Nizaam Carr

Nizaam Carr
Personal information
Born4 April 1991
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)[1]
School(s) attendedDiocesan College
UniversityUniversity of Cape Town
Club information
Playing positionLoose Forward
Current clubWestern Province / Stormers
Youth career
2007–12Western Province
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeam
2011UCT Ikey Tigers5(5)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Pts)†
2011–Western Province28(25)
2012–Stormers43(20)
Representative team(s)‡
2011South Africa U204(10)
2014–South Africa2(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 April 2015.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 30 November 2014.

Nizaam Carr (born 4 April 1991) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays either as a flanker or number 8. He represents the Stormers in Super Rugby[2] and Western Province in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup.[3][1] He is renowned for his athleticism and linking play.[4]

Personal life

Carr grew up in Mitchell's Plain and attended West End Primary before his father moved to Rondebosch East, where he still lives with his family.[5]

Carr is the first Muslim to be named in a Springboks squad[4] and to play for his national team after his subsequent debut against Italy. He fasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, even while playing rugby.[6] He runs a rugby academy at Islamia College in Rondebosch East and hopes to inspire more young players from his community to achieve higher honours in rugby.[7]

Career

Born in Cape Town, Carr attended Bishops and played in their First XV in 2008 and 2009. Carr made his way through the junior ranks of Western Province, playing Craven Week in 2009 and then made it to the senior team in 2011 where he debuted against the Golden Lions.[3] Unimpressive outings in a Province jersey somehow saw him called up to the Stormers Super Rugby squad for the 2012 season and he made a total of 7 appearances before a serious knee injury ended his year.[2][8][9] However, he bounced back during 2013 and made 14 appearances for the Stormers and also helped Western Province reach the final of the Currie Cup.[9]

Carr started the 2014 Super Rugby season on the bench, but an injury to Siya Kolisi led to him starting the final 11 matches of the Stormers’ campaign in the number 6 jersey. He returned to his preferred number 8 position during the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, with his team ending the season as champions.[4]

International

Carr was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship where he made a total of 4 appearances and scored 2 tries.[10][11]

In October 2014, he was called-up by the South Africa national rugby union team for their 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[4] On the 22 of November Nizaam Carr made his Springbok test debut against Italy.

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Against Pld W D L T Con Pen DG Pts %Won
 Italy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
 Wales 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 22 December 2014
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2012 Stormers 6 2 4 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Stormers 15 6 9 647 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Stormers 16 11 5 976 4 0 0 0 20 1 0
Total 37 19 18 1777 4 0 0 0 20 1 0

Reference List

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nizaam Carr SA Rugby Player Profile". SA Rugby. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nizaam Carr Stormers Player Profile". Stormers Rugby. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nizaam Carr Western Province Player Profile". WP Rugby. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Zelim Nel (28 October 2014). "Mommy, come watch! I’m a Springbok!". IOLsport. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Gavin Rich (2014-09-04). "Carr versatile with flank shift". SuperSport. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Gavin Rich (3 September 2014). "Socially conscious Nizaam enjoys linking role". supersport.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Carr ready should Boks call". Sport24. 2014-07-07. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "SANZAR rule upsets Coetzee". Sport 24. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Nizaam Carr itsrugby Player Profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "SA Under 20 squad named". Sport 24. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nizaam Carr IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.