Using the Morpeth Lodge as their headquarters they played their first home matches on Victoria Park in East London.

The London made the final of the Hospitals Cup fourteen times in sixteen years leading up to World War I and even more illustrious opposition was added to their fixture list including Rosslyn Park and the Royal Indian Engineering College.

Like many teams of the period, the London was deeply affected by losses sustained in the Great War but recovered reasonably quickly such that by the 1930s they were taking a number of notable scalps once again.

[1] The period after World War 2 saw the arrival of Mike Floyer whose incredible devotion to the club, for which he played for many years and also served as president.

In his honour an annual fixture between current students of the medical school and old boys is played, known as the Mike Floyer Memorial Day match.

They were quickly established as a London club and provided international representation as early as 1881 in the form of Welsh forward Edward Treharne.

When the league system was introduced, Barts were placed slightly higher than the London, into the Middlesex 2.

Likewise, Barts and the London Rugby Club or Royal Hospitals RFC was formed.

Club's Official site – History of BLRFC In 2008 they won the UH 7-a-side tournament, beating Imperial Medics in the final.