Burcham’s Top XV

Markus Burcham features in this week’s The Rugby Paper, choosing the best XV players he’s played with or against. 1. Lewis Brown 2. Harry Fry 3. Desmond Brett 4. Matt Garvey 5. Tom Baldwin 6. Dave Essien 7. Dave Allen 8. Jake Polledri 9. Jack Walsh 10. Ben Ward 11. Phil Chesters 12. Ronnie McLean 13. Leo Fielding 14. Jake …

Sponsorship opportunities

As we look ahead to next season, it is the time of year when we seek to attract sponsors for our players and our First team positions. This is an important source of income for Blackheath Rugby and helps towards the costs of operating our First team and Club XV squad. For our players, the objective is to achieve sponsorship …

New kit partner

Looking forward to the new season? So are we! And we’re very happy that, in partnership with adidas and Tacklebag, we have worked to bring our members and supporters new kit and sportswear for 2025-26. We hope that the first few items available on the website will give you a few ideas of what’s to come (https://www.tacklebag.co.uk/blackheath-rugby) — more products and …

Billy Harding – Club Captain

Blackheath Rugby is delighted to announce that Billy Harding has been named the new Club Captain, following Tom Baldwin’s departure at the end of the 2024/25 season.  Billy has played 43 games in Club colours, with 25 tries to his name, 19 of which were scored last season, including six braces.   Before joining Blackheath in 2023, Billy was at …

Phil Ubee

Rory O’Sullivan, President of Blackheath Football Club, is saddened to hear of the passing of Phil J Ubee, ​7th December 1952 – 5th July 2025. Having played for St Dunstan’s College, he went on to play for England U19s at fly half and Loughborough Colleges. Phil made his debut pulling on the famous red and black for the first 1st …

The new coaching team

With pre-season training starting last night, and as we look towards September, we’re excited to give you the coaching line up that will lead the squad in 2025-26. Familiar faces Vinnie Berrington, Henry Wheadon and Will Davis return, and Tom Stradwick, Head Coach, has added Jon West, David Marshall and Seb Sherwood to the lineup. “I am really excited about …

Welcome to Will and Terrel!

With pre-season just around the corner, we have some more new faces to introduce you to at Blackheath Rugby — Will Burns and Terrel Harry.  Previously playing down under for Southern Districts , Will is keen to get started and says “After being overseas for the past three years, joining a club with the history and ambition of Blackheath felt …

Welcome to William, Dylan and Teddy!

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome William Jameson, Dylan Coetzee, Teddy Gibbons.  Coming from Cardiff RFC and Pontypridd RFC, Will is keen to get started and says “I’m really excited to be joining Blackheath, not only because it’s a club with a rich and historic background, but also because, after speaking with Strads, it’s clear there’s a real drive within …

Pre-season 2025

Who’s ready for pre-season?! The matches begin on 15 Aug, with a Friday night game against Bedford Blues. Last season’s visit was fabulous, and we had a warm welcome from the Blues, so if you can make it to Goldington Road, please do! The scheduled games are below — watch out in newsletters and on social media for kick off …

Welcome to Archie, Darragh and Sam!

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Archie Bourne, Darragh Walsh, Sam Westmacott to the Club.  Archie, who’s previous club was Chinnor, says he can’t wait to join “I’m really looking forward to joining and getting stuck into a competitive, ambitious environment with a great group of lads”. Tom Stradwick, Head Coach, is equally enthusiastic “Archie is an extremely powerful ball …