their first match in February. In June 2002, the club were runners up in the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament. In May 2004 the Steelers hosted the 2004 Bingham Cup in Esher. In February 2007 the club celebrated its first "gay marriage" between two Steelers. The club travelled to Copenhagen for the Union Cup, the biennial tournament for European inclusive rugby clubs in May, winning the cup. In May, the club was promoted to the Essex League 2. In Dublin in 2008 the Steelers were the tournament runners-up, losing to the Sydney Convicts in the final. In 2009, the club hosted, and won, the Union Cup. In 2011, the club successfully defended its Union Cup title in Amsterdam after a final against the Manchester Village Spartans. In the same year, the club won the Hadrian Cup, a yearly tournament held in Newcastle and organised by the Newcastle Ravens. In May 2013, the club again successfully retained the Union Cup in Bristol after a final against Ireland's Emerald Warriors. The club won without conceding a single try throughout the tournament. In 2014 the club travelled to Sydney for the Bingham Cup in August. The club narrowly lost out in the semi-final match. In May 2015, the Steelers successfully defended the Union Cup. In May 2016, the club took four full teams to the Bingham Cup in Nashville, Tennessee. April 2017 saw the club take four teams to the Union Cup 2017 in Madrid, Spain, with the 1st XV winning the cup for the sixth successive tournament. At the end of the 2017–18 season the club finished as champions of Essex Canterbury Jack 1 and were promoted to London 3 Essex.The 1st XV went the entirety of the league without losing a game for the first time in the club's history. 2018 saw the club head to Amsterdam to compete in the Bingham Cup when it was hosted by the ARC Lowlanders. The Steelers were followed by an injured player who is a documentary film maker and the club is the subject of an independent documentary film. The Emerald Warriors were the hosts of the 2019 Union Cup in Dublin where once again the 1st XV defended the Union Cup title. Both the 2020 Bingham Cup (Ottawa, Canada) and the 2021 Union Cup (Birmingham, UK) were postponed to 2022 and 2023 respectively due to COVID-19. The Kings Cross Steelers 1XV won the