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Springbok Sevens coach, Neil Powell, has been admitted to an isolation facility in Kagoshima after he tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
The Blitzbok coach will remain in the facility for a compulsory 14-day period and will miss the Rugby Sevens tournament at the Olympic Games, to be played at Tokyo Stadium from 26-28 July.
The South Africans travelled to the southern city for a week-long training camp on Saturday. Their original Wednesday arrival had been delayed due to another incident where a passenger on their flight from Doha to Tokyo tested positive for Covid.
Powell will continue coaching the side remotely, with the on-field coaching responsibilities taken over by assistant coach Renfred Dazel.
Dazel is an experienced head coach, previously coaching the Springbok Women's Sevens side and said it had been an eventful week but that the players were coping.
