Wk- end No.	Sat. Date	International Matches	National Trophy	Intermediate Cup	Senior/Junior Vase	12-club Home and Away	10-club Home and Away	8-Club Home and Away	County Championship Cup & Shield	County Championship Plate	International Matches	Sat. Date	Wk- end No.
1	01-Sep				1							01-Sep	1
2	08-Sep	Eng v USA 5pm				1					Eng v USA	08-Sep	2
3	15-Sep	E v SA Fri.				2	1				E v SA Fri.	15-Sep	3
4	22-Sep	E v Samoa 3pm			2	3					E v Samoa	22-Sep	4
X1	29-Sep	E v Tonga Fri.				4	2	1			E v Tonga Fri.	29-Sep	X1
5	06-Oct	QF Sat/Sun				5					QF Sat/Sun	06-Oct	5
6	13-Oct	SF Sat/Sun 8pm	1	1	3						SF Sat/Sun	13-Oct	6
7	20-Oct	RWC Final 8pm				6	3	2			RWC Final	20-Oct	7
8	27-Oct					7	4					27-Oct	8
9	03-Nov					8	5	3				03-Nov	9
10	10-Nov					9	6	4				10-Nov	10
11	17-Nov		2	2	4							17-Nov	11
12	24-Nov					10	7	5				24-Nov	12
13	01-Dec					11	8	6				01-Dec	13
14	08-Dec		3	3	5							08-Dec	14
15	15-Dec					12	9	7				15-Dec	15
16	22-Dec											22-Dec	16
X4	29-Dec											29-Dec	X4
17	05-Jan					13	10	8				05-Jan	17
18	12-Jan		4	4	6							12-Jan	18
19	19-Jan					14	11	9				19-Jan	19
20	26-Jan					15	12	10				26-Jan	20
21	02-Feb	Eng v Wal  16.30	5	5	7						Eng v Wal  16.30	02-Feb	21
22	09-Feb	It v Eng Sun 14.30				16	13				It v Eng Sun 14.30	09-Feb	22
23	16-Feb					17	14	11				16-Feb	23
24	23-Feb	Fra v Eng 20.00	QF	QF	QF						Fra v Eng 20.00	23-Feb	24
25	01-Mar					18	15	12				01-Mar	25
26	08-Mar	Scot v Eng 15.15				19	16				Scot v Eng 15.15	08-Mar	26
27	15-Mar	Eng v Ire 15.00	SF	SF	SF						Eng v Ire 15.00	15-Mar	27
28	22-Mar ES											22-Mar ES	28
X7	29-Mar					20	17	13				29-Mar	X7
29	05-Apr											05-Apr	29
30	12-Apr		F	F	F	21	18	14				12-Apr	30
31	19-Apr					22						19-Apr	31
32	26-Apr					P/O	P/O	P/O		1		26-Apr	32
33	03-May								1	2		03-May	33
34	10-May								2	3		10-May	34
35	17-May								3	SF		17-May	35
36	24-May	Int							F	F	Int	24-May	36