In a weekend of Junior Vase and friendlies, local clubs find themselves up against teams that will be totally alien to them.

Romsey give first team debuts to Rob Thorp and Rob Salmon and recalls to Andy Heacock, Rupert Marsh and Tim Darby.

Their visitors, Old Rutlishians, are riding high at the top of Surrey Two so the Hampshire men will have to step up a gear or two if they want to progress in the EDF Junior Vase Competition.

Petersfield will be relishing the chance to take on a Brighton team who are in London 4 South West.

Fordingbridge are at home to Old Whitgiftians and should be favourites at a time when the Bridge forwards are looking good and giving their backs lots of good ball to play with.

Ventnor face arch rivals, Isle of Wight. The two teams are a division apart but, as we all know, in local derbies league position counts for little.

Verwood entertain Alresford and will be hard pressed to beat a team from a league above.

Eastleigh will want to get back into winning ways against Nomads prior to next week's fixture with US Portsmouth.

Fawley have a tough task against Farnborough but will be able to use their game to learn how far they have progressed this season.

Alton XV's team to face face Winchester II shows a mixture of first and second team players.

Spokesman Alistair Willman said: "It's a time to try something new and to look at players in different roles, prior to our big game next week against Trojans."