OXFORD Cavaliers will kick-off a new season in the Rugby League Conference away to Cambridge Eagles on Saturday, May 8.

It will be a cross-division clash with Oxford in the South section and Cambridge in the East group.

Cavaliers' first home game is the following Saturday, against Crawley Jets, at Marston Ferry Road.

The Oxford players report back for training on Wednesday, February 10 with the first pre-season friendly against Oxford University on Sunday, February 21.

Home friendlies against Skirlaugh Bulls, on April 3, and Oldham St Annes, on April 24, are to be confirmed.

CAVALIERS' CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES

May 8 v Cambridge Eagles (a); May 15 v Crawley Jets (h); May 22 v Bedford Swifts (a); May 29 v St Albans Centurions (h); June 5 v North London Skolars (h); June 12 v West London Sharks (a); June 19 v Cambridge Eagles (h); June 26 v Crawley Jets (a); July 3 v Bedford Swifts (h); July 10 v St Albans Centurions (a); July 17 v North London Skolars (a); July 24 v West London Sharks (h).

Story date: Thursday 04 February

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