Welcome to Alex, Charlie and Joji

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Alex Wainwright, Charlie Briers and Joji Logavatu to the Club.  Coming from Loughborough University, Alex is keen to get started and says “I’m excited to be part of a new team, and play for a club with so much history”. Tom Stradwick, Head Coach at Blackheath Rugby, thinks Alex will be a great addition …

Welcome to Archie, Ed and Luke!

Blackheath Rugby would like to welcome Archie Smeaton, Ed Scragg, Luke Pollock to the Club.  Archie, who’s previous club was Doncaster Knights, says he can’t wait to start “I’m excited to be joining Blackheath, it’s a successful club with an amazing history. I can’t wait to get started and see what we can achieve next season.”. Tom Stradwick is equally …

Welcome to Alex, Ed and Sam!

With pre-season training just around the corner, we are delighted to start introducing some new faces at Blackheath Rugby, starting with Alex Earnshaw, Ed Dunford and Sam Morely, who are all are looking forward to joining the Club.  Telling us about Alex, who joins us from Bury St Edmunds, Blackheath Rugby’s Head Coach Tom Stradwick says “We are very excited …

JBK Williams

Blackheath rugby offers its sympathies to the family, in particular his daughter Jessica, and friends of John (JBK) Williams,  who died on 10 May 2025. Born on 4 June 1943, John was educated at Milton Abbey school in Dorset from 1957-1962. He was an excellent all round sportsman, but excelling at both cricket and hockey (where he represented the school) …

Thank you, and goodbye!

We’re all looking forward to the new season, but before we completely say goodbye to the old one, we’d like to thank those players that have been such an important part of the Club in 2024-25.  Tom Baldwin, Markus Burcham, Oli Burgess, George Daly, Jack Daly, Mike Etete, Tom Everard, Leo Fielding, Paul Schroter, Auguy Slowik and Ollie Walliker — …

To Ibiza! And beyond…

The Women headed out to Ibiza Beach Rugby tournament for this year’s tour, named “Tour Story”. Slowly people arrived throughout the course of Friday for a day to chill by the pool before the opening party. Saturday was tournament day, and with some sore heads, the women headed for the beach.  Our first game vs Saint Josep. The Club came …

Balders and Stradwick picked for the Barbarians

As a reminder, Tom Stradwick and Tom Baldwin have been picked to be in the Barbarian FC squad for the game tomorrow, Saturday 10 May, kicking off at 14:00 – we’re incredibly proud of them both and wish them the best of luck. The historic touring club will take to the field against Glasgow Academicals RFC to entertain supporters and …

TRP Nat One Dream Team

Congratulations to Jordan Burns who was named Scrum Half of the season in The Rugby Paper’s National One Dream Team 2024-25, and to Billy Harding for being mentioned in the same team at Hooker. “Burns was an ever-present this season, playing in all 26 matches and scoring an impressive 11 tries – including the memorable brace of tries in the …

Isabella’s graduation!

The Blackheath Women’s fixture on Sunday 20 April was a memorable one for many reasons, but it will go down in Club history as the day that Isabella Ballantyne become the first female player to play through the age grades and then run on to the pitch with the senior Women. The game against Hackney saw Isabella surrounded by the …

Club XV – Title Winners

Club XV title winners after 42-42 score-fest with Richmond Vikings Some exciting news to share with you all!  The Blackheath Club XV has triumphed in their league, securing the two points needed on Saturday with an exciting 42-42 draw against Richmond Vikings. They are the winners of The Shield championship title for the season 2024/5 with a playing record of: …