Club XV title winners after 42-42 score-fest with Richmond Vikings Some exciting news to share with you all! The Blackheath Club XV has triumphed in their league, securing the two points needed on Saturday with an exciting 42-42 draw against Richmond Vikings. They are the winners of The Shield championship title for the season 2024/5 with a playing record of: …
Bandits 35-51 England Deaf While much of the Club’s attention was on the games in Richmond on Saturday, England men’s and women’s Deaf teams visited Well Hall, where they had been scheduled to play against Wales’s corresponding teams. With Wales unable to fulfil the fixtures, Blackheath were invited to step in. A ‘Barbarians’ Women’s team built around the Club Women, …
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 — …
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 …
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 …
Kent Vets Spitfire Shield Final, 13 April 2025 The Buccs claimed a rare piece of silverware on Sunday, winning 38-12 against a combative Vigo side at Maidstone. It was a shaky start, with notional skipper Andy Lock arriving late for kick-off having flown from Budapest that morning, and replacement captain James Pierson dislocating his finger in the first three minutes …
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 …
It’s official! It has been confirmed that, after two years of rebuilding and coming together as a squad, the Blackheath Bandits will be playing in Kent Counties 5 next season. A huge thank you to everyone who’s pulled on a Club shirt these past two years to get us to this point, to all our friends and families who’ve put …
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, …
We’re delighted to have three players celebrating milestones today! JORDAN BURNS – 25 CAPS Congratulations to Jordan Burns, who celebrates his 25th game against Rotherham. Jordan first ran out in Club colours on 18 November 2023, against Birmingham Moseley, and this season alone has scored 10 tries (and been instrumental in many others). ALEX WITCHELL – 50 CAPS Alex …
