Ex-Cheetahs props Boan Venter and Luan de Bruin will be sidelined for the rest of the season, Edinburgh have confirmed.

The South Africans were both injured in the Scottish side’s Challenge Cup win over Pau earlier this month, and have since undergone “successful surgeries”.

Venter, who has scored six tries in 25 appearances for Edinburgh, suffered a knee injury, while De Bruin pulled up with a hamstring problem on his eighth appearance for the club.

They recently returned to Scotland from SA after a two-match tour in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.