The visitors will be hoping for revenge following the dramatic 34-33 defeat back in March, returning to Old Bath Road seven days later to take on Dings Crusaders.

Old rivals Sale are the hosts in Round Three, with National Two East champions Tonbridge Juddians returning to Berkshire on September 27.

A third consecutive northern trek follows at Two North winners Leeds Tykes, Birmingham Moseley the visitors a week later before a trip to the third promoted side, Clifton.

The opening block ends with Blackheath at home on October 25, a week off preceding an away game at Bishop’s Stortford.

Plymouth Albion are the guests on November 15, Rams then travelling to Leicester Lions.
The final home game of 2025 will see Christmas come early with last year’s third-placed side Rotherham Titans in town on December 6, road games at Rosslyn Park and Dings following.

There is a three-week gap before Sale return to OBR on Saturday, January 10, 2026, seven weeks on the spin then seeing Rams take on TJs (away), Leeds (home), Moseley (a), Clifton (h), Blackheath (a) and Stortford (h).

The long trip to Plymouth Albion gets things back underway on March 14, Leicester Lions at Old Bath Road seven days later.

The last block of the regular season begins with an away journey to Rotherham on April 11, back-to-back home game against Rosslyn and Sedgley Park finishing things before the possibility of a promotion play-off.

In a new development, the National One runners-up will play the loser of a game between the 12th and 13th-placed finishers in the rebranded Champ Rugby, with the showdown due to take place on a Saturday between May 9 and 23.