Groom confident Carr will fill gap

Duane Vermeulen’s early departure for home as per what DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has called a plan hatched long ago will bring Nizaam Carr back into the Cape team’s starting mix for the remaining matches of their Vodacom Super Rugby tour of Australasia.


The Stormers re-crossed the Tasman Sea at the weekend licking their wounds after a second successive tour defeat, and their third loss in a row.

The fact that some refereeing calls were a factor in their 25-20 loss will not have helped matters, and neither would the sight of skipper Vermeulen heading towards the international d…