Coventry Rugby set relegation play-off dates

Coventry have dispensed with their Friday night fixtures and scheduled all their Championship relegation play-off home matches for Saturday afternoons.

The play-offs get underway on the weekend of 20 March, with Coventry's first home game against Birmingham & Solihull on 27 March.

The return tie will take place at Sharman's Cross Road on 17 April.

Coventry's other home games will be on 3 April and 1 May, against opponents who are still to be decided.

Coventry Rugby club's official site

Moseley, Plymouth and Rotherham are all vying to avoid the two remaining relegation play-off places, with Birmingham & Solihull and Coventry already confirmed.

The new play-off format means those teams finishing in the Championship's bottom four positions will be placed in a relegation pool. Each side will face home and away matches against the three other sides, with the team finishing bottom relegated to National One.

Coventry's previous owner Andrew Green introduced Friday night rugby to the Butts Park Arena this season to a mixed reaction from fans.