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After an impressive season the 30-year-old flanker has been heavily tipped to make his England debut during the summer tour of the Southern Hemisphere.
It is unlikely he will make the team for the opening Test in Brisbane unless one of the other batsmen on tour suffers an injury.
By contrast, Mister Furia and Professor Manso, the Spanish duo who make up the second band on our tour, The Pinker Tones, play the role of sophisticated international playboys, suave and soulful.
They will want to start the tour on the right note and make this the first of six wins from six.
"This does not take into consideration the fans of the clubs and it gives the impression that they just want to go on tour to make some money, " Blatter said.
So even if Rory could make more in prize money on the PGA Tour, it would only be a small fraction of his overall earnings.
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And he says his resurgence to the top of the sport has ensured he can make his own choices, including skipping the FedEx Cup - a requirement of the US Tour.
O'Driscoll will make his first Lions Test appearance since being spear-tackled out of the 2005 New Zealand tour less than two minutes into the opening All Blacks showdown.
The 64-cap scrum-half started all three Tests of the 2005 Lions tour in New Zealand and will be hoping to make this year's trip to South Africa.
He will make his choice next Tuesday after this week's Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup series.
And his spin team-mate Tredwell, selected ahead of Michael Carberry as England went with five bowlers, was pleased to make his presence felt on the tour - for the second time.
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