The 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season will begin on Saturday, a day later than initially planned following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.
Bristol against Bath and Sale against Northampton Saints had been due to kick-off the campaign on Friday night, but those games have now been put back to Saturday and Sunday respectively.
The matches originally scheduled for Saturday will proceed as normal as professional rugby in England plays on, unlike football’s Premier League.
With a World Cup in France to follow at the end of the new campaign, it’s a huge year to come for the rugby world.