We may have had the World Cup to keep us entertained over the last couple of weekends, but who’s missing the real rugby? After a couple of rest weekends, rugby’s back! On Saturday 4 November, in Round 8 of National One, the 1st XV take to the road to play Plymouth Albion at Brickfields Recreation Ground, kicking off at 15:00 …
The Big Match – 11 Nov 23
Get your diaries out for ‘The Big Match’ against Richmond on 11 November Blackheath and Richmond have a long and rich history, and both were founding members of the Rugby Football Union. On 4 December 1870, Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a letter in The Times suggesting that “those who play the rugby-type game should …
U15s v Gillingham Anchorians
The U15s ran out worthy winners against a spirited Gillingham Anchorians side 31-17. After a pedestrian start, club scored a length of the field try through Michael Bridge which really woke them up. Further tries from Joseph Oshilaja and another “team” try finished off in the backs saw Club in control. Gills came into the game a little more and …
Blackheath U12s vs. Beckenham Wolf Cubs
Blackheath U12s vs. Beckenham Wolf Cubs (Kent Cup / Waterfall – Round 2), Beckenham RFC Sunday 15 October – KO 11:00 In a weekend of immense international rugby across the channel, a bright but chilly SE London morning saw our own Blackheath U12s travel to Beckenham for Round 2 of the Kent Waterfall Tournament. Following an excellent first-round performance at …
Away to Chinnor – 14 Oct 23
Blackheath Rugby takes to the road tomorrow with a double header at Chinnor. Details of the ground can be found further down the page. Here are your squads: 1st XV 15 DALRYMPLE, Matt 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 HENNESSEY, Jake 12 HILL, Sam (VC) 11 ARMSTRONG, Matt 10 FFITCH, Tom 9 DALY, Jack 1 DAVIS, Will 2 WALLIKER, Ollie 3 OWLETT, …
Away to Chinnor – 14 Oct 23
Round seven of National One, and we’re away to Chinnor. We hope to see a lot of you making the journey to Oxfordshire to watch the match, which kicks off at 15:00, but if you aren’t going to Rectory Pavilion we can highly recommend our Twitter/X feed @blackheath_1858, as our Tweeter Extraordinaire will be giving you updates as they happen. …
The Women are back!
Blackheath Women had their first game of the 23/24 season on Sunday 8 October against Medway, at Rectory Field. It was a hotly contested battle between the two teams on a very warm autumnal afternoon. Medway were first to score, but did not make the conversion. Blackheath Women were still in the game, however Medway ran in their second try …
Double header – 07 Oct 23
We have a double header at The Utilita tomorrow with the 1st XV playing Cinderford and the Club XV up against Barnes 2s. Tickets are £15, and can be bought on the gate or in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Thank you to our match day sponsors, Kicking Goat. Both the 1st XV and Club XV are kicking off at 14:30 and …
Double header – 07 Oct 2023
On to round six of National One, and we’re welcoming Cinderford through the gates on Saturday, with the 1st XV kicking off at 14:30. The Club XV will also be playing at home, with a 14:30 KO against Barnes 2s. Tickets can be bought on the gate, or online in advance from https://blackheathrugby.ticketco.events. Don’t forget that we will have have …
Away game – 30 Sep 23
Round Five of National One, and we’re off to Haywood Road to play the Sale FC tomorrow. For those of you not travelling, don’t forget to follow our Twitter feed to keep you updated with everything that’s going on and, of course, if you are intending to travel, don’t forget the train strikes. KO 15:00. Note that the Club XV …