Taunton 33 Blackheath 36

Six tries for Blackheath, four of them in a thirteen-minute spell either side of the interval when they, and full-back Jake Hennessey in particular, tore up the Taunton defence to turn a nine-point deficit into a fifteen-point advantage. However, with the game seemingly within their grasp, the Club were continually penalised (eleven infringements in the second period alone denying them …

Game 1: Taunton away

Who’s looking forward to the start of the season?! Blackheath travel (by coach, due to the train strikes…!) to Taunton for their first league game of the 2023-24 season. For those of you going to Taunton, here are some useful details. For those of you staying at home, our Tweeter Extraordinaire is back from her summer break and will be …

Blackheath 21 Canterbury 54

A competitive first period, followed by a somewhat lopsided second, in this final dress-rehearsal prior to the 2023/24 season start next Saturday. Canterbury opened the scoring on three minutes with a move down the left flank, but as the Blackheath forwards began to make inroads, Archie Holland burst away to level for the hosts. As the pressure built, the penalty …

Pre-season: Canterbury

There’s more pre-season rugby on offer this evening with Blackheath XV playing Canterbury at 20:00 — 30 of our 1st XV and Club XV players will be on the field over the 80 mins game, so it will be a good time for you to see the extended team on the pitch. Entry is free for members on production of your …

Blackheath 31 Barnes 12

A definite improvement on the somewhat uninspiring, stop-start, performance at Bury St Edmunds a week previously, Blackheath running in five tries against two from the visitors from Surrey, to complete a comfortable win. Amongst the scores, a hat-trick for Shae Tucker, the New Zealander and former Cornish Pirate producing an excellent display at outside-centre, and complementing some neat passages of …

Barnes pre-season

As the September fast approaches, our first home pre-season games of 2023-24 are tomorrow, Saturday 12 August, and we’ve got a double header with Barnes.  Don’t forget to bring your 2022-23 membership card or show your 2023-24 membership confirmation email on the gate – £5 entrance fee for non-members. The TVs will also be on, so you can watch the …

Bury St Edmunds 36 Blackheath 33

Pre-season friendlies will inevitably be of more use to coaches, players and officials than the casual observer, and that will apply more than ever in advance of a campaign dominated by discussion of the controversial new tackle law affecting domestic rugby at Level Three and below. Sure enough, this match was punctuated by numerous high tackle calls, as well as …

Pre-Season – Bury St Edmunds

And so here we are, the first Pre-Season game of 2023-24 is tomorrow, Saturday 12 August, and we’re off to Burry St Edmunds. We’re taking a big squad along, and are playing the match over three 30 min thirds, so game time for a lot of players.  The full squad is listed below, with the first fifteen players listed being …

Pre-season starts soon!

Who’s looking forward to the pre-season games? We’ve got three great games lined up – after our first game, which is away at Bury St Edmunds on 12 August, we will be at home for the following two and are hoping to see a good crowd for both of them: Saturday 19 August – KO 15:00 v Barnes Friday 25 …

Blackheath 19 Bishop’s Stortford 14

A match, the pattern of which, very much dictated by the filthy conditions that swept across south-east England on this miserable afternoon. For much of the contest Bishop’s Stortford held sway, while Blackheath’s discipline crumbled and, easing their way back from an early deficit, looked like they might make it a hat-trick of victories in only their third visit to …