Entries by Zahael

A tough start to the season for the Hammers 4s

With Hampstead calling off the week before, Hammers 4s were made to wait another week to sink their teeth into the 22-23 season proper. After a top-2 finish and play-off final appearance last season, hopes were high that this year would be another full of success, wins, and beer. Unfortunately only one of these would […]

Hammers 1st XV makes it 3 big-wins-in-a-row

A sunny day set the scene for what the Hammersmith expected to be a challenging day, and the first game away from home this season. Cobham started the game fast, as Hammersmith tried to wash off a warmup which had lacked execution. Cobham prevented multiple attempts from Hammersmith to leave their half. Then they were […]

Hammers 1st XV great start continues

In the run up to the Beaconsfield fixture everyone was aware a bullseye has painted on our chest’s, following the dismantling of Windsor. Our scalps were the prized possessions of the league, after our standout victory, and up stepped Beaconsfield to chance their hand. So, my question is … What do films such as ‘Moneyball’, […]

Huge opening game of the season for the Hammers 1st XV

Hammersmith & Fulham vs Windsor – 03.09.2022 After 133 purposeless days, 18 Saturdays of pretending to have fun watching live music/playing golf/bottomless brunching etc. and 2 months of getting to know a certain red tree intimately well, Jackson’s Journeymen finally returned to the hallowed turf of SW6’s premier public park, raising the curtain on the […]

Hammers 1st XV show the razzle and the dazzle!

The morning of Saturday 23rd April. 232 days of London 1 rugby; 70km of “swings and back!”; 100 Litres of Lambrini. One final bus trip. One final 80 minutes before the curtain falls… A packed clubhouse, and glorious sunshine reflecting off a sea of pink Camberley blazers, provides our backdrop. After 20 minutes the home […]

Hammers ladies finish in second place despite loss

It was a glorious Sunday, although some (mostly the tight 5) might have thought it a bit too warm for rugby. The Hammers 1st XV were focused on the tough battle ahead, we knew from our experience 3 weeks earlier that S&E had a strong game plan. Unfortunately for Hammers the 1st half of the […]

Hammers 2nd XV get pipped in the final

The day was Saturday the 23rd of April year of our lord 2022, it was a warm April day dry and about 20 degrees at Ruislip RFC where this titanic season decider was to take place. The warm weather was fuelling the high spirits, Nugget had even ditched his formal evening Merrell hiking boots for […]

Hammers ladies bested by a tough Sutton & Epsom side

It was a lovely, if chilly, day for a double header on Sunday. The match against S&E had been a long time coming for the 1st XV with our match before Christmas postponed due to covid. The game began fairly evenly with both sides carrying hard and putting pressure on the breakdown. The Hammers scrum soon […]

Hammers secure 4th place on Old Hams Day!

The Hammers turned up on a glorious spring morning know they had something to prove, coming off the back on a poor result away down at Horsham, a result that was in no way a reflection of how the season had gone. On their part, Cobham arrived at Fortress Hurlingham off the back of a […]