Robbie Petzer

Robert Jacobus Petzer (born 13 February 1996) is a South African rugby union player for Rugby ATL of the Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States.

He previously played for the Glendale Raptors in the MLR. His regular position is fly-half.

Rugby career

Petzer was born in Parys and initially attended high school in Kroonstad, where he earned a call-up to represent the at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2012. He then moved to Kimberley, where he was selected in the ' Craven Week squad in 2014.

He joined the academy after school, but left Cape Town after just one year to return to the . He represented them in the 2016 Under-20 Provincial Championship, finishing as the competition's third highest points scorer with 111 points.

2018 turned out to be a whirlwind season for Petzer; he was named in the senior squad for the 2017 Rugby Challenge, and he made their first class debut for them in their match against the in Welkom, where Petzer kicked one penalty in a 48–53 defeat. In the second half of the season, Petzer joined the , and he made his Currie Cup debut for the team in a match against the . A few weeks later, injuries to a number of ' Pro14 fly-halves — with Niel Marais, Fred Zeilinga, Ernst Stapelberg and Ryno Eksteen all injured — Petzer was called up into the squad and he started their second ever match, an 18–51 defeat to Irish side in Limerick, with Petzer scoring eight of his side's points. While that was his last action in the Pro14, he made a further 3 starts for in the Currie Cup competition.

He moved to George prior to the 2018 season to join the . He spent one season there before joining Major League Rugby side Glendale Raptors.