Rugby

Player Profile: Courtney Lawes

Hackney born Courtney Lawes is a professional Rugby Union player who plays as a second or back row for Northampton Saints and captains the...

The Fight For Equality In Women’s Rugby

UK women’s rugby players and their clubs took part in a social media blackout over the early May Bank Holiday weekend to show solidarity...

Lewisham Rugby Star Tackling Racism

Lewisham-born Maggie Alphonsi MBE will be a part of the Sports Monitoring Advisory Panel - a panel established by Sporting Equals in an effort...

The Only Club On The Island

There was a positive step for recreational sport in the United Kingdom this week, as clubs were allowed to meet-up and train for the...

UEL Rugby In Safe Hands With Sid Young

Coming off the back of arguably their most successful season in University history, the UEL men’s rugby team were looking to defend their title...

2020: A Season Of What Could’ve Been For UEL Rugby

In a normal year the university rugby season would be in full flow by now, though the harsh reality is that, in the current...

Five Talking Points Ahead Of International Rugby’s Return

It almost feels cheap at this stage to bring up the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to how it may affect professional sport as nations...

Business As Usual For East London Rugby Club, Well Not Quite……

As the uncertainty of Covid-19 continues to leave sports around the world in a state of limbo, amateur rugby in the UK is no...

A Mixed Week For Transgender Sports

Today’s announcement by England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) that transgender women can play women’s rugby at all levels outside of the international game comes...

Premature Season End Leaves Shanahan Frustrated

After England Rugby's announcement last week that all league, cup and county rugby with the exception of the Gallagher Premiership, will be brought to...

East London On Edge Of Glory

This Wednesday East London will take on Goldsmiths with the hope of bringing back the league trophy. With promotion already wrapped up entering this week,...

‘Sport Sport Sport’ – Dagenham Rugby Club Scandal

Philip Bendon, Benjy Nurick and Brendan Pitcher hear from Brian Wren and discuss the ongoing accusations that his amateur side Dagenham Rugby Club have...

Rams Power Through Old Elthamians

Old Elthamians struggled to get a foothold in the game as they sank to a 31-15 loss to the Rams at College Meadow on...

East London Cruise To Comfortable Win

East London were at their brilliant best as despite injuries to Emmanuel Varlez and Vice-Captain Lewis Curtis, they produced a dominant performance to beat...

East London On The Up

With the cold winds and rain of January now in the past, East London Rugby Club are looking to leave behind a tough start...

‘The Club Feels Like Family’ – Deborah Bird

With East London Rugby Club’s season in full swing, it is not only on-field where the club has been making major strides. Treasurer Deborah Bird...

Late Resurgence Gives East London Win Over Rivals

In what was a back and forth battle between two sides who never looked like backing down it was East London who ran out...

Christmas Joy For East London Rugby

East London, led by a hat-trick from captain Harry Walker, dominate under the floodlights for an unlikely win as they beat University of Essex...

Gooby Confident On Top Four Finish

As the end of the 2019 is just around the corner, Rising East caught up with East London Rugby Head Coach, Eddie Gooby to...

East London Have Eyes on Top Spot

East London are looking to take the top position in the league for the first time this season as they welcome Essex for the...

East London Looking To Assert Themselves Against Queen Mary’s

After a successful break from the league that saw East London advance two stages in the South Eastern Plate, they return to league play...

Old Elthamians Show Resilience To Secure Hard Earned Draw

Old Elthamians showed real grit as they fought back on both sides of the half-time whistle to earn a 17-17 draw against Bishop’s Stortford. Tries...

Clinical Cinderford End Blackheath Hot Streak

A ruthless away performance from Cinderford saw them run out 27-13 winners against Blackheath at Well Hall on Saturday. The win sees Cinderford climb to...

East London ‘quietly confident’ Ahead of City Cup Clash

The second round of the South Eastern Conference Plate sees East London Rugby, fresh off a rest week, travel to North London to play against...

Blackheath Look To Keep Win Streak Alive

After a close fought 19-14 win over Bishops Stortford last weekend saw Blackheath win their third game in a row, they are back on...

Argentina Triumph In Inaugural RugbyX Competition

The O2 arena played host to Rugby’s first ever professional 5-a-side tournament on Tuesday as Argentina were crowned champions of Rugby X, beating Ireland...

East London Hold Firm In Dogged Display

On a wet and blustery Saturday afternoon in West Ham, East London Rugby Club played host to Old Cooperians. Looking to replicate the England...

Blackheath: The Early Founders

  Although there has been controversy over the actual year of foundation, Blackheath is recognized by the chroniclers as the oldest of all independent rugby...

Controversy in Tight Victory

East London RFC have been one of the in-form sides in the London and South East division 3 this season, and continued their strong...

Title Run In

With the season narrowing down towards its conclusion, this race to become National League Champions is as close as its ever been with up...

Form Continues For East London RFC

Playing a brand of open running rugby, the home side scored 10 tries in a display that left head coach Eddie Gooby satisfied: “It’s...

Momentum Key For Blackheath

Since enduring a blip in form in late January, Blackheath have turned their fortunes around putting distance between themselves and Chinnor in fifth place....

Sale Away

Blackheath have put a poor run of results behind them with back-to-back to wins to consolidate fourth place and will be keen to continue...

Home comforts for Blackheath

Blackheath currently sit third in the National League 1 table - Eight points behind fellow east London side Old Elthamians. After playing 22 games so...

Cambridge Stun Blackheath

Three second half tries from Ruddock, Asiedu and Ayrton saw Cambridge overcome a 22-3 half time deficit to steal victory. Blackheath looked set to end...

Blackheath Hope To Give Cambridge The Blues

After being defeated in a close encounter against Rosslyn Park away 28-22 last time out, it meant Blackheath suffered consecutive losses for the first...

Blackheath Keen To Bounce Back

The east London club slipped to a 26-31 loss to Ampthill last time out at Well End and will be keen to bounce back...

Blackheath Prevail In Close Contest

Blackheath continued their unbeaten streak after a hard-fought victory over Chinnor at Well Hall. An excellent kicking display from Full Back Joe Tarrant and a...

Blackheath Face Stern Test

Blackheath currently stand at the summit of the table and will be brimming with confidence when they take on the surprise package from this...

Blackheath Win A Thriller

Blackheath started the game without scrum half Stef Liebenburg and full back Nick Foster, and the back line depleted even further when Mark Cooke...