Bristol Bears stars Harry Randall and Sam Jeffries will not play a minute of competitive international rugby this summer despite having flown to the other side of the world on tour with England.
Eddie Jones has named his England side for this weekend’s series decider against Australia and scrum half Randall and flanker Jeffries have both missed out once again for the series decider at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday 16 July [11am BST KO], with the series on a knife edge at 1-1 following a 25-17 win for the tourists last weekend.
Randall went into the tour expecting to be England's first choice scrum half having battled with Leicester's Ben Youngs for the number nine jersey during the Six Nations, however, for the third straight weekend Jones has opted for a combination of Danny Care and Jack van Poortvliet. There is no suggestion Randall is injured.