- Championship divided into two conferences with a play-off final
- Pandemic halted plans for season to resume in January
Saracens will have to navigate a play-off final if they are to bounce straight back into the Premiership after a remodelled format was announced for this season’s Championship. Saracens will begin their promotion bid on 6 March after the Rugby Football Union finally confirmed plans for a truncated second tier.
The new format involves the 12 clubs being split into two conferences and each team playing each other home and away before the two conference winners meet in a two-leg final. Each side will play 10 matches with sufficient wriggle room to extend the season into June in the event of postponements. It is unclear who would be promoted, if anyone, if the league has to be abandoned.
