Cape Town - Utility back Ruhan Nel was called up as a replacement for the injured Stephan Dippenaar on Wednesday and will join his Springbok Sevens team-mates on Thursday for the Tokyo Sevens.
The Japanese event will be staged this coming weekend on April 4 - 5 and is round seven of the World Rugby Sevens Series, which consists of nine tournaments.
Dippenaar returns home after he failed to recover in time from a hamstring injury he picked up at the Hong Kong Sevens last weekend.