CROSFIELDS will start life back in Division Two of the National Conference League with an away game.
Soap, who won the Division Three title in 2016, will travel to Cumbrian to take on Millom on Saturday, March 4.
Their first game at Hood Lane in the 2017 campaign will be against Salford City Roosters on March 11.
Crosfields are still looking for a new head coach after Tony Benson decided to return to New Zealand at the end of their promotion-winning campaign.
Meanwhile, back in Division Three, Rylands Sharks will begin life under new coach Eddie Harris by welcoming Gateshead Storm to Shark Park on March 4.
On that same day, Woolston Rovers begin their attempt to put their play-off final defeat behind them when they travel to Oldham St Annes.
Rovers and Sharks meet on March 11 at Monk Sports Club.
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