About
The Canterbury loose forward was first named in the Crusaders squad in 2020 but was already very familiar to the environment at Rugby Park in Christchurch.
Tom spent three seasons playing for Shirley Boys’ High School in the Crusaders region secondary schools competition and captained the side in his final year at school. He joined the Crusaders Academy in 2016 after representing the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ team.
His other representative honours to date include Canterbury Under 19, Crusaders Development XV, and New Zealand Under 20 and All Blacks XV. Tom won the Junior World Championship with the Under 20 side in 2017 and went on to Captain the team in 2018.
Later that year, Christie was named in the Mitre 10 Cup squad for the first time, but he already had one first-class cap to his name – a 2017 Premiership Final appearance. Christie took the field with five minutes to go in the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup Final against Tasman, to not only earn his first appearance in the red and black jersey, but a Premiership winners medal as well.
Tom has over 50 appearances for the Crusaders and captained the side for the first time for the 37-26 victory against the Chiefs in 2024.