Lewis Bridger has been told his reserve appearance at the Millennium Stadium is off.

But Eastbourne Eagles are hoping team mate Edward Kennett could be called in to take his place.

Sixteen-year-old Bridger was selected as one of two reserves for the British Grand Prix in Cardiff on June 3.

The authorities have now checked the rulebook and discovered Bridger is too young for the role.

But that could be good news for Kennett, who, along with Mildenhall's Daniel King, narrowly missed out when Bridger was named as reserve alongside newly-crowned British under-21 champion Ben Wilson.

Bridger revealed he wondered all along whether he would get to Cardiff.

He said: "I knew you had to be 17 to do an FIM event but I don't think it's right to be told I'm first reserve then told I'm not doing it.

"I would have thought people knew I was 16.

"Obviously I'm disappointed but all it means is I will have to prove myself more than ever to get in for next year."

Eagles boss Jon Cook said: "This has messed Lewis around a bit. It appears only one person knew the rules."

Bridger might now rethink his plans and take up an offer to join Team GB under-21s in their World Cup event in Germany on June 5.

That would rule him out of Eagles' televised clash at home to Swindon on the same night.

Kennett will definitely miss that meeting as he rides in the under-21 event.

Meanwhile, Reading Bulldogs have been thrown into disarray ahead of their trip to Eastbourne.

The high-flying Bulldogs will be missing three top-line riders when they visit Arlington on Saturday.

Team captain Greg Hancock and heat leader Matej Zagar were already ruled out by World Cup commitments.

Now powerhouse reserve Janusz Kolodziej has been sidelined for up to six weeks after suffering a suspected broken collarbone in his native Poland.

Kolodziej, who turns 22 on Saturday, crashed attempting to take avoiding action after Marcin Rempala tumbled as they raced for Unia Tarnow at home to Rybnik.

He has been making hay for Reading at reserve this season, averaging 8.60 having been assigned an artificially low 4.00 when he arrived in the Elite League at the start of the season.

American vetaran Hancock and up-and-coming Slovenian Zagar will be in Hungary at the weekend, representing their countries in a World Cup qualifer which would have featured Brent Werner had the Eagles reserve made a quicker recovery from his broken collarbone.

Reading are likely to bring in a big name guest to replace Hancock, use rider-replacement for Zagar and ask No. 8 Chris Mills to fill a sizeable void at reserve.

Kolodziej dropped just one point in five heats when Reading thumped Eagles 61-34 at Smallmead last Monday.

Eagles promoter Jon Cook said: "There is no disguising the fact this is a bit handy for us but I think we would have beaten them anyway."

Reading will still expect to collect the bonus point.

Before that, Eagles defend a 12-point advantage for the bonus when they go to Ipswich on Thursday.

Eagles No. 1 Nicki Pedersen was in invincible form for Rzeszow as they lost 46-41 at Bydgoszcz in the Polish Ekstraliga, scoring 16+2 from six heats