A tight finish with Blackheath coming close to snatching a win that seemed highly unlikely after 45 minutes. To that point Chinnor had been dominant, and had they kicked some of the numerous first half penalties the hosts conceded, would doubtless been further advanced than the 19-0 lead they held. As it was, Max Clementson crashed over on 24 minutes …
Picture Claire Jeffrey Esher 14 Blackheath 38 Errors aplenty, you’d expect that under the circumstances. The layoff apart, the ball, greasy from the light rain before and during the contest, slipped from both team’s grasp in the early stages, frequently turning possession. Blackheath too, were guilty of a raft of early penalties, setting them on the back foot and leading …
Rosslyn Park 31 Blackheath 19 The result may not have been what Blackheath wanted, but the sun shone, and both clubs were playing a full 15 a-side game for the first time in seventeen months. For the record, Rosslyn Park outscored the visitors five tries to three, their greater speed and fluidity at the breakdown creating the space and numbers …
London Floodlit 7s Almost normality! The outside bar had run out of beer by 7 pm and the queue for inside stretched out of the door and mingled with those trying to get to the burger bar. Nevertheless, the weather kept fine, there was a decent-sized crowd, and all at Rosslyn Park deserve credit for gathering together twelve sides and …
2020 – What a year… The bandits won their second league title in 2 years at the end of a slightly shortened year – cheers COVID! Back to training a few weeks later than normal for preseason, for the season that looked like it would never come around. The link between bandits and the junior section of the club is …
A match, the pattern of which, very much dictated by the filthy conditions that swept across south-east England on this miserable afternoon. For much of the contest Bishop’s Stortford held sway, while Blackheath’s discipline crumbled and, easing their way back from an early deficit, looked like they might make it a hat-trick of victories in only their third visit to …
As one-sided a contest as you’ll get. Blackheath scored ten tries, five in each half, in this demolition of struggling Ionians who are now mathematically relegated. Dan Hiscocks crossed first, after the Club had won a penalty from their first put-in and kicked to touch, and when Harry Fry had once again hit Freddie Owen with lineout ball, and the …
A penalty try in the final minute of this tightly-fought contest secured victory for Cinderford and a season-double for the Gloucestershire side over the Club. Leading by two points, courtesy of Mark Cooke’s conversion of Jake Lloyd’s 68th minute try, Blackheath, not for the first time, poured pressure on themselves with indiscipline and poor decision-making. As Cinderford spread play across …
The conditions ranged from difficult to almost impossible in this contest. At least that’s a sentiment Joe Tarrant might agree with. Early in the second period, and with a ferocious hail storm in his face, the unfortunate Cambridge, and former Blackheath, full-back lost his footing coming to meet Leo Fielding’s punt forward, and as the ball bounced kindly for the …
It rained and the wind blew. You may have noticed. If you made the journey to Hertfordshire and braved the elements, you were rewarded with a game that proved a huge slog, and one where both sides will feel unsatisfied with the end result. Bishop’s Stortford’s overall game management probably had the edge, and when their chances came, they executed …
