Welcome to Alex, Charlie and Joji

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Alex Wainwright, Charlie Briers and Joji Logavatu to the Club.  Coming from Loughborough University, Alex is keen to get started and says “I’m excited to be part of a new team, and play for a club with so much history”. Tom Stradwick, Head Coach at Blackheath Rugby, thinks Alex will be a great addition …

Welcome to Archie, Ed and Luke!

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Archie Smeaton, Ed Scragg, Luke Pollock to the Club.  Archie, who’s previous club was Doncaster Knights, says he can’t wait to start “I’m excited to be joining Blackheath, it’s a successful club with an amazing history. I can’t wait to get started and see what we can achieve next season.”. Tom Stradwick is equally …

Welcome to Alex, Ed and Sam!

With pre-season training just around the corner, we are delighted to start introducing some new faces at Blackheath Rugby, starting with Alex Earnshaw, Ed Dunford and Sam Morely, who are all are looking forward to joining the Club.  Telling us about Alex, who joins us from Bury St Edmunds, Blackheath Rugby’s Head Coach Tom Stradwick says “We are very excited …

Thank you, and goodbye!

We’re all looking forward to the new season, but before we completely say goodbye to the old one, we’d like to thank those players that have been such an important part of the Club in 2024-25.  Tom Baldwin, Markus Burcham, Oli Burgess, George Daly, Jack Daly, Mike Etete, Tom Everard, Leo Fielding, Paul Schroter, Auguy Slowik and Ollie Walliker — …

Stradwick up for the hat-trick

Kent begin the defence of their County Championship crown this Saturday as they host Hampshire at Broad Walk, home of Charlton Park RFC. Tom Stradwick (head coach) and Taff Gwilliam (director of rugby) have once again assembled a strong squad from Kent’s top sides who will not only look to retain the title, but make it a hat-trick of victories …

Top marks for the two Toms!

Congratulations to Tom Baldwin and Tom Stradwick, who were part of the winning Barbarians FC match against Glasgow Academicals today, final score 78-31. The boys were presented their shirts by Brian Ashton and John Spencer. We’re very proud of them on the their selection for the Barbarians, adding to their Kent County and England Counties shirts and, of course, over …

Balders and Stradwick picked for the Barbarians

As a reminder, Tom Stradwick and Tom Baldwin have been picked to be in the Barbarian FC squad for the game tomorrow, Saturday 10 May, kicking off at 14:00 – we’re incredibly proud of them both and wish them the best of luck. The historic touring club will take to the field against Glasgow Academicals RFC to entertain supporters and …

TRP Nat One Dream Team

Congratulations to Jordan Burns who was named Scrum Half of the season in The Rugby Paper’s National One Dream Team 2024-25, and to Billy Harding for being mentioned in the same team at Hooker. “Burns was an ever-present this season, playing in all 26 matches and scoring an impressive 11 tries – including the memorable brace of tries in the …

Brothers in arms

Jack and George Daly played their last game for Blackheath Rugby yesterday – George captaining the Club XV and Jack running on for the 1st XV. Jack’s first game for the Club was in 2018, and he received his 113th first team cap on Saturday. George started with the Club in 2022, and has 10 caps to his name — …

Richmond 40 Blackheath 26

Photos: Pamela Kilmister A repeat of the oldest fixture in club rugby is always an event, especially when it’s played a short stroll away from Richmond Green, the venue of the very first meeting between these two clubs in 1864, but this occasion took on a little more significance. For Richmond it was a celebration of their National League One …