Christopher Adriaan Dry (born 13 February 1988) is a South African professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player, currently playing with the South African Sevens team in the

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. His regular position is a flanker.

Youth rugby

Dry played rugby for his school, Grey College in

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State (province), Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legisla ...

, earning a call-up to Free State's Under-18 side that played at the Academy Week tournament in 2006. The following year, he became involved in the youth structures at the ; he played for the side in the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the side in the Under-21 Provincial Championships in both 2008 and 2009.

Professional

Dry made his first class debut for the during the

2009 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2009 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division season was the 71st season in the competition since it started in 1889. The competition was contested from 10 July through to 31 October. It was won by the Blue Bulls, who defeated the Free State Cheetahs ...

, coming on as a late substitute in their 59–8 victory against in Bloemfontein. That turned out be his only appearance in the Currie Cup, despite being named on the bench for their matches against the and . Dry made a single appearance for university side during the

2010 Varsity Cup The 2010 Varsity Cup was contested from 1 February to 29 March 2010. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-univer ...

competition, a 37–31 win over before joining the Free State Cheetahs' squad for the

2010 Vodacom Cup The 2010 Vodacom Cup was contested from 26 February to 7 May. The 2010 Vodacom Cup is the 13th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Prem ...

. After an appearance off the bench in their match against

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invitational side , he started his first ever first class match against the following week and also started their next two matches against the and .

South Africa Sevens

In 2010, Dry joined the South African Sevens setup. He made his debut at the

2010 Adelaide Sevens The 2010 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2010, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2009–10 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held between ...

tournament and participated in four tournaments in the

2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the IRB Sevens World Series crown for their fir ...

and quickly established himself as a regular in the side. Dry made six tournament appearances in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series and played in all nine events of the

2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series The 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC Sevens World Series, was the 13th annual series of the IRB Sevens World Series tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999– ...

. He played in the first eight events during the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series but missed out on the

2013 London Sevens The 2013 London Sevens was the seventh edition of the rugby union tournament and the final stage of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. Format The teams were divided into pools of four t ...

. He was also a member of the Blitzbokke that played at the

2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The tournament was held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating England 33–0 in the final. Attendance for the tourname ...

, but disappointingly got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by

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. Dry once again played in all nine events of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series before participating at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

in Glasgow, helping his side all the way to the final, where they got a 17–12 victory over a

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that won the previous four tournaments.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dry, Chris South African rugby union players Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Cape Town Rugby union flankers Free State Cheetahs players South Africa international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of South Africa Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games