The Wednesday of the Rossyn Park HSBC National School 7s is always full of quality with the Colts final stages and group stages of the Vase.

Although there is a general move to encourage the stronger U18 sides to enter the Open, there is still no lack of quality in the Vase, with the likes of Stowe, Oakham, Epsom, Queen Ethelberga’s, Blundell’s and St John’s Leatherhead in the draw.

So, for the neutral spectator or if your own favourite team is not playing at a particular time, some advance planning can be useful: here is one schedule that tries to pick out some of the more interesting match ups (inevitably subjective), while having regard to the layout of the pitches: