Promotion on the agenda as Chinnor move to next level

CHINNOR'S promotion to the Championship brings an end to the uneven number of teams in the division meaning each side will be in action during every round.

- BEN JAYCOCK

Nick Easter's side make their second tier debut at familiar side Cambridge, who were promoted from National One a year before Chinnor.

Champions Ealing Trailfinders, who have lifted two of the last three Championships, begin their title defence at home to a Hartpury University side that will be full of confidence having secured a club record finish of fifth.

The action kicks off under the Friday night lights as London Scottish, who have flirted with relegation the past few seasons, host Alex Rae's Coventry that finished third last term. At the same time, eighth-placed Nottingham year's runners-up Cornish Pirates.