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August

2003

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President: Richie Whyte

Captain: Richie Whyte

Emerald Warriors RFC

was Founded.

The First Meet of the

Club was on Thursday

21 August.

This was one of our first training sessions as a club.

The first session was held on 03 September with

five members in the War Memorial Park.

The first ever AGM was held

in The Opera Theatre

on 03 October.

The first Quiz Night Fundraiser

took place on 10 December

in the Irish Film institute.

January

2004

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Inaugural Rugby Clinic

held in Old Belvedere

attended by teams from

England and Scotland. Competed in the

Bingham Cup in London.

First Official Game vs London Steelers.

First official win vs Gotham Knights (10-5).

Took part in our first

Dublin Pride.

July

Became the eigth nation

to join IGRAB.

June

President: Richie Whyte

Captain: Richie Whyte

June

2005

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Attended the Union Cup

in Montpellier.

Ranked fourth in Europe.

Competed in the

Bingham Cup New York.

July

Attended the London

Steelers Rugby

Clinic.

December

President: Richie Whyte

Captain: Richie Whyte 2006 President: Richie Whyte

Captain: Steve Gardner

Raised €686 for

BelongTo by

carol singing.

Attended the Thebans

Rugby Clinic Weekend

in Edinburgh.

May

April

March

Union Cup Copenhagen

Warriors Beat Cardiff Lions in

the final game.

Became the first LGBT

Rugby Team to join

the Leinster Metro League.

2007

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President: Barry Joyce

Captain: Ciaran O’ Sullivan

Warriors Win the

Bristol 10s Rugby

Tournament.

Queering the Pitch:

Emerald Warriors featured in

this TG4 Documentary.

We held our first ever

Tea Dance fundraiser in

The Dragon.

September

June

Secured Paddy Power

as a Club Sponsor

for Bingham Cup.

2008

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President: Barry Joyce

Captain: Ciaran O’ Sullivan

Friendly game between

Emerald Warriors and

Belfast Titans.

Emerald Warriors Host

the Bingham Cup

International Gay Rugby

Tournament.

Warriors Barbarian Team

wins The Bingham Sheild.

2009 President: Barry Joyce

Captain: Jay O’ Callaghan

Competed in Union Cup

London.

June

Joined up with the Boston Ironsides

to create a team for the Cup.

Won the Bingham Bowl.

2010

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President: Shane Raftery

Captain: Jay O’ Callaghan

Friendly game between

Emerald Warriors and

Belfast Titans.

Competed Bingham Cup

Minneapolis.

June

First Official League win

playing against Trinity.

2011

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President: Shane Raftery

Captain: Ray Conboy

Joined the Dublin Devils

for the Oscar Wilde Cup,

Soccer meets Tag Rugby.

Competed in the

Union Cup in

Amsterdam.

August

‘We may be losing a match but these feckers are making history!’ (Anon Trinity Player)

Promoted up one

division in the

Leinster Metro League.

2012

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President: Simon Finnegan

Captain: Ray Conboy

Competed in Bingham Cup

Manchester.

Travelled to Stockholm for a

mini tournament and to

take part in the Pride Parade.

June

Celebrated 10 years

since the club was founded.

2013

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President: Simon Finnegan

Captain: Eamon McConomy

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Competed Union Cup

Bristol, came runner up.

2014 President: Simon Finnegan

Captain: Eamon McConomy

Travelled to Sydney to compete

in the Bingham Cup.

Joined with New England Valkyries.

May

Voted Yes in the

Marriage Referndum

before Flying to Brussels.

2015

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President: Brian Healy

Captain: Gary Lynch

First Drag Show Fundraiser.

Competed in Union Cup

Brussels.

Celebrating the Marriage

Referendum during Pride.

2016

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President: Brian Healy

Captain: Simon Murphy

Travelled to Berlin for the Bruisers BashAbout.

Travelled to Nashville Tennessee

to compete in the Bingham Cup.

Fresh faces at an

Open Day.

May

Won the Bid to

host Union Cup 2019.

2017

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Entered two teams into the Union Cup Madrid

First Team brought home the Shield.

President: Brian Healy

Captain: Simon Murphy

Entered and won

the Hadrian Cup.

Played a friendly game

against the Dáil rugby team.

EWRFC pictured with Taoiseach Leo Varadker.

February

Travelled with three teams

to the Bingham Cup

Amsterdam.

2018

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President: Damian Kavanagh

Captain: Oran Sweeney

Entered two teams into the

Leinster Metro League.

Won the Hadrian Cup

for the second year in a row.

September

Celebrating Pride with

one of our biggest fans

Senator David Norris.

July

March Secured Bank Of Ireland

as our Main Sponsor.

2019

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President: Damian Kavanagh

Captain: Oran Sweeney

Reached the Final of

Division 9 of Metro League.

Moved up to Division 8.

Hosted Union Cup Dublin 2019.

June

Featured on the Intro

to the Ray D’Arcy Show.

September

Gordon D’Arcy, Minister Katherine Zappone, Richie Fagan, Lindsay Peat,

& Nigel Owens launching the Union Cup Dublin 2019.

Union Cup Dublin

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Our three teams get a special training session

with Ireland Captain Rory Best.

Guinness made history by painting their famous gates

in the Pride Rainbow colours.

EWRFC pictured with Gareth Thomas .

For the first time, a dedicated women’s tournament was held as

part of the Union Cup.

February

Introduced Folláine

Welfare Programme.

2020

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President: Richie Fagan

Captain: Vincent Kabongo

Entered and Won Hadrian Cup

for the Third Time. Held our first Online

Fundraiser, Drag Bingo.

Began Non-Contact

COVID-19 Compliant training.

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