Background
Christophers was born and raised in Germany with an English father and a German mother.
Christophers was born and raised in Germany with an English father and a German mother.
He studied Geography at Loughborough University, for whom he played in a BUSA final.
At 16 he moved to England to attend the sixth form at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he represented England at under-16 and under-18 level In 2000, he took a year out of his studies playing for Brive and represented England under-21s. On graduation, in 2001, he signed full-time with Bristol Rugby.
During the 2002/03 season Christophers was a regular for Bristol and a bit-part player for England.
However, when Bristol were relegated at end of that season, he signed for Leeds Tykes. Christophers scored a try on his England debut against Argentina.
He toured New Zealand and Australia with England, but did not play. At the end of the 2004/05 season he decided to join Castres Olympiques in the Top 14 in France.
He played for Castres from -10.
Without a club from July 2010 until the end of June 2011, he played two years for Aix en Provence in the Pro D2 before ending his professional career in the summer of 2013.