PARIS :Powerful South Africa prop Ox Nche will play no further part in the side's five-match European tour and has been replaced by Asenathi Ntlabakanye, who is awaiting a hearing on an alleged doping violation, SA Rugby said on Sunday.

Nche, 30, was injured early in Saturday’s 61-7 victory against Japan at Wembley Stadium and returned to South Africa on Sunday to undergo scans to determine the extent of the injury, SA Rugby said in a statement.

He twisted both his knee and ankle at a ruck and was on crutches after the game.

Ntlabakanye, who made his test debut in July against Italy, had been in London playing for the Barbarians against the All Blacks XV at Twickenham on Saturday and joined up with the Springbok squad, which departed for France on Sunday.

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