Dirk Grobbelaar
Hendrik Grobbelaar is a South African professional rugby union player, who most recently played with the. His regular position is flanker or number eight.
Rugby career
2006: Limpopo
Grobbelaar was born in Benoni, but grew up in Mookgophong in the Limpopo province. He was selected to represent Limpopo at the 2008 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Ermelo, where he started two of their three matches.2012–2016: Griffons
In 2012, he was included in the Welkom-based ' Under-21 squad for their Under-21 Provincial Championship campaign. He started all six of their matches in the Number [eight |number eight] jersey, scoring a try against in a 40–43 defeat, but could not help his side to a victory, as they lost all six matches to finish bottom of the log.Grobbelaar made his first class debut in March 2013, coming on as a replacement in the ' 2013 Vodacom Cup match against the in Polokwane. He made his first start a week later against, but failed to feature for the Griffons for the remainder of 2013. He made a single appearance in the 2014 Vodacom Cup – as a replacement in a 10–49 defeat to the – before making his Currie Cup debut, playing off the bench in the Griffons 2014 [Currie Cup First Division|First Division] match against the, helping his team to a 37–32 victory.
Grobbelaar got marginally more playing time in 2015, making three appearances off the bench in the Griffons' Vodacom Cup season before starting against the during the Currie Cup First Division regular season and against the same opposition in their 40–47 semi-final loss a week later.
Grobbelaar made two starts and four appearances off the bench in the Griffons' 2016 Currie Cup qualification campaign, and scored his first senior try in their 101–0 victory over Namibian side the in his third appearance of the season. The Griffons finished ninth, to qualify to the Currie Cup First Division.