The team that season benefited from the early recruitment of vet and Irish international Louis Magee. The first game took place on 1 October 1898 against the former Hammersmith club at Herne Hill Athletic Ground, with London Irish winning 8–3. London Irish was the last club to be formed in England by working and student exiles from the home countries, following London Scottish in 1878 and London Welsh in 1885. The squad that played Racing Club de France at Parc des Princes in 1899. In the 2007–08 season, the team came close to a place in the Heineken Cup Final, losing out to Stade Toulousain 15–21 in the semi-final at Twickenham Stadium. London Irish won its first major trophy in 2002, the Powergen Cup (now the Premiership Rugby Cup), and reached the 2009 English Premiership final, narrowly losing 10–9 to Leicester Tigers at Twickenham Stadium. The club was founded in 1898 following the creation of London Scottish and London Welsh for the same reason, allowing Irishmen the chance to play rugby with fellow countrymen in the English Capital. The club played home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, for twenty years, before moving for the 2020–21 season to the Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford, West London. While playing in the Championship in 2016––19, it also played in the British and Irish Cup and RFU Championship Cup. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. Gtech Community Stadium (Capacity: 17,250)
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