This Sunday sees a repeat of last years' County Championship final match, as defending champions Lancashire take on Hertfordshire once more.

The southern side qualified at the expense of a Gloucestershire side who beat them by a two point margin last Saturday, but the bonus points earned over the course of the three match group games earned them their place at Twickenham.

Lancashire meanwhile were made to sweat, as Cheshire took them almost to the wire at Broughton Park. In the end, a 36-29 win saw them through, and they now aim to become the first county since Gloucestershire in the 1960s to win the tournament four years on the trot.

Hertfordshire, coached by Paul Turner, have been bolstered this season by the inclusion of Saracens squad players, including Joel Tomkins, who made the switch from Super League to Premiership in November 2011, after his signing from Wigan Warriors.

Another Saracens player who will be more familiar to the Red rose side is Petrus du Plessis. 'Para' won a Bill Beaumont Cup winners medal in 2009 as a prop in the Lancashire side who swept aside Gloucestershire, before his move to the Vicarage Road club.

Lancashire will be without their squad captain Louis McGowan, who missed the Cheshire game thanks to a ruptured appendix. As well as missing out on Twickenham this weekend, McGowan misses out on the England Counties tour to Africa next month. the lock played for the Counties side earlier this season at Preston against the Irreland Club XV, scoring the opening try of the game.

The game kicks off at 11am on Sunday, as the precursor to England v Barbarians, which is then followed by the County Championship Shield Final, between Surrey and Leicestershire.

Well, it is the night before the first round of games in this year's Bill Beaumont Cup, and team news is being posted online. Some counties are easier to find information on than others, but as soon as the whistle goes tomorrow round the grounds, it will be all about who can get the ball rolling on the road to Twickenham on the 27th May.

I managed to grab a quick chat with Hertfordshire's head coach Paul Turner today, to get his thoughts on the rise of rugby in the county, following their appearance in the final last year, and the National League Two South title-winning campaign of Old Albanians.

You can read that here.

So who will be top dogs tomorrow? Can the newcomers to the Division One groups, North Midlands and Northumberland make their mark in what are traditionally tough groups to stay in?

Get along to see your county play, and support the players who put their heart and soul into the game throughout the year, week in, week out.

Enjoy your rugby, wherever it may be.