History
The club was founded on 1 November 1995 in the Central Station pub located in Kings Cross in London and joined the Surrey County Union the following summer, playing their first game on 21 September 1996, which they lost by 92–10 to Orleans Former Pupils at Strawberry Hill.
In June 2002, the club managed to be runners up in the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament. Two years later they hosted the tournament. Their best result in the competition to date was in Dublin in 2008, when they were tournament runners-up, losing to the Sydney Convicts in the final.
In 2009, the club hosted, and won, the Union Cup – a biennial tournament for gay rugby clubs in Europe.
In 2011, the club successfully defended the title winning the Union Cup 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.
The club's name comes from "Kings Cross" as the place of the club's foundation, while "Steelers" comes from the founding members' love of American football.
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