A one-sided contest, with Blackheath at times showing real class, and scoring six excellent tries. On the downside it was also a game that lapsed into periods of poor control and with plenty of errors, from both sides. However, the Club started the game at pace and their overall dominance was never in question once Freddie Owen took lineout ball …
Rosslyn Park 14 Blackheath 29
A fine match and a fine victory for Blackheath who found easily their best performance of the season so far to defeat their old rivals who were hitherto unbeaten and had started the day as league leaders. True, in the end this win may have owed something to Park second half errors, but those mistakes were forced by the Club’s …
Blackheath 25 Richmond 15
On a night more reminiscent of late autumn as opposed to high summer, Blackheath came from behind to emerge victors in this, the latest meeting between these two old clubs. Richmond’s strong scrum put them firmly on top initially, and by the 13th minute the visitors had created a ten point lead as first, wing Toby Eaton slid over in …
Blackheath 23 Coventry 36
A tight match for the most part, but Coventry held the edge on the scoreboard for most of the game, and in the end the greater power of the Championship side’s pack steered them to victory. A Mark Cooke penalty on 16 minutes opened the scoring, putting Blackheath ahead, but soon after wing Junior Bulumakau and scrum-half Tom Kessell combined …
Blackheath 15 Chinnor 17
How Blackheath will lament the start of the second half of this contest which saw their indiscipline and errors concede two tries and surrender a four-point lead to be left ten-points adrift. From a useful attacking position, the concession of three penalties gave Chinnor the length of the field for loose-head Tom Fidler to drive across. Then, on 52 minutes …
Worthing Raiders 22 Blackheath 66
Ten tries, five in each half, saw Blackheath cruise to victory along the south coast in their final dress-rehearsal prior to the start of the new National League One season. Leo Fielding crossed twice within the first quarter, sandwiching a further try from Rafael Dutta. Jake Lloyd added a fourth, and Freddie Owen the fifth, and with Freddie Gabbitass striking …
Richmond 21 Blackheath 14
The latest instalment of the oldest fixture in club rugby fell in favour of Richmond, as the Championship side, preparing for their third season at the domestic game’s second tier, outscored their old rivals by three tries to two. Blackheath, looking to build on their fifth position finish in National League One in April, started brightly enough, the backline, marshalled …
Blackheath 22 Chinnor 14
For the second week running Blackheath will be grateful to their two props, Tom Williams and Danny Herriot, backed up by the boot of Joe Tarrant, for giving them a deserved win, but one that was far tighter than the final scoreline suggests. The full-back kicked a total of five penalties (and one conversion), four of them created through the …
Bishop’s Stortford 15 Blackheath 16
A four point cushion now separates Blackheath and Old Elthamians from the chasing pack at the head of National League One, a gaping chasm by the standards of this season, but matches like this on a grey, dank afternoon at Silver Leys, against a side who now slip into relegation territory, serve to remind everyone just how well-matched all clubs …
Blackheath 39 Loughborough Students
Joe Tarrant collected 19 points on his return to action after a two month lay-off, as Blackheath held on to beat Loughborough Students in this closely-fought contest. The Club’s leading goal-kicker, playing at full-back, succeeded in six from seven attempts, and added what would turn out to be the deciding try, as both sides crossed the goal-line an equal number …