A big win for Blackheath and a crushing defeat for Esher who continue to struggle on their return to National League One after a season in the lower division. The Surrey side arrived at The Utilita having won just one of their opening six matches, conceding more points than any other team, and left with another half-century added to that …
Possibly the toughest stronghold in domestic rugby’s National League One to breach, and Blackheath will know they came very close to doing so. In a game where the points margin only stretched beyond a converted try for a total of eight minutes, the Club went into the final quarter with a six-point lead, and seemingly with the impetus turning in …
A thoroughly convincing win in the end for Blackheath, though not always as lop-sided as the final scoreline might suggest. Darlington Mowden Park arrived at the Utilita Well Hall, just one place from the foot of National League One, without a win, and having conceded no fewer than 40-points in each of their preceding games. Nevertheless, in an evenly contested …
A National League One match, the outcome of which would likely be determined by the prevalence of the Moseley forwards or the Blackheath backs, and it was the former who triumphed. Despite the dry, windless overhead conditions, and a good surface given the deluge of rain in the preceding days, the Club could not impose the pace and width required …
Photos: Debbie Lloyd An excellent game between two of National League One’s fiercest rivals, fast, furious, and physical, and all played out under glorious warm autumnal sunshine at The Utilita Well Hall. Throughout, Blackheath held the upper hand on the scoreboard, bar an eight-minute spell in the second period when Rosslyn Park looked to be gaining the ascendancy, but the …
Photos: Deborah Lloyd A much-improved performance saw Blackheath claim maximum points from this, their first away outing of the 2024/25 National League One campaign. On a fine and sunny early autumnal afternoon at Silver Leys, the Club scored six tries, five of them prior to the interval, to effectively have the game wrapped up by the half-way mark. That said, …
Photos: Helen Watson/Andy Wansbury A controlled and clinical performance from Richmond who, despite a couple of moments of excellence from Blackheath midway through each half, were able to stretch to a relatively comfortable victory in this opening match of the National League One season, and the latest instalment of the oldest fixture in club rugby. ‘It was a really tough …
The Bandits got their season underway with a resounding win at home against Gravesend 3s in front of a fair sized crowd of the Club faithful who’d come down to support Blackheath’s social players. Perhaps reflecting the broad church that is social rugby, it was literally a game of two halves. Club started the game with what they thought their …
Photos courtesy of Deborah Lloyd Seven tries for Blackheath as they complete their pre-season programme and, perhaps equally significant given 15 leaked in the three previous warm-ups, just two conceded, albeit against a Canterbury side shorn of a few of their first-choice backs. In front of a decent-sized crowd on a pleasant but cool August evening at The Marine Travel …
Photos courtesy of Claire Jones Little surprise, perhaps, that the step up in quality of opposition produced easily the best Blackheath performance of the pre-season programme to date, and if the Club couldn’t quite match the electric pace of the Championship side, they fronted up admirably in just about every other department. Bedford’s off-loading game was exceptional, frequently catching Blackheath …
