Chris Cloete
| Full name | Christopher Anthony Cloete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 February 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | East London, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Selborne College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Wesley Cloete (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Current team | Kings / Pumas | ||
| Youth Career | |||
| 2004–2009 | Border Bulldogs | ||
| 2009–2012 | Sharks | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2013 | Old Selbornians | () | |
| 2014 | NMMU Madibaz | 8 | (40) |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2012 | Sharks XV | 7 | (5) |
| 2013 | Western Province | 4 | (25) |
| 2014–2015 | Kandy | () | |
| 2015 | Western Province | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–present | Kings | 9 | (20) |
| 2016–present | Pumas | 0 | (0) |
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Correct as of 18 July 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2009 | South Africa Schools | 2 | (0) |
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Correct as of 4 August 2015
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Christopher Anthony Cloete (born 15 February 1991 in East London, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing domestic rugby with the Pumas and Super Rugby with the Kings. His regular position is flanker.
Cloete grew up in East London and was included in a number of youth provincial sides; he represented them at the 2004 Under-13 Craven Week, the 2006 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the Under-18 Craven Week competitions in both 2008 and 2009.
He was also included in the 2009 South African Schools side. He came on as a replacement in their 86–3 victory against Italy and started their 13–45 defeat to England in two matches played in August 2009.
After high school, Cloete moved to Durban to join the Sharks Academy. He made appearances for the Sharks U19 side in the 2009 and 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championships, before suffering a broken leg in their 2010 match against the Griffons which ruled him out of action for a year.
He returned to action for the Sharks U21s in 2011, scoring three tries in fourteen appearances in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship.
In 2012, he was included in the Sharks XV Vodacom Cup squad for the first time and he made his first class debut in his hometown of East London, coming on as a replacement in a 42–0 victory against former side Border Bulldogs. He played off the bench in a 15–17 defeat to Western Province a week later to make his home debut and then made his first start in his next match, also marking the occasion by scoring his first try in a 51–38 victory over the Free State XV. He made one more start and three appearances off the bench in the remainder of the competition and started a six matches for the Sharks U21s in the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship in the second half of 2012.
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