Patrick Kidd looks back at the 2025/26 season. Most predictions on social media age as well as a glass of milk on a hot play-offs afternoon in Richmond, but I accidentally called one correctly last August. “Now do I read too much into pre-season friendlies and get carried away with optimism?” I tweeted. “Two matches against Championship teams, ten tries …
Ever wondered if your support makes a difference? It absolutely does! Thank you to each and every person who came along to the RAG on Saturday and made it feel like a home game. The noise you made was out of this world, and really helped the team claim their victory! Never underestimate your importance to the squad and the …
Yesterday may have been mostly about our promotion to the Champ, and more of that in days to come. But we were also able to celebrate an enormous achievement by an absolute club legend: Desmond Brett. Des first ran out in Club colours in January 2004, playing Dings Crusaders, and his last 1st XV game was away to DMP on …
What a climax to a tumultuous season. Blackheath will be a Championship side next term after this emphatic victory in the Champ Accession Final, returning to domestic rugby’s second tier after a 27-year absence. And what a performance to get there. Everything is stacked against the National League One challenging side, not only home advantage, but the more relaxed tackle-height …
Congratulations to Archie Bourne, who will be celebrating his 25th cap in the Champ Accession match against London Scottish tomorrow ❤️🖤 Archie, sponsored by Tonina Patrick, first ran out in Club colours against Clifton on 06 September 2025 — he has been a regular in the squad ever since. We look forward to seeing Archie on the pitch tomorrow, and …
Here we go! For the very last time this season, we give you the Blackheath Rugby team sheet. As a reminder, we are playing to different laws regarding squad size — the amount of players on the bench moves from 5 to 8, with the requirement to have a full replacement front row. Kick off is at 14:00 and tickets …
Finley O’Sullivan has grown up playing for Blackheath Rugby and has done the full player pathway, going through the Minis, Juniors and social Men’s sections, as well as playing for the Club XV and 1st XV (currently on 31 caps). And yes, he was also a Mini’s Mascot when he was younger, running out with our now Head Coach, Tom …
Ahead of this Saturday’s game against London Scottish, we’d like to congratulate Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas, who celebrated his 50th cap in the play off game against Plymouth Albion. Oskar, sponsored by Alan and Jackie Thompson, first ran out in Club colours against Richmond on 07 September 2024 and has been a regular on the team sheet ever since. He’s been a …
When Blackheath last played London Scottish at the Richmond Athletic Ground, the Club won 20-13 and someone called Harding scored a try. I think we’d take that on Saturday. OK, so it was 16 years ago, the try was by Sam Harding, not Billy, a No 8 who had one international for the All Blacks in 2002, and he was …
Tickets are now on sale for the London Scottish v Blackheath Rugby Champ Accession play off on 23 May. The crowd is going to be huge and the game is going to be hard fought, with Club playing for promotion and Scottish wanting to avoid relegation. It would be great to see as much red and black in the crowd …
