With losses and cancellations the order of the day for December, Hammers 4th XV ended 2022 on a sour note; the lads eager to get back to winning ways in 2023. Fattened up on minced pies, boy did they show it. With the weather looking biblical from the offset, a strong squad graced the passing […]
Happy New Year Hammers fans! I hope you all had wonderful Christmases filled with good food and New Year’s Eve parties adorned with plentiful booze and friends. The Hammers’ boys certainly enjoyed their time off but were raring to go after 5 weeks without games due to the cold weather back in December. Their mood […]
“You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat” – Paul Brown, NFL coach As the Hammers 1st XV rolled into Beaconsfield RFC on a cold December Saturday, much learning could be found in the previous weekend’s loss. Memories of the missed kicks, missed tackles and missed opportunities were still […]
In the weeks leading up to this game, we’d been working hard on individual skills and our game day structure as a whole. But we knew that the real order of the day was to up our intensity and bring some real aggression and self belief to this match day squad. Whilst Hammers ran through […]
After a tough start in NC1, it was time to start putting it all together and boy did we do that. The first half was nail bitingly close, both teams being held to nil for most of the 40. The Hammers defence and support that we’ve been working tirelessly on for the last couple weeks […]
Two weeks after a disappointing loss against a strong London Scottish side, the 3s were on again at home against the same opposition with a point to prove. As the teams lined up Hammers once again found themselves with the lighter pack but hoped their structure and joué would give them the edge. It was […]
A surprisingly dry afternoon at HQ was the venue for this weekend’s fixture against Amersham & Chiltern- A rivalry that stretches back…to one pre-season fixture, but to some, a lifetime. With both sides bringing along plenty of support, it was sure to be a feisty affair- No love lost between this author and his former […]
A cold, greasy morning met the Hammers 2s as they awoke early for trip to Barnes to scrape their collective knees on the 4G at Rosslyn Park to take on the Bs. Some didn’t make it out of bed however and the usual Saturday morning reshuffle began with lads going up and down the teams […]
It was a strange, gray and windy day that led London Sussex to get the better of the home team. We knew that the opposing team was well prepared for the match, a well-formed and super close-knit team that has known each other for some time. But even after an excellent kick-off, which saw the […]
Vets Rugby: where prodigious talent meets inconsistent execution. Where amazing potential meets infrequent availability. Where sharp minds meet slowing bodies. Where grand plans meet modest implementation. Where parched lips meet post-match beers. And where, on Friday 18th November, Hammers Vets met London Welsh. With 122 current and former Hammers on the Vets WhatsApp group and […]