Christie Grobbelaar

Christie Grobbelaar
Born (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2024– Sharks XV 3 (0)
2025 Sharks 2 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020– South Africa Sevens
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam competition
Africa Men's Sevens
Silver medal – second place2024 MauritiusTeam competition

Christie Grobbelaar (born 15 June 2000) is a South African rugby union player.[1]

Professional career

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] Grobbelaar remained with the Sharks for the start of the 2025–26 United Rugby Championship and made his debut in the opening round against Glasgow Warriors, before being loaned back to the South African sevens team.[14][15][16]

He was a try scorer in the final as South Africa won in Cape Town at the 2025 South Africa Sevens, part of the 2025–26 SVNS.[17]

Grobbelaar returned to the Sharks for the 2026 Currie Cup.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Detail | SA Rugby". www.sarugby.co.za.
  2. ↑ Roche, Ross (26 July 2022). "Powell explains why no URC stars cracked Blitzboks Commonwealth Games team". The Citizen.
  3. ↑ "SuperSport". supersport.com.
  4. ↑ Mostert, Herman. "Team SA squad named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". news24.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games". sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "South Africa stun Fiji to win men's rugby sevens Commonwealth gold". the Guardian. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Springbok Sevens squad named for 2024 Olympic Games". SA Rugby. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Glover, Ben; Bone, Alyssa (27 July 2024). "Aussie devastation as captain's send-off turns clash for bronze". Nine. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Baloyi, Charles (28 July 2024). "Men's rugby sevens clinch Team South Africa's first medal in Paris". SABC. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Sharks get Bok boost for derby duel". SA Rugby magazine. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Under-20 champions headlines Sharks Currie Cup squad". rugby365.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Sharks, The (22 September 2025). "Hollywoodbets Sharks Tour Squad Announcement". The Sharks Durban. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Blitzboks to loan URC players". SA Rugby magazine. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Team Release: Hollywoodbets Sharks vs Glasgow Warriors". The Sharks Durban. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  17. ↑ Morton, Finn (7 December 2025). "Blitzboks defend Cape Town title with thrilling win over Los Pumas Sevens". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  18. ↑ Greenaway, Mike (16 July 2026). "New kit, new era: Sharks embrace change on and off the field as Currie Cup approaches". IOL. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
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