The campaign of the British and Irish Lions is in full swing and they face another crucial warm up game at the weekend - ahead of the first test when they face Australia on Saturday July 19.

The kick-off of the latter game is 11am and it will be screened live at the EIRFC clubhouse at Donkey Lane. As will the third test.

Please note that the exception to the above rule is the second test which will instead be screened at the popular Enfield watering hole and club sponsor, Mary Maddens.

Please note that the club's twice weekly pre-season training sessions, which comprise Tuesdays and Thursdays, will take place throughout the summer as the squad builds to the Counties Two Middlesex league opener against Harrow on September 6.

Please note that this division has effectively divided this season, with the league now organised on county lines, with EIRFC now plying its trade in a Middlesex-orientated league.

Familiar names from last season include Harrow, likely to be one of the front runners, with EIRFC due to begin their campaign against this outfit at Donkey Lane on Saturday September 6, which will mark the unveiling of the new look clubhouse.

The return leg, which bookends the season, is on February 14.

Barnet Elizabethans also enter the category of familiar rivals, with the club due to host the Byng Road outfit on October 18 (a Friday night home evening fixture), with the teams hooking up again on December 20.

Old Millhillians are another case in point and they are the visitors to Donkey Lane on November 22, with the away trip scheduled for January 17.

Hackney, relegated from level seven and whom we last played in the 2023-24 season, are back in the picture, with the respective away and home fixtures scheduled for October 4 and December 6.

Othewise, the division will comprise three teams moving up from level nine, including Finsbury Park and Kilburn Cosmos, whom we played in our Covid-affected promotion season of 2019-20.

The Finsbury Park fixtures are on November 8 (away) and January 10 (home), whereas we will host Kilburn Cosmos on October 10, with the reverse fixture pencilled in for December 13.

Fellow new kids on the block, Actonians, will host EIRFC on November 29, before travelling to Donkey Lane on January 24.