam Smith (England U17, England U18)
• Huw Taylor (England U17, England U18)

Tours

Year	To	Captain	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against
1991	Canada	J Simpson
1993	Canada	G England
1996	South Africa	B Corfield
1998	South America	J Shaw
2000	Australia	D Burr
2002	South Africa	A Cambridge	2	0	4	43	114
2004	New Zealand and The Cook Islands	J Pette	3	0	2	110	64
2006	Australia and Fiji	H Southall	4	0	1	189	20
2008	South Africa and Namibia	D Vermont	5	0	0	207	64
2010	Australia and Malaysia	A Nixon	5	0	0	N/A	N/A

1st XV Playing Record

Daily Mail Cup

2007/2008

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

5th Round

6th Round

Quarter Final

2006/2007

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

5th Round

2005/2006

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round: Bye

3rd Round

4th Round

5th Round

6th Round

Quarter Final

2004/2005

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

5th Round

6th Round

Quarter Final

Semi-Final

2003/2004

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

2002/2003

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

5th Round

6th Round

Quarter Final

2001/2002

1st Round: Bye

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

2000/2001

1st Round

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

The National Schools 7's

2009/2010

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
Old Swinford Hospital	4	4	0	0	116	51
Ysgol Gyfun Morgannwg	4	2	0	2	109	67
John Fisher School	4	2	0	2	92	79
Wisbech Grammar School	4	2	0	2	77	83
Worthing College	4	0	0	4	28	142

Final 16

Quarter Final

2007/2008

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
Kirkham Grammar School	4	4	0	0	126	24
Old Swinford Hospital	4	3	0	1	155	19
Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr	4	2	0	2	79	60
Bury Grammar School	4	1	0	3	36	139
Medina High School	4	0	0	4	21	175

2006/2007

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
Old Swinford Hospital	4	4	0	0	179	33
Llandovery College	4	3	0	1	126	26
Ysgol Gyfun Llanari	4	2	0	2	102	116
Isleworth and Syon Boys' School	4	1	0	3	73	101
Uxbridge School	4	0	0	4	0	204

Final 16

Quarter Final

Semi-Final

2005/2006

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
The Manchester Grammar School	3	3	0	0	99	34
Old Swinford Hospital	3	2	0	1	90	32
Greenhill School	3	1	0	2	64	72
Emanuel School	3	0	0	3	10	125

2004/2005

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
Old Swinford Hospital	3	3	0	0	109	33
Adams Grammar School	3	2	0	1	94	43
Coleg Gwent, Crosskeys College	3	1	0	2	47	42
Chew Valley School	3	0	0	3	0	132

Final 32

Final 16

2003/2004

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
Old Swinford Hospital	3	3	0	0	58	20
Colston's School	3	2	0	1	69	36
Latymer Upper School	3	1	0	2	46	57
St Benedicts School, Ealing	3	0	0	3	0	132

Final 32

See also

• Old Swinford Hospital
• Daily Mail Cup
• The National Schools 7's

External links

• Old Swinford Hospital
• Old Swinford on Schools Rugby

References