Champ Rugby 2025/26 Fixtures Released

The 2025/26 Champ Rugby season is fast approaching, with the fixtures for the newly formatted competition now confirmed, with qualification and play-off games adding aspiration and jeopardy excitement at the conclusion to the season.

Matches kick off on the weekend of 4 October, and the final regular season matches will take place on the weekend of 9 May 2026. All teams will play each other in home and away fixtures over 26 rounds.

The upcoming season will include 14 teams, with Worcester Warriors and newly promoted Richmond joining the 12 teams from last season.

Champ Rugby will live stream games this season, with at least one fixture per round available on YouTube, increasing the visibility of the league and showcasing its rising talent, community pride and elite performances.

The opening weekend of fixtures promises to bring a host of close encounters and plenty of entertaining rugby, including the opportunity to see reigning champions Ealing Trailfinders head to Bedford Blues, locking horns with last season’s runners-up. The two teams combined scoring points total for last season was close to 2,000, and both will be looking to get out of the blocks quickest come October.

Both Worcester Warriors v Coventry Rugby (2pm kick-off) and Ealing Trailfinders v Bedford Blues (4pm kick-off) will be the featured games on the new live streaming service, kicking off the season on Saturday 4 October.

Changes to the season structure announced in May mean that at the end of the 26-round Champ Rugby regular season, the table will be split into qualification stages. The teams ranked from third to sixth will participate in the quarterfinals to earn entry into the semi-finals, where the winners will take on the top two ranked sides.

The winners of the semi-finals enter the final to determine the Champ Rugby champion.

Click here to see the full list of Ealing Trailfinders fixtures for 2025/26.