Club fell to a 24-19 defeat at Bishop’s Stortford last week, but only seven days earlier, they produced one of their best displays of the season to deservedly beat Rosslyn Park 31-24 in their London derby, a stunning first-half display giving them a 24-5 advantage at the break.

A 43-28 reverse at Taunton Titans was preceded by narrow losses to Leeds Tykes (22-21), Plymouth Albions (24-22) and Tonbridge Juddians (16-12), along with a heavier reverse to Cambridge (34-7).

Club had lost 19-14 at Darlington Mowden Park after beating Chinnor 25-15 on the back of losses to Caldy (26-10) and Birmingham Moseley (22-17) at the start of the year.

There last game of 2021 was a 34-28 home loss to title contenders Sale, coming off the back of a fine 17-13 victory against Rams at Old Bath Road.

That win was a third in four games when it appeared the Well Hall men were turning their season round, having overcome Stortford (16-6) and Taunton (42-19), a heavy defeat at Rosslyn Park (55-14) under the Friday Night lights the only blip during the run.

Near misses had generally been the order of the day before that, a loss at Leeds (27-25) and a home defeat to Plymouth (36-30) coming after a 23-21 triumph at TJs and reverses against Cambridge (15-9), Chinnor (34-28) and Caldy (18-16).

Club had previously picked up their first win of the campaign in week three against DMP (23-14), again on the back of close contests they fell on the wrong side of against Moseley (22-20) and Cinderford (18-15).

While the sit 13th in the table, if they had converted all of their losing bonus-points into victories (14 so far), they would sit in the top three with 90 points to their name.
Such is the extraordinary competition in National One.

Players to Watch:

Tom Williams – Loose-head prop joined Blackheath at the start of the 2018/19 campaign, having previously gained Championship experience with Rotherham Titans.
Has made 76 appearances in his three seasons with Club.

Jake Hennessey – Former Harlequins Under 18s title-winning captain and Cambridge University Blue, the versatile back impressed against the Titans on his return from injury back in November.

Equally adept at playing fly-half, inside centre or full back, he has 57 points to his name for Club so far this season, including three tries.

Nick Foster – Blackheath’s second-top try-scorer behind the prolific Jake Lloyd (12), is equally dangerous at full-back or on the wing and has played for Wasps.

Has eight tries in 20 appearances this season, and has consistently been in the starting line-up since missing October.