Thrilling weekend opens NTS season

Both Saturday and Sunday served up thrilling action in the opening round of the 2026 Men's National Touch Series and Women's National Touch Series.

Division 1 saw the 2025 pace-setters, London Scorpions and Nottingham Hoods, meet each other in the Cup final. Both matches were decided by just one try, with Nottingham winning the Men's match 6-5 and the Women's match 5-4.

The Men's competition was just as close throughout the placing matches, which were all decided by solitary scores.

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Round 2 will follow a straight knockout bracket format for each division, consisting of Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals.

Division 1 Women	Division 1 Men
London Eagles v Invicta	Nottingham Hoods v NQ Rebels
London's Scorpions v Galaxy South West	London Scorpions v Chester Chiefs
Nottingham Hoods v Chester Cheeteras	Old Wesley v Galaxy London
Galaxy London v Cambridge	London Eagles v Galaxy South West

Division 2 Women	Division 2 Men
London Scorpions 2 v London Vipers	Invicta v Oxford Touch
Nottingham Robins v TBC	Manchester Foxes v London Scorpions 2
Bristol Jets v Thames Valley Vikings	Cambridge v Bristol Jets
Manchester Vixens v Cheltenham Tigers	Vipers v Cheltenham Tigers

Sunday belonged to London Eagles 2 Men and Triple Threat Touch Women.

Eagles were pushed all the way by Revolution, who forced extra time in the Cup final with a score after the hooter. Extra time then went to 3 v 3, at which point the Eagles scored the crucial try to win 4-3.