Ricardo Croy (born 7 December 1986) is a South African

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player, currently playing with the . His regular position is fly-half.

Career

Youth

Croy represented at the 2004 Under-18

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tournament. This led to his inclusion in the South Africa Under-19 squad for the

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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 in the 2006 Vodacom Cup game against the . Further appearances followed in the 2008 Vodacom Cup side, but he failed to break into the

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side.

SWD Eagles

Croy then joined

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-based side the during the

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season, making four appearances. He was 5th top scorer in the

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, scoring 94 points. A further 48 points in the

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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.

Pumas

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

Boland Cavaliers

Croy made the move back to the

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in 2012, linking up with the .

Representative rugby

In 2012, Croy was included in a South African Barbarians (South) team that faced

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during the

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. The following year, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the

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and won the tournament after winning all three matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croy, Ricardo 1986 births Living people Boland Cavaliers players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Rugby union players from Bellville, South Africa South African rugby union players SWD Eagles players Western Province (rugby union) players Rugby union fly-halves