Jersey gained their place after winning the South East Counties championship last year and with the quality of their opposition unknown, results from each game will be crucial as only the top five in the division will stay up.The Island side play Sussex on Saturday and Wiltshire on Sunday.

Other teams in the division are Avon, Leicestershire, Somerset, Suffolk, Sussex and Tyne and Wear.Full report in today’s JEP, on sale at 1.15 pm.