| Nic Groom | |
| Fullname: | Nicholas James Groom |
| Birth Date: | 1990 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | King William's Town, South Africa |
| Weight: | 810NaN0 |
| School: | Rondebosch Boys' High School |
| University: | University of Cape Town |
| Position: | Scrum-half |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2011 |
| Years1: | 2011–2015 |
| Apps1: | 69 |
| Points1: | 50 |
| Years2: | 2011–2016 |
| Apps2: | 57 |
| Points2: | 25 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Northampton Saints |
| Apps3: | 49 |
| Points3: | 35 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Apps4: | 21 |
| Points4: | 15 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Apps5: | 4 |
| Points5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2019–2021 |
| Apps6: | 22 |
| Points6: | 25 |
| Years7: | 2021 |
| Apps7: | 4 |
| Points7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2021 |
| Clubs8: | Tel Aviv Heat |
| Apps8: | 0 |
| Points8: | 0 |
| Amatyears1: | 2010–2011 |
| Amatapps1: | 8 |
| Amatpoints1: | 5 |
| Repyears1: | 2015 |
| Repteam1: | Barbarians |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears2: | 2016 |
| Repteam2: | South Africa 'A' |
| Repcaps2: | 1 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
| Clubupdate: | 4 February 2022 |
| Repupdate: | 27 May 2018 |
Nicholas James Groom (born 22 February 1990) is a South African rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half.
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 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.[1]
Groom has been a regular feature in the Saints' starting side and was instrumental in them securing European Champions Cup rugby for the 2017/18 season, featuring heavily in both the European Champions Cup play-off games where Saints saw off both Connacht Rugby and Stade Francais to secure their spot in the competition for the following season.[2] On 3 April 2018, it was announced that Groom would leave Northampton with immediate effect to join the Super Rugby team the .[3]
On 27 June 2019, Groom returned to the UK with Pro14 side Edinburgh in Scotland from the 2019–20 season.[4] He was released on 22 April 2021[5] and subsequently signed for Premiership Rugby team London Irish until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6]
On 28 May 2016, Groom was included in a 31-man squad for their three-test match series against a touring 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.
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 0 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 371 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 4 | 924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 3 | 955 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 4 | 765 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | In Europe with Northampton Saints | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 315 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 7 | 6 | 579 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 78 | 51 | 27 | 3949 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||