Carr in hospital as Stormers train
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The Stormers have been busy preparing in Hermanus for their Super Rugby season, but one notable exclusion was Springbok flank Nizaam Carr – who was admitted to hospital.
The Stormers have had a busy time of it during their pre-season camp, with team-building exercises and on-field training dominating proceedings ahead of their final day in camp on Friday.
On Thursday the squad started off with their first field session of the training camp, under the watchful eye of Springbok breakdown specialist Richie Gray – who has spent the week with the Stormers, having visited the Bulls the previous week as part of the South African Rugby high performance mobi-unit.
A few players sat out training on Thursday with minor niggles – most notably Bok flank Siya Kolisi and centre Johnny Kotze.
Also, new Springbok flank Nizaam Carr is not at the camp, after being admitted to hospital earlier this week with a viral infection.
Kolisi (tight hamstring) sat out the on-field training and will remain sidelined until Monday as a precautionary measure.
Kotze suffered a minor ankle sprain earlier this week and will be out of action for approximately seven days.
The 2015 captain and vice-captain will be revealed to the media on Friday, as the team begins to ramp up its preparations ahead of their pre-season matches – which get underway next weekend (SWD, January 24; Cheetahs, January 30 and Boland, February 7).
They start their Super Rugby campaign against the Bulls in Pretoria on February 14.
Stormers head coach Allister Coetzee said: "It's been a busy few days, but it's been valuable spending this time together.
"We have one more session left and we're looking forward to getting through even more before returning home on Saturday."
The list of players on the long-term injury list include prop Frans Malherbe (ankle), as well as locks Jean Kleyn (AC Joint) and Ruan Botha (ankle).
They all continue to respond well to treatment.
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