Christie Grobbelaar
| Date of birth | 25 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christie Grobbelaar (born 15 June 2000) is a South African rugby union player.[1]
He competed for the South Africa national rugby sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where South Africa won gold, [2][3][4][5][6][7] and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[8][9] where they defeated Australia to win the bronze medal final.[10][11]
Grobbelaar was named on the bench for the Sharks during the 2024 Currie Cup Premier Division, but did not ultimately make an appearance.[12]
He was named in the Sharks squad for the 2025 Currie Cup Premier Division.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Detail | SA Rugby". www.sarugby.co.za.
- ^ Roche, Ross (26 July 2022). "Powell explains why no URC stars cracked Blitzboks Commonwealth Games team". The Citizen.
- ^ "SuperSport". supersport.com.
- ^ Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa stun Fiji to win men's rugby sevens Commonwealth gold". the Guardian. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Springbok Sevens squad named for 2024 Olympic Games". SA Rugby. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Glover, Ben; Bone, Alyssa (27 July 2024). "Aussie devastation as captain's send-off turns clash for bronze". Nine. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Baloyi, Charles (28 July 2024). "Men's rugby sevens clinch Team South Africa's first medal in Paris". SABC. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Sharks get Bok boost for derby duel". SA Rugby magazine. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Under-20 champions headlines Sharks Currie Cup squad". rugby365.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- Male rugby sevens players
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Rugby union centres
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players