Billy Harding interview

Club Captain, Billy Harding, was interviewed by National League Rugby this week: he talks about the upcoming Rotherham game, 2025-26 so far, and his extraordinary ability to score tries this season! The article starts “According to England Rugby’s stats, Blackheath hooker Billy Harding is the top try-scorer across the 12 levels of English club rugby this season…”. Yes, you read …

Noah Sloot – The Rugby Paper interview

By Ben Jaycock, The Rugby Paper   BLACKHEATH flanker Noah Sloot believes the Club’s new recruits have injected the hunger required to sustain a National One promotion charge. Sloot, now in his second campaign after joining from Cambridge, has been an ever-present in a side that came into this weekend in third: nine points off top and eight points off second – the final promotion …

Community Sport magazine

A couple of weeks ago, James Fleming, Blackheath Rugby’s Chairman, was interviewed by the Community Sport magazine.  James talked to Will Pownall about why it’s so important to build a sustainable future for rugby at Blackheath, both on and off the pitch, and how that strengthens the bonds of players and supporters, reinforcing the sense that Blackheath is not just …

A cornerstone of the community

Read an interview with James Fleming, Chairman, and Russell Ticehurst, Managing Director, in the latest edition of The Masthead, the official magazine for South East London Chamber of Commerce. They talk about the Club and the importance of connecting with the community. “Sport serves as the beating heart of a thriving community, offering far more than mere competition or entertainment… …

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 …

National League Rugby

Natuonal League Rugby featured Blackheath this week, and interviewed James Shanahan and Russell Ticehurst. To watch the show, click on this link https://youtu.be/ILFlc5duLzE, and details from their social media page can be seen below. _______________________   🎦 National League Rugby Preview Show | Round 16 After the big freeze impacted our full return, we are back in business this week …

Ffitch itching to take on rivals

National League One, domestic rugby’s third tier, gets under way this Saturday, and Blackheath start with one of the biggest matches of the new campaign as they welcome Richmond to The Utilita, the ground the Club acquired full ownership of over the summer. The history of this fixture is well-documented, regular meetings having recently surpassed 160 years, making it the …

It means everything

Last weekend, the RFU cameras were at The Utilita, as part of their ‘It means everything’ series – looking at the grassroots clubs of the current International players. Theo Dan, England hooker, went through Minis and Juniors at Blackheath Rugby (read more here) and so we were delighted to share the story, and also to showcase the Club as it …

Programme: 17 Feb 24 – Club v Chinnor

Here’s the programme for this Saturday’s match against Chinnor. Along with the welcome from our President and Chairman, and standard match details, we are ‘In Conversation With…’ James Shanahan, there is the regular ‘Coxy’s Corner’ podcast, and an article about Chinnor from long term member and Times journalist, Patrick Kidd.  https://www.zeeon.co.uk/gamehubplus/blackheath-rugby-v-chinnor Please do take the time to read it, there’s …

Blackheath Girls, a 2021 overview.

2021 has been another difficult year that I am sure most would want to forget. The disruption has has a huge impact on everyone of us in varying degrees and yet through it all there has been opportunity. Rugby has suffered like everything else but rugby has survived in short because of what keeps it alive. Community. Rugby family. Our …