Two-time World Sevens player of the year Perry Baker will miss the Sydney Sevens next weekend after suffering a broken jaw on day one of the Hamilton Sevens in New Zealand.
The USA speedster was taking the ball up against Tonga in a pool game when he was tackled in a dangerous fashion by Tana Fotofili.
Fotofili's head-on-head hot saw Baker smashed in the face and the Tongan player was yellow carded.
Baker left the field and though cleared of concussion, USA Rugby later announced he'd suffered a fractured jaw and would be flying home for surgery.
The loss of the world's best sevens player is a huge blow for the USA but also a bummer for the Sydney Sevens organisers, and Aussie fans, who won't get to see the electric speedster in action at Spotless Stadium next weekend.
INJURY UPDATE | Perry Baker [@SpeedSt11ck] will travel home to undergo surgery on a fractured jaw.
— USA Rugby (@USARugby) January 26, 2019
Sending our best to our speedster. #EaglesUnited 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/92uVSsqHbg
Baker won consecutive titles for World Rugby's Sevens Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018.