The 1st XV start the season on 23rd August with a practice game against Billingham followed by a practice game against near neighbours Hartlepool and a tough friendly against Darlington before kicking off the league campaign against Sunderland.

The Heughers begin the defence of their Tees Valley Merit Table title on September 6th against Redcar and the Mighty 3rds start their season on September 13th with a Tees Valley Social League match against Hartlepool and throughout the season renew their acquaintances with Sedgefield, Barnard Castle, Wensleydale and Bishop Auckland respectively, all of whom are clubs who used to play against Rovers on a regualr basis but for one reason or another the regualr fixtures fell by the wayside.  It will be nice to be playing them once again.