Nic Groom

Nic Groom
Personal information
Full name Nicholas James Groom
Born (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990
King William's Town, South Africa
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
School(s) attended Rondebosch Boys' High School
University University of Cape Town
Club information
Playing position Scrum-Half
Current club Northampton Saints
Youth career
2008–2011 Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2010–2011 UCT Ikey Tigers 8 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Pts)†
2011–2015 Western Province 69 (50)
2011–2016 Stormers 57 (25)
2016–present Northampton Saints 8 (10)
Representative team(s)‡
2016 South Africa 'A' 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 26 October 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 26 October 2016.

Nicholas James Groom (born 21 February 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half for Northampton Saints in the English Premiership.

In 2013, he signed a contract tying him to the Western Province and Stormers until the end of 2015.[1]

Career

A winner of the Varsity Cup with UCT in 2011, Groom received a swift call up to the Stormers side at the tail-end of the Super Rugby season to replace the injured Dewaldt Duvenhage and Ricky Januarie and he made a couple of substitute appearances. The next 18 months were to see him limited to Western Province appearances and he was a Currie Cup winner with the Streeptruie in 2012. 2013 saw the departure of Duvenhage and Groom was now in a one-on-one fight with Louis Schreuder for the Stormers and Province number 9 jersey and as a result he saw much more game time.He was a Currie Cup runner up in 2013 and he largely had to make do with appearances from the substitutes bench as Schreuder stole a march in the battle to be first choice scrum-half. However, he was to become a Currie Cup winner again in 2014, this time against the Golden Lions in a season which had seen him edge ahead of Louis Schreuder both at Super Rugby level where he started 12 of 16 games in a tough campaign and also domestically where he started 7 of 9 games and scored 1 try in the process.

He signed a contract to join English Premiership side Northampton Saints at the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season and has since become a regular started for the Midlands side.[2]

International rugby

On 28 May 2016, Groom was included in a 31-man South Africa squad for their three-test match series against a touring Ireland team.[3] After training with the national team for a few days, he joined the South Africa 'A' squad for their two-match series against a touring England Saxons team.[4] He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein,[5] but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.[6]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 21 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2011 Stormers 2 0 2 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Stormers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Stormers 9 4 5 371 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2014 Stormers 16 12 4 924 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Stormers 16 13 3 955 2 0 0 0 10 1 0
Total 43 29 14 2285 3 0 0 0 15 1 0

References

  1. ↑ "Catrakilis en Groom mik hoog in 2014". Media24 (in Afrikaans). Beeld. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "DHL Stormers to bid Groom farewell" (Press release). Stormers. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Squad of 31 ushers in new era of Springbok rugby". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ackermann to coach SA 'A' against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Youth and experience for SA 'A' opener against Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – South Africa "A" 24-32 England Saxons". South African Rugby Union. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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