Championship 2024/25 signings and retentions

Knights have started early this year, announcing the retention of

Alex Dolly scrum half 

Ollie Fox scrum half 

Connor Edwards centre

Russell Bennett fly half

Also the signing of a new forwards coach Darren Fearn

Only if ‘retentions’ is typed correctly… 

He's a good threat in the back line and I'm sure Nick Easter will be getting several others signed up for next season ASAP too. 

The D/R George Worboys from Bath, Alan Walker, Max Clementson and Morgan Passman have been the key players this season, and all experienced at playing at Prem or Champ level.

With the squad they already have, they'd beat Cambridge, Caldy and Scottish tomorrow. I see them causing more than a few upsets next season.

However, unlike Chinnor, neither Cambridge nor Caldy before them were regularly putting 40 - 80 points on their Nat 1 counterparts before getting promoted. A good barometer to go by, especially as the standard in Nat 1 has improved year on year of late. 

On Cambridge, they narrowly achieved promotion ahead of Rams last year based on having drawn a game more, and I agree they have failed to kick on, whereas Caldy seem to blow hot and cold. With relegation returning to the Champ next season, I'd expect Chinnor to be the club surviving out of the 'three C's'. Time will tell.

I suppose it'll depend on whether the 25-26' Champ season is made up of 12, 14 or 16 clubs, which like you say is still TBC. Perhaps after the next meeting in June we'll have an answer to that question.

Local boy Steele Barker off to Bristol in more proof that the Championship does not develop players.

Local boy?  Local to Yorkshire perhaps.

But good like to Steele, great lad.