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Titans Triumph In Slugfest To Beat Blackheath
By: MG_3 Date: November 15, 2025, 12:10 pm
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Rotherham Titans came out on top in a massively physical contest
to beat Blackheath 24-19 on a wet afternoon at Clifton Lane.
The sides shared 6 tries with Titans 3 scores coming from JB
Bruzulier, Sinjin Broad and a penalty try, with Lloyd Hayes
adding 7 points from the tee on a difficult afternoon for
kicking in drenched conditions.
It was never going to be a high scoring affair, and we had to
wait until the 14th minute before the visitor’s livewire scrum
half, Jordan Burns, collected and raced around the Rotherham
defence to go in near the corner for an unconverted try.
Titans didn’t take long to react, and they nosed themselves
ahead a couple of minutes later when their own scrum half, JB
Bruzulier, got in the thick of the forwards action to come up
with a try, which Lloyd Hayes converted; the latter then
stretched the advantage ten minutes later with a penalty.
Blackheath are not considered a top side without good reason,
and they proved that when before the half hour mark, they retook
the lead when hooker Billy Harding dotted down from the tail of
a driving maul.
The final ten minutes of the half saw Rotherham step on the gas
and enjoy a purple patch as firstly Sinjin Broad went over in
the corner following good work in the build up from Mitchell
Lacey-Babalola and Jackson Barling.
Then the Titans were awarded a penalty try after a long looping
pass from JB Bruzulier looked to send in Jackson Barling on the
wing. However, a deliberate knock-on from Blackheath winger Alex
Earnshaw prevented the score for which he received a 10-minute
rest.
With Rotherham now in full control and with the momentum in
their favour the South Yorkshire outfit looked to wrap up the
bonus point before half time.
Following a series of scrums and penalties on the Blackheath
line this looked inevitable; unfortunately for them they were
penalised on their own scrum, and the opportunity was lost, but
they still however went in at the break with a worthy 24-12
lead.
The second period proved to be as equally as competitive as both
sides battered each other in an attempt to gain the ascendancy.
Just after the restart Hayes missed a difficult penalty
opportunity for what would have opened a 15-point advantage, but
no blame could be attached to any kicker in these challenging
underfoot conditions.
Blackheath narrowed the deficit to just five points before the
hour mark when hooker Billy Harding popped up again to finish
off another driving maul.
With plenty of time remaining the game was up for grabs and both
sides did their very best to wrestle the advantage.
Titans came close to stretching the lead to a crucial 8-points
inside the final ten minutes with a penalty kick, but this was
narrowly missed.
With the nerves jangling at the death there was a huge sigh of
relief on full time as the Titans held on for a tough, but
well-deserved win in tricky conditions against a very good side.
Titans will now rest a few bruised bodies before quickly turning
their attention to next week’s challenge against Plymouth
Albion.
Speaking after the game Rotherham’s Harvey Biljon reflected:
“Today I’ve got to credit our players on the discipline with
pretty big, long defensive sets. In the second half we were
under pressure at line out, we were under pressure at set-piece,
and we had to find another way.
“When you talk about character, effort, but also being composed
and understanding the situation, that was a big moment of
maturity for the group.
“On days like today you’re never going to get away from
opposition and it’s always going to come down to that one score.
“In these conditions not everything is going to go right every
time, but I am immensely proud of how far they have come today
because that Blackheath team came with everything.”
𝘛𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘚
𝘚𝘊𝘖𝘙𝘌𝘚:
JB Bruzulier (T), Broad (T), Penalty Try, Hayes (2C, P)
𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘏𝘌&
#120328;𝘛𝘏
𝘚𝘊𝘖𝘙𝘌𝘚:
Harding (2T), Burns (T), Hennessey (1C), Dalrymple (1C)
𝘠𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘖𝘞
𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘋: Earnshaw (Blackheath)
𝘙𝘌𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘌:
Ben Simpson
𝘈𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘈&
#120341;𝘛
𝘙𝘌𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘌&
#120346;:
Adam Carpenter & Ian Farrell
𝘛𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘚
𝘟𝘝:
15 - Isaac Shaw,
14 - Jackson Barling,
13 - Mitchell Lacey-Babalola,
12 - Travis Gordon (Capt.),
11 - Sinjin Broad,
10 - Lloyd Hayes,
9 - JB Bruzulier,
1 - Alastair Donkor (Toerien 54),
2 - Morgan Veness (Cole 67),
3 - Andrew Foster (Valentine 74),
4 - Frankie Gascoigne,
5 - Cory Teague (Maguire 67),
6 - John Okafor,
7 - Jack Baldry,
8 - Ellis Thomas.
𝘛𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘚
𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌&
#120340;𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚:
16 - Luke Cole,
17 - Zach Toerien,
18 - Xavier Valentine,
19 - Curran Maguire,
20 - Corben Ollivent.
𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘏𝘌&
#120328;𝘛𝘏
𝘟𝘝:
15 - Jake Hennessey,
14 - Jake Lloyd,
13 - Luke Pollock,
12 - Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas,
11 - Alex Earnshaw (McGhie 44),
10 - Ed Dunford (Dalrymple 40),
9 - Jordan Burns (Sloot 74),
1 - Archie Holland (Cornish 67),
2 - Billy Harding (Capt.),
3 - Andrew Boye,
4 - Finley O’Sullivan,
5 - Ed Scragg,
6 - Archie Smeaton (Jameson 44),
7 - Noah Sloot (Bourne 67),
8 - Finn Osborne.
𝘉𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘏𝘌&
#120328;𝘛𝘏
𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌&
#120340;𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚:
16 - Archie Bourne,
17 - James Cornish,
18 - William Jameson,
19 - Kyle McGhie,
20 - Matt Dalrymple.
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