Promotion to the Champ means a new set of places to travel to, and we can’t wait! Some clubs will be familiar, having visited on them in recent seasons, others less so, but we are looking forward to all our away trips. Gary’s Guides will be updated over the summer to give you the normal helpful information around match day …
Kent County Awards Evening
On Thursday 21 May, representatives from Blackheath Rugby joined friends from other clubs across the county of Kent to celebrate the 2025-26 season. Rory O’Sullivan, Club President, writes about the evening, below. “I was delighted to attend the Kent Rugby Awards dinner, where there were over 200 attendees from rugby clubs from all over the county. The awards were presented …
An unexpected season
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 …
THANK YOU, SUPPORTERS!
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 …
Celebrating Brett’s bicentenary
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 …
London Scottish 7 Blackheath 27
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 …
Bourne hits 25
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 …
Squad news – 23 May
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 …
Fin’s player pathway
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 …
50 for HIRSKYJ-DOUGLAS
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 …









