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Sloot rescues the Club from Lions

15 December 2024 0 comments

■ By GRAHAM COX Blackheath………….22 Leicester Lions….. 19 NOAH Sloot’s try with just two minutes remaining rescued Blackheath from a calamitous spell post-interval when Leicester […]

What we need is good leadership from the RFU

8 December 2024 0 comments

WE represent 50 former Blackheath Rugby Club players – the world’s oldest open club – including Doug Hursey, President of Kent. We write in response […]

Ollivent seals win with very last kick

8 December 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Rotherham T………. 15 Blackheath…………. 12 A CORBAN OLLIVENT drop goal snatched victory for Rotherham with the last kick of the game. With […]

Pope expecting to play a major role in a highly eventful month

8 December 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK AUSTIN Pope and his partner, Izzie, are expecting a baby any minute, but the inside centre has shown his commitment to Bishop’s […]

Burgess puts boot in to secure Heath success

24 November 2024 0 comments

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …… 16pts Try: Etete 55 Conversion: Burgess 56 Penalties: Burgess 17, 22, 40 Dings ……………….. 7pts Try: Williams 72 Conversion: Boulton […]

Rampant Rams are ten out of ten

17 November 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD ASHTON Rams…………………….33 Blackheath…………. 14 RAMS made it a perfect ten league wins to start the campaign as they won an epic war with […]

Dream Team – Donovan O’Grady

10 November 2024 0 comments

DONOVAN O’GRADY, THE SWITZERLAND AND BLACKHEATH SCRUM-HALF WHO WORKS FOR THE RPA, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… Forwards 1. Simon […]

Club hammer down Sale door to climb to fourth

10 November 2024 0 comments

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …… 31pts Tries: Harding 9, 23, Hennessey 13, Burns 31, Fielding 56 Conversions: Ffitch 13, 23, 56 Sale FC……………27pts Tries: Walsh […]

Blackheath have promotion in sight

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By DAN ROBERTSHAW BLACKHEATH prop Will Davis says his side are aiming to secure one of the two promotion places available in National One […]

Davies keen to bring new direction to Barnes

3 November 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK RECENT retiree Josh Davies has moved into the world of coaching at the age of 31 and offers a fresh perspective […]

Henderson treble in vain for Tigers

27 October 2024 0 comments

By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ……..24 Blackheath …………36 BLACKHEATH flexed their muscles as they barged past Sedgley Park with a resounding win yesterday. Sedgley Park […]

Tom’s a jack of all trades with Goode role model

27 October 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PLYMOUTH Albion playmaker Tom Putt is a victim of his own versatility but through the guidance of director of rugby Ryan Lamb, […]

Thanks, Jeff, your piece was spot on

20 October 2024 0 comments

THE main purpose of this letter is to thank you for your existence and quality. I used to play from 11 to 21 (when six […]

Matt puts gloss on Heath victory

20 October 2024 0 comments

Blackheath …………50 Esher ……………………27 By GRAHAM COX BLACKHEATH produced some superb handling and great offloading, particularly in a second half, which resembled Sevens rugby at […]

Hosts continue their winning ways

13 October 2024 0 comments

■ By PADDY MARSH Plymouth A………….29 Blackheath………….23 PLYMOUTH took their winning run to four matches with a narrow victory over Blackheath who returned to London […]

Sorry to say, but it’s their own fault

13 October 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE is something I always admired about the RFU, it has always attempted to be fair […]

Blackheath pile on misery for DMP

6 October 2024 0 comments

■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …………40 Darlington MP ……… 5 BLACKHEATH earned a convincing win, but it was not always looking that way, with an opening […]

Priest answers all Moseley prayers

29 September 2024 0 comments

■By JON MEADOWS B Moseley …………..35 Blackheath ………… 13 MOSELEY proved too good for Blackheath, with star man Ethan Priest leading the way. The visitors […]

Blackheath’s strong finish is too much for Park

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Graham Cox Blackheath …………32 Rosslyn Park ………24 An excellent game, fast, furious and physical saw Blackheath leading for all bar an eight-minute spell in […]

First-half blitz sets tone for Club joy

15 September 2024 0 comments

■By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S…………… 10 Blackheath …………39 STORTFORD were brought down to earth with a thud by a strong, Blackheath side who, after going […]

Rob Powell hoping Richmond can be on right end of fine margins

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Saope Soko Richmond head coach Rob Powell hopes his side can mount a title challenge this season if they turn the narrow defeats from […]

Richmond’s defensive efforts deny Club joy

8 September 2024 0 comments

■ By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …… 20pts Tries: Ffitch 17, Hennessey 62 Conversions: Ffitch 17, 62 Penalties: Ffitch 15, 55 Richmond ……… 31pts Tries: Grieve […]

Law is happy to step in and help DMP’s crop of young talent

8 September 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK GARRY Law is approaching 40, but that will not stop his duties as player-coach continuing at Darlington Mowden Park. Under Law’s […]

Students too good for Esher

1 September 2024 0 comments

■ By BEN JAYCOCK THIS weekend’s preseason encounters presented National League coaches with a final opportunity to test their squads ahead of their season openers […]

Heald predicts a four-way battle

1 September 2024 0 comments

National 2 East BY BEN JAYCOCK THIS season is a golden opportunity for one of last season’s title contenders to take advantage and win promotion […]

Logan double puts Blues on the right track

25 August 2024 0 comments

REUBEN Logan’s double ensured Bedford Blues made a victorious start to their pre-season schedule in a battling contest against Blackheath.

FRANCE’S LAST STAND

25 August 2024 0 comments

Les Blues played their last Championship game for 16 years on April 6 1931 – Easter Monday – although at the time they thought they […]

National League One sides show superiority in pre-season games

18 August 2024 0 comments

Newly promoted Rotherham Titans proved they are a force to be reckoned with this season with a dominant win over Leeds Tykes.

Skinner hits a hat-trick for Newport

11 August 2024 0 comments

Pre-season action By MO SHER AFTER what seems a shorter summer break than ever before, the community game resumed with a myriad of friendlies played […]

NATIONAL 1

28 July 2024 0 comments

Having come up short in the title race last season, Rams will be desperate to go one better this time around and will be targeting […]

Unwise to invest in the hope of reaching the top

21 July 2024 0 comments

JON Newcombe writes about how Blackheath in Kent have agreed a £1.5m deal to buy their ground in south-east London. He also describes how they […]

No stopping the American battlers

21 July 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S exactly 100 years ago since France and the USA met in […]

You are only ever as good as your players

21 July 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to David Marshall, below, head coach of Westcombe Park in National Two East and backs coach of Kent’s County Championship […]

Blackheath agree £1.5m deal to buy ground

14 July 2024 0 comments

By Jon Newcombe Blackheath managing director Russell Ticehurst has hailed the purchase of Well Hall as “a momentous day” in the club’s 166-year history. Never […]

Golden oldies who had speed to burn

30 June 2024 0 comments

Rob Cole looks back at rugby players like Ken Jones and Jack Gregory who enjoyed success at the Olympic Games… It’s a question that is […]

Being in final is the pinnacle of community game – coach

9 June 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Division 1 Final Yorkshire v Kent Saturday, June 15. 3pm Touchdown: Garry Jones scores a try for Kent against Hampshire PICTURE: […]

Too many law changes-just let players play

26 May 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to James Shanahan, the head coach of Blackheath RFC and Cambridge University Why did you get into coaching rugby and […]

With selection, you can’t keep every player happy

5 May 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Wilkins, below, the head coach at Esher, champions of National Two East Why did you get into coaching […]

Delighted to see Titans stand tall

5 May 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There are some teams you grow particularly attached to over the decades […]

Chinnor and Rams dominate in toughest league in the country

5 May 2024 0 comments

The best XV from 2023/24 as voted for by our correspondents Following Chinnor’s run to secure the National One title, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views […]

Sinclair stands tall for Titans in classic

28 April 2024 0 comments

By GRAHAM COX Blackheath …………32 Taunton Titans ….47 THE immaculate goal-kicking of Louie Sinclair paved the way for this deserved victory for Taunton, despite being […]

Dream Team with Billy Harding

14 April 2024 0 comments

The Blackheath, England Counties and former Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with or […]

Last-gasp Denham try makes it even in London

14 April 2024 0 comments

By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park………29 Blackheath …………29 A TRY at the death rescued a draw for Blackheath at Rosslyn Park to spoil their London rivals’ […]

Holland makes it a very special occasion

7 April 2024 0 comments

Blackheath …..25 Sedgley P ……..15 By GRAHAM COX THIS was a contest dominated by a strong gusty crossfield wind and littered with penalties, a majority […]

Easter backing Friday games

7 April 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Chinnor director of rugby Nick Easter has called for more Friday night matches to be played in National One after overseeing a […]

Rams roar back to beat Blackheath

24 March 2024 0 comments

Rams ……………………33 Blackheath …………25 By RICHARD ASHTON A FABULOUS second-half fightback helped Rams keep their title hopes alive. The visitors were 10-0 up inside six […]

Warren seals Tigers’ league status in thriller

24 March 2024 0 comments

By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley Park ..30pts Tries: Ailes 18, Bradley 39, Seals 66 Conversions: Seals 18, 39, 66 Penalties: Seals 5, 45, 54 Cinderford……..25pts Tries: […]