Draft:KCS Old Boys RFC

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King's College School Old Boys RFC is a rugby union club founded in 1907 for the alumni of King's College School, Wimbledon.. In recent years the club has used the name 'King's Rugby' which reflects the open nature of the club which is no longer exclusively for old boys of the school. The club's constituent body is Surrey Rugby Football Union . The 1XV currently compete in London 1 South whilst the 2XV play in the Surrey Championship.

From the outset and until the advent of the RFU league system the club's calendar was made up of a series of friendly games against other local old boys' sides including Old Paulines, Old Cranleighan, Old Whitgiftian and many others. The club regularly competed in the Surrey Cup - and were winners beating Guildford & Godalming in 1983 then runners-up in 1984 to Sutton & Epsom RFC - and for three years were in the Senior National Knockout Cup. The club also finished runner-up again in 2015 this time to Guildford Rugby Club in the first cup final to be settled by a 'golden score' in extra-time .

More recently, King's in the guise of their 7s side the King Prawns, won the prestigious Surrey 7s in 2017 and with no competition in 2018 and held the title until the competition was won by Cliffe Crusaders RFC in 2019

For a long time the club operated out of a modest headquarters situated close to Robin Hood Way on the A3, but that burnt down in the late 1980s and after a brief homeless period KCS arrived at their current home in Motspur Park, the clubhouse opening on 11th September 1993 . The building was unusual in that it was constructed in such a way that two identical halves were built - KCS occupying one and Old Blues RFC (Christ's Hospital old boys) the other. That arrangement remains to this day.

Having won promotion from the top county league Surrey 1 in 2003 King's joined London 4 South West (Level 8 of the English rugby union system) and within 3yrs were promoted to London 3 South West . In the intervening years the club has remained at Level 7 with just two seasons back at Level 8, both of which were followed with promotion back to Level 7 - which has since 2009 been known as London 2 South West. In 2009-10 the club was level transferred to London 2 South East but this stay lasted just one season before being returned to the SW leagues.

Finally, in 2018-19 King's won Level 7 in a record breaking season which saw the club record an unprecedented 22 wins from 22 games, each one with a try bonus point which saw the club achieve a haul of 110 points - the maximum points available, and something never done before in London 2 South West . The achievement earned the club recognition in the national rugby press with two features in Rugby World (June and July 2019), Rugby Club Magazine , The Rugby Paper (23rd February 2019) and on the 5 live Sport Rugby Union Weekly podcast (17th February 2019) amongst others. King's 1XV were the first team in the country to be promoted and confirmed as league winners, doing to in mid-February prompting BBC Rugby Union correspondent Chris Jones to ask whether King's 1XV were "the team of the year in English rugby this season" . In winning every game this was also a first, London Cornish RFC having gone undefeated in 2016-17 but drawing two games including one versus King's .

In addition to the 1XV King's also run a 2XV, U21 and Veterans' sides. Since 1993 King's has also been home to thriving Mini and Junior sections comprising children of all ages who train each Sunday and play in festivals all over SE England and beyond. Amongst the thousands of boys and girls to have passed through the section King's are proud to have helped nurture Alex Corbisiero the now retired England and British Lions prop forward . King's is a volunteer run club which places enjoyment and participation at its core at all age-group levels.