All Blacks Sevens quick-stepper Joe Webber appears likely to miss a second big event in 2018
All Blacks Sevens quick-stepper Joe Webber appears likely to miss a second big event in 2018
25 May 2018
Webber was a late withdrawal from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games triumph with reactive arthritis from a virus suffered at the Las Vegas tournament.
He hasn't played since and has been left out of the squad for the London and Paris tournaments.
Coach Clark Laidlaw says Webber and teammate Amanaki Nicole are unlikely to be fit for July's world cup in San Francisco.
But he says Joe Ravouvou and Ngarohi McGarvey-Black and Andrew Knewstubb are all likely to be back soon.
Sione Molia and Kurt Baker have been named co-captains for the London and Paris events.
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