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The club's first team are the current champions of the RFU Championship but will remain in that league due to ineligibility for promotion to Premiership Rugby. They were promoted to the league after they won National League 1 in 2014–15. Structure of the club[edit] The club's registered playing name with the RFU is Ealing Trailfinders.
Although it meant that promotion hopes were dampened significantly, it meant more focus could be put on the British and Irish Cup campaign. Ealing went from strength to strength after the Bristol game, beating Jersey, Cornish Pirates (in the quarter-final of the British and Irish Cup) and Hartpury. Most impressively, Ealing pulled off a 23–23 draw against Yorkshire Carnegie with only 19 players. At one point in the game, Ealing had six front rowers in the scrum and five academy players on the field. Reon Joseph, an academy player, won MOTM, with two individual tries. On 21 April Ealing faced Bedford Blues in the Semi Final of the British and Irish Cup.
However Ealing maintained a 100% win status in the opening weeks of the season, including a 72–12 rout of London Scottish in front of Sky Sports cameras. On 1 October Ealing faced the formidable Bristol at Ashton Gate. The Trailsmen were chasing the score for most of the game thanks to early tries from Alapati Leiua and Ross McMillan, giving Bristol momentum which lasted for a large amount of the game. However Ealing fought their way back into the game thanks to a dominant Ealing pack, which allowed Alun Walker and Will Davis to score. Ealing led by one point at the 72nd minute, however a well-worked Bristol try from the halfway line and a penalty right at the death cruelly denied Ealing the win or a losing bonus point. Ealing bounced back well with an emphatic 31–8 victory against Jersey Reds and continued this impressive form, only having a small blip against Nottingham and losing by one point after conceding three tries in the early stages of the game.
However this was not enough, as Carnegie progressed to the final (agg 52–36). 2017–2018: RFU Championship: 2nd Ealing Trailfinders started the 2017–2018 campaign after having their most successful season in the club's history. At the start of the season, Mark Bright was named Ealing's Club Captain. The Trailfinders also brought in many marquee signings, including internationals such as Andrew Durutalo, Grayson Hart, Shane O'Leary and Djustice Sears-Duru. Ealing started the season with a tight 29–28 win against Cornish Pirates.
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The Men's Section runs four teams, competing in The Shield and the Middlesex Merit Leagues, and Middlesex Veterans League. The Academy and Youth Sections are for players aged 13 to 23 and the new Academy feeds players directly into senior rugby. The youth teams cater for boys and girls at all levels of ability and currently have players representing the county at all age group levels, as well as players just being introduced to the game. The youth play in the Hertfordshire and Middlesex leagues and, in season 2011–12, were league winners at U14 level as well as winning Division Three at U16 level.
The early years saw regular fixtures against the likes of Wasps, London Irish, Harlequins, Richmond and Blackheath with 75% win rate for a long period. [citation needed] Leopold de Rothschild was the first president of the Club and held this office from 1896 to 1914. [3] Between 1894 and 1958 the club moved location numerous times – Hanger Lane – West Middlesex Polo Club – Gunnersbury Park – Drayton Green – Syon Lane, Horsenden Hill. Ealing Rugby Club's centenary match was played against Harlequins in 1970.
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