A reminder that the weekend of The Big Match is coming up. First played in 1863/64, this is the longest continuing rugby fixture in the world! In fact, there are three matches to keep you entertained on Saturday: Blackheath Rugby v Richmond Rugby KO 15:00 Club XV v Richmond Saxons KO 14:00 Blackheath U12s v Richmond U12s KO 13:30 The …
The Blackheath Rugby 1st XV travels to Devon tomorrow to play Plymouth Albion KO 15:00, and the Club XV are at home against Ampthill 1881 XV, KO 14:00. Here are your squads. FIRST XV 15 HENNESSEY, Jake 14 LLOYD, Jake 13 TUCKER, Shae 12 BURCHAM, Markus (VC) 11 FIELDING, Leo 10 DALRYMPLE, Matt 9 DALY, Jack 1 HOLLAND, Archie 2 …
Blackheath Bandits vs Shooters Hill 28 October 2023 The Bandits went to the top of Kent Met B on Saturday with a satisfying 31-12 victory against a Shooters Hill side which was considerably reinforced by Charlton Park Rugby Club. Though the second half was fairly even and scrappy, another strong first half display from Blackheath had already taken the …
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 …
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 …
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 (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 …
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, …
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. …
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 …
