Christopher William Smith (born 9 September 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and the in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fly-half.
He was a member of the squad that won the 2018 Rugby Challenge, featuring in ten of their eleven matches and finishing as the competition's top scorer with 131 points.
Career
After playing in the South African College Schools first team in both the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Smith found himself at loose end but fortunately Smith was invited by John Dobson (rugby union coach) to join the Western Province Rugby institute. Smith went on to play in the Western Province (rugby union) u21 team in both 2014 and 2015, where the team won the Currie Cup with the likes of Jacques Vermeulen, Huw Jones (rugby union), Dan du Plessis , EW Viljoen, and school compatriots Luke van der Smit and Gino Lupini. After u21 seasons Smith played in the Varsity Cup where he found himself playing for the University of Stellenbosch, playing with future springboks such as Robert du Preez (rugby union, born 1993). He was then sign in 2018 to the Pumas and 2019 to the Bulls.