Kevin Croke (born 4 July 1982) is an Irish

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player. He played club rugby for his university UCD and St Mary's College. Croke has numerous representative honours including caps for

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at Under 19's, 21's, 7's, Club International and at

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level where he captained the 2007 team. At provincial level he has represented

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at U-19 and U-21. He captained UCD for the 2005/06 season in the All-Ireland League Division 1. He also captained the team which retained the

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in 2005 for the university. Croke is considered a stalwart of university, club and amateur rugby in Ireland. At senior rugby he is a regular on the Irish Club International team, the Irish Universities team where he is often captain and has play in the 7's world cup for Ireland in

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. Croke moved to St Mary's College in before the 2011/12 season where he competed in AIL division 1A.

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