Congratulations to Jordan Burns who was named Scrum Half of the season in The Rugby Paper’s National One Dream Team 2024-25, and to Billy Harding for being mentioned in the same team at Hooker. “Burns was an ever-present this season, playing in all 26 matches and scoring an impressive 11 tries – including the memorable brace of tries in the …
Brothers in arms
Jack and George Daly played their last game for Blackheath Rugby yesterday – George captaining the Club XV and Jack running on for the 1st XV. Jack’s first game for the Club was in 2018, and he received his 113th first team cap on Saturday. George started with the Club in 2022, and has 10 caps to his name — …
Richmond 40 Blackheath 26
Photos: Pamela Kilmister A repeat of the oldest fixture in club rugby is always an event, especially when it’s played a short stroll away from Richmond Green, the venue of the very first meeting between these two clubs in 1864, but this occasion took on a little more significance. For Richmond it was a celebration of their National League One …
Squad details – 26 Apr 25
Blackheath Rugby travels to Richmond tomorrow in the final game of this National One season, kicking off at 15:00. It’s fitting that this historic fixture also allows us to say goodbye to some of our centurions and other players who have made a big impact this season. Saturday, the players will be running out for their last caps, making the …
Saturday 26 April
This weekend Blackheath Rugby is travelling to Richmond for the final National One game of the season, kicking off at 15:00, and the Club XV will be kicking off against Richmond Vikings at 13:00. If you’re going to Richmond, don’t forget that you can find handy information about the day on our website https://blackheathrugby.co.uk/garys-guides/. Of course, if you’d prefer to …
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Barbarians FC call up
Barbarian FC will help celebrate two historic moments in May with back-to-back fixtures against Durham University RFC and Glasgow Academicals RFC. The historic touring club will take to the field to entertain supporters in their opening games of 2025 to firstly celebrate DURFC 150th anniversary before heading further north a week later to mark the 100th anniversary of Scotland’s 1925 …
Leicester Lions 31 Blackheath 26
Photos courtesy of Debbie Lloyd A scrappy, error-strewn contest played on a bone-dry Westleigh Park surface, none of which will matter to Leicester Lions who pick up five valuable points to move out of the National League One relegation zone – for the time-being at least. In contrast, for Blackheath, an instantly forgettable afternoon, despite the late try for Jake …
Squad Details – Club v Lions
Blackheath Rugby travels to Leicester Lions tomorrow in their next National One game, kicking off at 14:00. Here’s your 1st XV squad for the match: 15 SLOWIK, Augustin 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 GILMOUR, Findlay 12 HIRSKYJ-DOUGLAS, Oskar 11 HENNESSEY, Jake 10 FFITCH, Tom 9 BURNS, Jordan 1 DAVIS, Will 2 HARDING, Billy 3 BOYE, Andrew 4 BALDWIN, Tom (C) 5 …
Blackheath 31 Rotherham 24
Photos courtesy of Debbie Lloyd A result which moves Blackheath up to fourth place in the National League One table, while at the same time extinguishing any faint hope Rotherham had of stealing the title from current leaders, and likely champions, Richmond. However, more than that for Blackheath, it was a fitting match, played under a bright sunny spring sky, …