Inny-Christian Radebe (born 3 January 1995) is a South African

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player for the in the

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and the in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a fly-half, inside centre or fullback.

Rugby career

Schoolboy rugby

Radebe was born in

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and represented the at national youth competitions since primary school level, when he participated at the Under-13

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in 2008. He also earned selection during high school level, representing the Golden Lions at the 2011 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and at the Under-18

in both 2012 and 2013.

Sharks / UKZN

Radebe signed a deal to join the

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-based academy after finishing high school. He made one appearance for the s in 2013 in a 38–0 victory against prior to joining them on a full-time basis. In 2014, he started eleven of the team's matches in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship and scored 122 points, second only to Western Province's Ernst Stapelberg in the top scorers list in Group A of the competition. He scored four tries – three in their two matches against former side Golden Lions and a fourth against Eastern Province, to help the side progress to the semi-finals, where they lost 20–43 to the Blue Bulls. Radebe made four appearances for during the

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, scoring 44 points on the way, and picked up a "Player That Rocks" award in the finals, where he helped UKZN to silverware by beating 29–24. Less than a week after the final, he was also included in the squad for the

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competition and made his first class debut in a defeat to a . After another match in the Vodacom Cup against the , he played in a match for a Varsity Cup Dream Team – with Radebe being only player from the second-tier Varsity Shield to be included – against the South Africa Under-20 squad as the latter prepared for the

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, kicking one conversion in a 24–31 defeat. Radebe was initially included in Coach Dawie Theron's squad to contest the Junior World Cup in Italy before withdrawing through injury Radebe next played for the side in their

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season. He made ten starts during the competition, scoring six tries and 105 points with the boot to finish as the top scorer in the competition with a tally of 135 points. This helped his side reach the semi-finals, where they lost to . Radebe was included in the Super Rugby squad for their 2016 season, but suffered a

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after two appearances for the in the

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series which ruled him out for a large part of the season. He returned at the start of July to make further appearances in the Currie Cup competition.

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