We may have had the World Cup to keep us entertained over the last couple of weekends, but who’s missing the real rugby? After a couple of rest weekends, rugby’s back! On Saturday 4 November, in Round 8 of National One, the 1st XV take to the road to play Plymouth Albion at Brickfields Recreation Ground, kicking off at 15:00 …
Get your diaries out for ‘The Big Match’ against Richmond on 11 November Blackheath and Richmond have a long and rich history, and both were founding members of the Rugby Football Union. On 4 December 1870, Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times suggesting that “those who play the rugby-type game should …
Both sides entered this contest with four wins from six matches, and with just one point and one place separating them in the National League One table. However, there was nothing even about this contest, a match that saw Blackheath plunge from the high of putting 52 points on Cinderford, to the depths of conceding a half century a week …
Blackheath Rugby takes to the road tomorrow with a double header at Chinnor. Details of the ground can be found further down the page. Here are your squads: 1st XV 15 DALRYMPLE, Matt 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 HENNESSEY, Jake 12 HILL, Sam (VC) 11 ARMSTRONG, Matt 10 FFITCH, Tom 9 DALY, Jack 1 DAVIS, Will 2 WALLIKER, Ollie 3 OWLETT, …
Round seven of National One, and we’re away to Chinnor. We hope to see a lot of you making the journey to Oxfordshire to watch the match, which kicks off at 15:00, but if you aren’t going to Rectory Pavilion we can highly recommend our Twitter/X feed @blackheath_1858, as our Tweeter Extraordinaire will be giving you updates as they happen. …
Seven tries for Blackheath in a contest they dominated from start to finish, to complete a fourth victory in six starts at the outset of their National League One campaign. On a dry, and unseasonably warm, autumnal afternoon, and in a game played at a high tempo throughout, only a brief interval of Cinderford pressure intervened, as the hosts took …
We have a double header at The Utilita tomorrow with the 1st XV playing Cinderford and the Club XV up against Barnes 2s. Tickets are £15, and can be bought on the gate or in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Thank you to our match day sponsors, Kicking Goat. Both the 1st XV and Club XV are kicking off at 14:30 and …
On to round six of National One, and we’re welcoming Cinderford through the gates on Saturday, with the 1st XV kicking off at 14:30. The Club XV will also be playing at home, with a 14:30 KO against Barnes 2s. Tickets can be bought on the gate, or online in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Don’t forget that we will have have …
Disappointment and frustration for Blackheath as they suffered a second defeat in their National League One campaign, and their first away from home. Sale FC, on the other hand, were delighted as, after four straight defeats, they finally came out on the right side of a narrow scoreline, the Cheshire side, after a ragged first period, mastering the conditions better …
Round Five of National One, and we’re off to Haywood Road to play the Sale FC tomorrow. For those of you not travelling, don’t forget to follow our Twitter feed to keep you updated with everything that’s going on and, of course, if you are intending to travel, don’t forget the train strikes. KO 15:00. Note that the Club XV …
