The club is registered with the RFU[2] and plays in the traditional colours of the medical school: blue, yellow and black.

RUMS RFC is one of the largest and most successful clubs of UCL Medical School, with over 50 members and three teams competing in the BUCS SE league.

The London teaching hospitals began playing rugby union in the 1860s, with many of its members former Cambridge and Oxford graduates.

Although Guy's provided far more international rugby players, the United Hospital club saw many notable players join the team, including notable Barbarian, Brigadier Glyn Hughes.

Thus the club has an illustrious history and has been competing in the oldest rugby competition in the world, the United Hospitals Cup, in one guise or another since 1874.