Brown ruled out 6-9 months

Springbok Sevens player, Kyle Brown, has been ruled out of the remaining eight tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in South Africa’s semi-final victory over New Zealand at the Cape Town Sevens tournament on Sunday.

“Kyle will be operated on in Cape Town on Thursday (tomorrow) and will not be able to play for between six to nine months. This means that he will miss the remainder of the series,” confirmed Springbok Sevens team doctor, Leigh Gordon.

The next tournament in the series is in Wellington, New Zealand and will be played on 28 and 29 January.