| Intro | Rugby player |
| Is |
Athlete Rugby union player |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 21 February 1990 |
| Age: | 30 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Nicholas James Groom (born (1990-02-21)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.
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.
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. 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. He was named in the starting line-up for their first match in Bloemfontein, but ended on the losing side as the visitors ran out 32–24 winners.
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 | |