Ricardo Croy

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.

Ricardo Croy

Full name	Ricardo Croy
Born	(1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 38) Bellville, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
School	Paarl Gimnasium, Paarl
Rugby union career
Position Fly-half Current team Boland Cavaliers Youth career 2004–2007 Western Province Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2008 Maties 2 (5) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2008 Western Province 14 (56) 2008–2009 SWD Eagles 22 (193) 2010–2011 Pumas 27 (195) 2012–present Boland Cavaliers 24 (73) Correct as of 30 September 2013 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 South Africa Under-19 2012 South African Barbarians (South) 1 (0) 2013 South Africa President's XV 1 (7) Correct as of 17 June 2013

Career

Youth

Croy represented Western Province at the 2004 Under-18 Craven Week tournament. This led to his inclusion in the South Africa 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

Croy 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

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

Boland Cavaliers

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

Representative rugby

In 2012, Croy 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]