Nizaam Carr

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.

Carr is the first Muslim to be named in a Springboks squad He runs a rugby academy at Islamia College in Lansdowne and hopes to inspire more young players from his community to achieve higher honours in rugby.

Club 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 , playing Craven Week in 2009 and then made it to the senior team in 2011 where he debuted against the . Impressive 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. 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.

On 30 October 2017, Carr signed a 3-month deal to join English Premiership side Wasps. He rejoined the team on a full-time basis after the 2018 Super Rugby season.

On 12 June 2020, Carr returned to South Africa to rejoin the Bulls for their next Super Rugby season, after the conclusion of his contract with Wasps.

On 28 June 2021, it was announced that Carr would once again return to Wasps, after the conclusion of his Currie Cup commitments with the Bulls. Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and Carr was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. After being made redundant by Wasps, Carr returned to South Africa once again to rejoin the Bulls in the URC competition.

International career

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.

In October 2014, Carr was called up by the South Africa national rugby union team for their 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals. 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. He was named on the bench for the second match of the series, coming on as a first-half replacement in a 26–29 defeat to the Saxons in George.

Honours Currie Cup winner 2014, 2017 Pro14 Rainbow Cup runner-up 2021

Statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2012 6 2 4 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 15 6 9 647 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 16 11 5 976 4 0 0 0 20 1 0 2015 16 10 6 701 1 0 0 0 5 0 0Total 53 29 24 2478 5 0 0 0 25 1 0