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Demetri Catrakilis
Demetri Catrakilis (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατρακίλης, born on 6 July 1989) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for Premiership side Harlequins, Top 14 side Montpellier, for the Stormers and the Southern Kings in Super Rugby and Pro 14, for Western Province in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the UCT Ikey Tigers in the Varsity Cup. His regular playing position was fly-half.
Catrakilis attended St John's College in Johannesburg where he played in the first team from the age of fifteen, and went on to captain the team in his final school year.
Catrakilis represented the Golden Lions Under-18 team in the 2007 Academy Week as their first-choice fly half. He was then chosen to represent the Golden Lions U19 team for the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He helped the Golden Lions reach the semi-finals of the competition, where they lost 25–28 to the Sharks U19.
Following Catrakilis' Under-19 Provincial Championship season with the Golden Lions, he then joined the youth team of French Top 14 side Racing Métro 92, where he enjoyed a brief stint with the Under-23 squad in 2009, before returning home to South Africa.
Catrakilis played for the UCT Ikey Tigers during the 2011 Varsity Cup after a season for Western Province Super League club False Bay. He was the highest point scorer of the tournament with 136 points in his debut Varsity Cup season, helping the Ikey Tigers to win their first Varsity Cup. They beat UP Tuks 26–16 in the final with Catrakilis picking up the Man of the Match award.
After the successful Varsity Cup, Catrakilis was drafted into the Western Province Vodacom Cup team for their quarter-final loss to the Sharks XV in 2011 Vodacom Cup.
Catrakilis got his chance to play in the first week of the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division season against the Griquas and came off the substitutes' bench in the last minute to make his Currie Cup debut. Due to injures in the fly-halves position at Western Province, Catrakilis was chosen to start the following week against the Leopards in Potchefstroom. He marked his starting debut by scoring 22 points as Western Province won the match 47–9. He remained as the starting fly-half throughout the season of Western Province's Currie Cup season.
Catrakilis won the ABSA Currie Cup Player of the Month for August and also delivered a Man of the Match performance against the then-unbeaten and eventual champions Golden Lions in a 28–26 win in Round Six of the competition with a 100% kicking success rate and a drop goal. He eventually scored a total of 150 points with the boot and helped Western Province reach the semi-finals. His performances saw him awarded the Western Province Club's Player of the Year.
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Demetri Catrakilis
Demetri Catrakilis (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατρακίλης, born on 6 July 1989) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for Premiership side Harlequins, Top 14 side Montpellier, for the Stormers and the Southern Kings in Super Rugby and Pro 14, for Western Province in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and for the UCT Ikey Tigers in the Varsity Cup. His regular playing position was fly-half.
Catrakilis attended St John's College in Johannesburg where he played in the first team from the age of fifteen, and went on to captain the team in his final school year.
Catrakilis represented the Golden Lions Under-18 team in the 2007 Academy Week as their first-choice fly half. He was then chosen to represent the Golden Lions U19 team for the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He helped the Golden Lions reach the semi-finals of the competition, where they lost 25–28 to the Sharks U19.
Following Catrakilis' Under-19 Provincial Championship season with the Golden Lions, he then joined the youth team of French Top 14 side Racing Métro 92, where he enjoyed a brief stint with the Under-23 squad in 2009, before returning home to South Africa.
Catrakilis played for the UCT Ikey Tigers during the 2011 Varsity Cup after a season for Western Province Super League club False Bay. He was the highest point scorer of the tournament with 136 points in his debut Varsity Cup season, helping the Ikey Tigers to win their first Varsity Cup. They beat UP Tuks 26–16 in the final with Catrakilis picking up the Man of the Match award.
After the successful Varsity Cup, Catrakilis was drafted into the Western Province Vodacom Cup team for their quarter-final loss to the Sharks XV in 2011 Vodacom Cup.
Catrakilis got his chance to play in the first week of the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division season against the Griquas and came off the substitutes' bench in the last minute to make his Currie Cup debut. Due to injures in the fly-halves position at Western Province, Catrakilis was chosen to start the following week against the Leopards in Potchefstroom. He marked his starting debut by scoring 22 points as Western Province won the match 47–9. He remained as the starting fly-half throughout the season of Western Province's Currie Cup season.
Catrakilis won the ABSA Currie Cup Player of the Month for August and also delivered a Man of the Match performance against the then-unbeaten and eventual champions Golden Lions in a 28–26 win in Round Six of the competition with a 100% kicking success rate and a drop goal. He eventually scored a total of 150 points with the boot and helped Western Province reach the semi-finals. His performances saw him awarded the Western Province Club's Player of the Year.