R1 MIDLANDS
DUDLEY KINGSWINFORD
Captain Ben Rhodes
Coaches Neil Shillingford (DoR), Tom Huggins (senior), CJ Osazuwa (forwards)
This resurgent club will return to the National Leagues after nine years’ absence and become undisputed ‘Kings of the Black Country’ for the first time. They swap places with Stourbridge, for so long the region’s senior club. It took time to regroup after relegation in 2014 but a squad based around a solid core of home-grown youngsters matured together. Full-back Sam Vaughan scored 204 points and wing Tom Walker 14 tries.
R2 WEST MIDLANDS
OLD HALESONIANS
Captain Dan Smith
Coaches Richard Protherough (DoR), Tim Jarvis (backs), Richard Taylor (forwards)
Halesonians will be back in the top regional league next season which means Protherough will be in opposition to elder brother Dan, who’s in charge at Bromsgrove. With an average age of 26, the squad contained 25 former mini-junior players. Wing Luke Penn’s 22 tries made him top
