[1] Richmond Women were initially formed in 1986 as part of Finchley RFC.
[5] The team is one of the oldest and most successful in English women's rugby union with 25 league and cup victories, six National Sevens wins and four European Championship titles.
[1] In 2000, they won the Rugby World National Cup after beating Wasps Ladies in the final at Twickenham Stadium in the first women's rugby union match to be played there.
[7] They run three teams,[8] with Richmond II playing in Championship 1 South[9] and Richmond Women III playing in Championship 2 South East.
[10] In 1995, they had an honour's board erected in the clubhouse at the Athletic Ground however it was later removed by members of London Scottish, who share the Athletic Ground, claiming that Richmond didn't have permission to put one up.