at the first World Cup and the European Championships. In Lucerne she switched to pairing with Robbers when they finished 15th. In Poznan Robbers raced with Boers and Jorritsma was in the W8. But it looks as though the selection battles have been settled with Jorritsma and Robbers ending up in the pair. I don’t have too high expectations for this crew, so a B-Final would be a strong result.

New Zealand

Rebecca Scown 32 & Genevieve Behrent 25

Olympic record

Scown: Bronze W2- London

Behrent: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Scown: 7th W8 2004, 3rd W2- 2009, 1st W2- 2010, 1st W2- 2011, 3rd W2- 2013, 3rd W2- 2014, 2nd W8 2015

Behrent: 4th W4- 2010, 7th W8 2013, 2nd W8 2015

2016 record: 3rd W8 Lucerne World Cup, 2nd Lucerne World Cup, 1st W8Poznan World Cup, 2nd W2- Poznan World Cup

New Zealand are the last crew to have beaten the British W2- and Rebecca Scown was part of that crew back in 2011. She’s one of the most experienced of all the New Zealand women rowers with 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 World Championship bronze medals to her name. She’s been on the New Zealand senior team for 10 years and spent the 2006-8 seasons as part of the New Zealand W8. In 2009 she formed a pairs partnership with Emma-Jane Feathery winning gold first time out at the Munich World Cup and following that up with another gold in Lucerne and ended the season with bronze at the World Championships. In 2010 she changed partners and teamed up with