Sutherland, Watson, Harris and DVM start tomorrow with Russell on the bench. I think tomorrow's front row of Sutherland, George and Furlong could well be the starting test selection. George is captain tomorrow with Murray on the bench.
Don't think it works like that. At the Irish last week when Forrest was tied 2nd with 2 other players, he would have missed out on the Open spot as he had the lowest world ranking of the players he was tied with.
Yep, top 3 non qualifiers get a place. Martin Kaymer got his call up from the reserve list after Kevin Na withdrew. Angel Cabrera jailed for 2 years on domestic abuse charges. https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/angel-cabrera-two-time-major-champ-jailed-in-argentina
Cavendish and Co came in about 40 minutes down but enough to be inside the cut off point. Luke Rowe might have missed out as his name isn't on the official time sheet. Nice touch by Cavendish on Ventoux.
And so it begins... British and Irish Lions 2021: Two players isolating after member of management tests positive - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/57751748
Think the Olympics will be looming large for some of the riders who might otherwise have been killing themselves to make the cut off. Don't remember British media questioning huge improvements made by British riders at the big tours....