Blitzboks forward Zain Davids will undergo shoulder surgery on Wednesday and as a result has been ruled out of the last three tournaments of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
The 22-year-old Davids, injured his shoulder in training in Hong Kong last week and had to return to South Africa before the start of the tournament.
The injury comes at a bad time for the Blitzboks as their two worst results of the season - in Las Vegas and Hong Kong - came in Davids’ absence.
But there was good news on the injury front too, with the confirmation that regular captain, Philip Snyman, the experienced Cecil Afrika and young guns JC Pretorius and Mfundo Ndhlovu are all available for selection for the final two tournaments in the series, in London (25-26 May) and Paris (1-2 June).