Bandits vs Old Elthamians 2nd XV, 1 February 2025 The two undefeated leading sides in the Kent Metropolitan league met on Saturday at the Utilita, in what has the potential to be the league-deciding fixture. The day was immensely significant for Blackheath’s social section for two reasons: Bandits and OEs 2nd team have both been scoring heavily in the league …
Going into this game with Blackheath a point ahead of Barnes at the top of the table a win would maintain the status quo for both sides. On a sunny and still afternoon in southwest London, Blackheath were out of the blocks quickly and from broken play opened the scoring with an excellent try from number 8 McLaren Crawford whose …
A tight first period between the fifth- and seventh-placed teams in National League One, but a devastating second from Blackheath, the Club demonstrating huge intensity after the break and scoring four tries in a 20-minute spell to leave the visitors in tatters. Jake Hennessey went across after collecting Tom Ffitch’s long pass out wide, before the same pair got involved …
The A4G pitch at The Rock in Priory Lane ensured this game was never in doubt despite the freeze, and the good-sized crowd who braved the bitter cold were rewarded with a terrific contest between the sides sitting fourth and fifth in National League One. The match would be as tight as the final tally would suggest, with Blackheath holding …
As ever, the annual Anthony Fitzgerald Cup was a huge success. For a change, the Weather Gods were on our side and all that the players and officials had to deal with was a bit of fog, rather than the usual sub zero temperatures and/or horizontal rain. The game itself was a huge tribute to both teams who, despite not …
A fine second half performance from Blackheath giving them to back-to-back home wins to maintain fifth place in National League One prior to the Christmas break, but kept honest by a Stortford side who never gave up and pushed hard to the end. On a damp, blustery December afternoon, Tom Ffitch gave Blackheath a three-point start for not rolling, but …
Noah Sloot’s try, with just two minutes remaining on the clock, rescued Blackheath from a calamitous spell post-interval, and in so doing maintained their fifth position in National League One at the halfway stage of the campaign. The Club looked comfortable at the break, although only leading 5-0, but Leicester Lions emerged from the changing-room to launch a devastating blitz, …
Blackheath Women vs Hove — 08 Dec 2024 Blackheath Women deliver a good performance at home, notwithstanding the unforgiving weather delivered by storm Darragh. The game started with a bang as Clemence Labat (13) demonstrated her sharp instincts just three minutes in, intercepting a pass and sprinting over the try line to put Blackheath on the scoreboard. 5-0. At the …
A drop-goal from Corben Ollivent, as the clock ticked past the 80-minute mark, denied Blackheath what would have been a hard-fought draw, and kept Rotherham pressing in third position in National League One. With Storm Darragh producing a swirling wind, a greasy ball, and an increasingly cut-up playing surface, the Yorkshiremen worked a position in front of the uprights for …
On Saturday the Bandits were on the road again, this time to play Bromley 3s who sat second in the league at the time. In a testament to both teams bucking the trend of declining numbers across grassroots rugby, they both agreed to have a seven man bench, as opposed to the league standard of three. Given the strong winds, …
