Ricardo Croy

Ricardo Croy
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Croy
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
School(s) attended Paarl Gimnasium, Paarl
Club information
Playing position Fly-half
Current club Boland Cavaliers
Youth career
2004–07 Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2008 Maties 2 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2006–08 Western Province 14 (56)
2008–09 SWD Eagles 22 (193)
2010–11 Pumas 27 (195)
2012– Boland Cavaliers 24 (73)
Representative team(s)
2005 S.A. Under-19 ()
2012 South African Barbarians (South) 1 (0)
2013 South Africa President's XV 1 (7)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 30 September 2013.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 June 2013.

Ricardo Croy (born 7 December 1986) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Boland Cavaliers.[1] His regular position is fly-half.

Career

Youth

He represented Western Province at the 2004 Under-18 Craven Week tournament. This led to his inclusion in the S.A. Under-19 squad for the Under 19 Rugby World Championship in 2005. Further appearances for Western Province followed at Under-19 level in 2005 and at Under-21 level at 2006 and 2007.

Senior career

Western Province

He made his debut for Western Province in the 2006 Vodacom Cup game against the Golden Lions.[2] Further appearances followed in the 2008 Vodacom Cup side, but he failed to break into the Currie Cup side.

SWD Eagles

He then joined George-based side the SWD Eagles during the 2008 Currie Cup First Division season, making four appearances. He was 5th top scorer in the 2009 Vodacom Cup, scoring 94 points.[3] A further 48 points in the 2009 Currie Cup First Division followed to help them finish second in the league, but they failed to win promotion, despite him accumulating the highest individual tally in the play-off games, scoring 23 points.[4]

Pumas

In 2010, he then moved to Premier Division side the Pumas, whom he regularly represented over the next two seasons.

Boland Cavaliers

He made the move back to the Western Cape in 2012, linking up with the Boland Cavaliers.

Representative rugby

In 2012, he was included in a South African Barbarians (South) team that faced England during the 2012 mid-year rugby test series.[5] The following year, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[6] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[7]

References

  1. "SARU Player Profile Ricardo Croy". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. "Vodacom Western Province vs Lions". South African Rugby Union. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2009 Vodacom Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. "SA Rugby Top Scorers – 2009 Absa Currie Cup Promotion/Relegation". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. "SA Barbarians teams named". Sport24. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  7. "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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