National Age Grade Playing Calendar – Season 2026/27

The National Playing Calendar for 2026/27 is here!

This is the framework for national competitions and player pathway activity throughout the year.  In recent weeks, CBs have worked with all the key stakeholders to produce their local versions, to be published as soon as possible on their websites.

The aim as ever is to produce a schedule of activity that enables age grade players, especially with a foot in more than one camp, to access the rugby they want. While the calendar may be subject to some limited change, our aim as ever is to make this available well in advance of the season. So that clubs, schools, colleges, pathways and everyone can identify where there may be player load challenges and opportunities across the season. The key to making the calendar work is early and regular dialogue and we encourage this to start as the current season draws to a close.

For the national Playing Calendar please click here(opens in a new tab).

CBs will publish the local versions, including county competitions on their websites.