Black Ferns sevens star Kayla McAlister will miss the Commonwealth games in April.
Coach Allan Bunting has confirmed the 2013 World Sevens Player of the Year has made herself unavailable for the Gold Coast to spend time with her family.
"For now she's made herself unavailable. It's up to her if she wants to come back," Bunting told Radiosport.
"She's with her partner who's flown away on a contract and she's gone away and wants to be a mum for a bit.
"The door's open for Kayla ... but she hasn't actually had a chance to be a mum yet so she's gonna go do that and we'll just see what happens after that."
