Festival a good fit for Fylde's only pre-season action
Pre-season has a different look this year for Fylde RFC, whose only warm-up action takes place this weekend.
Fylde have usually favoured two warm-up matches for the senior squad in August but will instead contest the Sandbach RUFC Senior Rugby Festival this Saturday.
It means no pre-season fixture at the Woodlands after Scottish side Kelso pulled out of a friendly scheduled for this Saturday.
Fylde are among a dozen teams, including fellow National Two North club Wharfedale, in action at Sandbach and will play four 30-minute matches.
Joint head-coach Alex Loney told The Gazette: "The plan at the minute is to go with one match day in pre-season. There seems no point trying to set up something else that wouldn't be right for us so late in the day.
"The format at Sandbach should work quite well for us to take a good-sized squad. We have had good numbers in training, everyone is full of energy and we're moving from conditioning to more rugby as the season gets closer."
The 2026/27 season begins with a visit to Billingham in N2N on September 5.
Fylde have so far confirmed three news signings in Theo Hulbert, Charlie Wilkinson and Vinny Durcan, and Loney confirmed: "There will be more announced in the next couple of weeks."