Steve Irwin (rugby league) Steve Irwin (rugby league) Steven "Steve" Irwin (born 19 June 1983 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. While attending St. Lukes Anglican School, Irwin played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000. Irwin, affectionately nicknamed "Croc" after the TV personality the Crocodile Hunter of the same name, made a remarkable rise to first grade football in just 5 years. He spent much of his youth playing soccer before picking up Rugby League at the age of 14. He moved to the Canberra Raiders. In 2010, it was revealed that Irwin was playing for Bundaberg in
Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile () is a fictional, friendly crocodile in the series of animation films "Gena the Crocodile", "Cheburashka" and "Shapoklyak" by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). He debuted in the 1966 novel "Gena the Crocodile and His Friends" by Eduard Uspensky. The 50-year-old Gena works in a zoo as an attraction. In his spare time, he plays the garmon and likes to sing. His two best-known songs are "Pust' begut neuklyuzhe..." and "Goluboy vagon" ("The Blue Train Car"). The crocodile's name is a typical diminutive of the Russian male name Gennady. Gena and Cheburashka, the title character