Wanderers is Ireland's second oldest rugby club having been founded in 1870 by some former members of Dublin University F C., who up to that time had to seek opponents outside of Ireland, as there were no other Irish club at that time. Wanderers F.C. was one of the founding clubs of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) hence the title Wanderers F.C. and not R.F.C., as all clubs were football clubs prior to the founding of the IRFU. The club now in its 136th season is proud of its contribution to Rugby Football, having provided 87 Irish International players, 5 captains of Ireland and one captain each of England and Australia in addition to one captain of the Lions (Ronnie Dawson). The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. ... A. R. Ronnie Dawson (born June 5, 1932 in Dublin, Ireland) played hooker for Ireland and was Captain of the British and Irish Lions rugby team on their 1959 tour to Australia and New Zeland. ...

Honours include 14 Leinster Senior Cup victories, 5 Leinster Senior League titles and 5 Metropolitan Cup titles. Leinster Senior Cup or Leinster Schools Senior Cup to give it its full name is the under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. It traditionally draws large crowds to matches and up to 25,000 for the final tie which takes place... Competition confined to senior rugby union clubs in the province of Leinster. ... In the season 1921-22, the Leinster Branch established a knockout competition for teams then competing in the Junior League, that is second teams of senior clubs. ...

Famous international players have include Philip Matthews, Kevin Flynn and Ronnie Dawson. A. R. Ronnie Dawson (born June 5, 1932 in Dublin, Ireland) played hooker for Ireland and was Captain of the British and Irish Lions rugby team on their 1959 tour to Australia and New Zeland. ...

Wanderers play their home games at Lansdowne Road. A DART train passes under the Lansdowne Road Rugby Football Stadium and over the level crossing as it enters the station of the same name. ...

Wanderers, under the guidance of New Zealander Andrew Spraggon have been promoted to the AIL Second Division, finishing top of the league, losing just one game all season.

The Wanderers Youth Academy has been running for many seasons and under the rejuvination of Andrew Spraggon, and spearheaded by the talents of Fergus O'Higgins and Eoin McDowell and especially the physical presence of young Daire Conlon, the future is bright for Wanderers rugby. Eoin McDowell (born February 4, 1988) is a rugby player at Wanderers F.C. Dublin. ...