Demetri Catrakilis (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατρακίλης, born on 6 July 1989) is a South African former professional rugby union player.
[2] 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.
Catrakilis won the ABSA Currie Cup Player of the Month for August[9] 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.
[11] After being left out of the squad for the Stormers in Super Rugby, he continued his career in the 2012 Vodacom Cup with Western Province, helping them win the tournament and going through the season unbeaten.
Catrakilis remained the first choice fly-half for the Kings for the duration of the 2013 Super Rugby season, making fourteen appearances in the competition and scoring 37 penalties, 14 conversions and a drop goal to finish with a tally of 142 points.
A try from number eight Cornell du Preez three minutes into injury time pulled the score back to 28–26 to the Brumbies and Catrakilis converted the subsequent conversion to secure a 28–28 draw.
[23] However, three minutes into injury time, Catrakilis scored a drop goal for the Kings to clinch the match 30–27 and secure their first ever victory on foreign soil in their first Super Rugby season.
[28] He returned to the starting line-up for the Western Province for the remaining two matches of the regular season to guide his team to the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals.
He scored a try and kicked 17 points in their 33–16 victory over the Golden Lions in the semi-final,[29] but ended up on the losing side in the final – the first in Cape Town since 2001 – as the Sharks ran out 33–19 winners.
Western Province reached the 2014 Currie Cup final after a 31–23 win over the Blue Bulls in a semi-final at Newlands, with Catrakilis contributing 16 points from the kicking tee.
[37] The Stormers built on Western Province's Currie Cup success by finishing the 2015 Super Rugby season as South African Conference Winners.
[39] In January 2015, Catrakilis signed a contract to join French Top 14 side Montpellier to link up with former South African World Cup winning head coach Jake White.
[59] and he also spent 2007 with South African Premier Soccer League team Moroka Swallows before choosing to pursue a career in rugby union rather than football.