Shane Christie
| Date of birth | 23 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Upper Hutt College | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Tasman / Highlanders | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009 2010– 2013 2014− |
Buller Tasman Crusaders Highlanders |
76 1 29 |
() (60) (0) (10) |
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Correct as of 11 January 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2010−2011 2012–2013, 2016– |
All Blacks Sevens Māori All Blacks |
2 8 |
(0) (5) |
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Correct as of 11 January 2017
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Shane Christie (born 23 September 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union players who currently plays as a flanker for Tasman in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and the Highlanders in the international Super Rugby competition.
Born in the city of Palmerston North on New Zealand's North Island, Christie was raised in the town of Nelson, on the northern tip of South Island before moving to Wellington during his schooldays and attending school at Upper Hutt College just outside of Wellington. He headed back to Nelson after school and began working as a builder, a job he would have for 6 years prior to his rugby career really taking off in 2010. During this time, he played rugby for Nelson in Tasman's club rugby competition and also played Heartland Championship rugby with Buller in 2009.
Christie first played senior provincial rugby with the Tasman Makos during the 2010 ITM Cup and scored 2 tries in 5 games as the men from Nelson finished 12th out of 14 teams on the log in the final season before the competition was rejigged to feature two divisions of 7 teams. He played all 10 games the following year as the Makos finished last in the Championship.
2012 was a more positive year for Tasman and it saw them finish 3rd in the Championship before going down 41-34 to Otago in the playoff semi-finals. Christie was again an ever present, starting in 10 of 11 appearances and scoring 1 try. Following a promising season in 2012, the Makos gained promotion to the Premiership in 2013, finishing with 8 wins out of 10 regular season games before defeating Southland and Hawke's Bay in the semi-finals and final with Christie captaining the side and contributing 3 tries in 11 matches.
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