1 President: Richie Whyte This was one of our first training sessions as a club. 2003 Captain: Richie Whyte The first session was held on 03 September with five members in the War Memorial Park. The first Quiz Night Fundraiser Emerald Warriors RFC took place on 10 December was Founded. in the Irish Film institute. August The First Meet of the Club was on Thursday 21 August. The first ever AGM was held in The Opera Theatre on 03 October. 2 President: Richie Whyte 2004 Captain: Richie Whyte Inaugural Rugby Clinic held in Old Belvedere attended by teams from Took part in our first England and Scotland. Competed in the Dublin Pride. June Bingham Cup in London. January July Became the eigth nation to join IGRAB. First Official Game vs London Steelers. First official win vs Gotham Knights (10-5). 3 President: Richie Whyte President: Richie Whyte 2005 Captain: Richie Whyte 2006 Captain: Steve Gardner Attended the London Steelers Rugby Raised €686 for Competed in the Clinic. BelongTo by Bingham Cup New York. June carol singing. December July Attended the Union Cup in Montpellier. Attended the Thebans Ranked fourth in Europe. Rugby Clinic Weekend in Edinburgh. 4 Became the first LGBT Rugby Team to join the Leinster Metro League. President: Barry Joyce 2007 Captain: Ciaran O’ Sullivan Queering the Pitch: Union Cup Copenhagen Emerald Warriors featured in Warriors Beat Cardiff Lions in this TG4 Documentary. the final game. April March May September We held our first ever Warriors Win the Tea Dance fundraiser in Bristol 10s Rugby The Dragon. Tournament. 5 President: Barry Joyce President: Barry Joyce 2008 Captain: Ciaran O’ Sullivan 2009 Captain: Jay O’ Callaghan Emerald Warriors Host the Bingham Cup International Gay Rugby Tournament. Warriors Barbarian Team Competed in Union Cup wins The Bingham Sheild. London. June Friendly game between Emerald Warriors and Secured Paddy Power Belfast Titans. as a Club Sponsor for Bingham Cup. 6 President: Shane Raftery 2010 Captain: Jay O’ Callaghan Joined up with the Boston Ironsides Competed Bingham Cup to create a team for the Cup. Minneapolis. Won the Bingham Bowl. June Friendly game between Emerald Warriors and Belfast Titans. 7 First Official League win playing against Trinity. President: Shane Raftery 2011 Captain: Ray Conboy Competed in the Union Cup in Amsterdam. ‘We may be losing a match but these feckers are making history!’ (Anon Trinity Player) June August Joined the Dublin Devils for the Oscar Wilde Cup, Soccer meets Tag Rugby. 8 President: Simon Finnegan Travelled to Stockholm for a 2012 Captain: Ray Conboy mini tournament and to take part in the Pride Parade. Promoted up one division in the Competed in Bingham Cup Leinster Metro League. Manchester. 9 President: Simon Finnegan President: Simon Finnegan 2013 Captain: Eamon McConomy 2014 Captain: Eamon McConomy Competed Union Cup Travelled to Sydney to compete Bristol, came runner up. in the Bingham Cup. Joined with New England Valkyries. June Celebrated 10 years since the club was founded. 3 10 President: Brian Healy First Drag Show Fundraiser. 2015 Captain: Gary Lynch Voted Yes in the Marriage Referndum Competed in Union Cup before Flying to Brussels. Brussels. May Celebrating the Marriage Referendum during Pride. 11 Travelled to Nashville Tennessee to compete in the Bingham Cup. President: Brian Healy 2016 Captain: Simon Murphy Travelled to Berlin for the Bruisers BashAbout. Fresh faces at an Open Day. 12 Played a friendly game against the Dáil rugby team. EWRFC pictured with Taoiseach Leo Varadker. President: Brian Healy 2017 Captain: Simon Murphy Entered and won the Hadrian Cup. Won the Bid to host Union Cup 2019. May Entered two teams into the Union Cup Madrid First Team brought home the Shield. 13 President: Damian Kavanagh 2018 Captain: Oran Sweeney Travelled with three teams to the Bingham Cup Amsterdam. Entered two teams into the Leinster Metro League. February July September Won the Hadrian Cup for the second year in a row. Celebrating Pride with one of our biggest fans Senator David Norris. 14 Hosted Union Cup Dublin 2019. President: Damian Kavanagh 2019 Captain: Oran Sweeney Secured Bank Of Ireland as our Main Sponsor. March September June Reached the Final of Division 9 of Metro League. Moved up to Division 8. Featured on the Intro to the Ray D’Arcy Show. 15 Guinness made history by painting their famous gates in the Pride Rainbow colours. EWRFC pictured with Gareth Thomas . Union Cup Dublin Gordon D’Arcy, Minister Katherine Zappone, Richie Fagan, Lindsay Peat, & Nigel Owens launching the Union Cup Dublin 2019. Our three teams get a special training session with Ireland Captain Rory Best. For the first time, a dedicated women’s tournament was held as part of the Union Cup. 16 President: Richie Fagan 2020 Captain: Vincent Kabongo Introduced Folláine Welfare Programme. Began Non-Contact COVID-19 Compliant training. February Entered and Won Hadrian Cup Held our first Online for the Third Time. Fundraiser, Drag Bingo. 17 18 .