Des Fitzgerald
Irish rugby player
Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1957-12-20) 20 December 1957 (age 66) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 6 lb 244 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| School | De la Salle College, Churchtown. | ||||||||||||||||
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Desmond Fitzgerald (born 20 December 1957 in Dublin) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a prop forward. He played for the Ireland team from 1984 to 1992, winning 34 caps, after making his debut in February 1984 against England in a 12–9 defeat at Twickenham. He played in two Rugby World Cups: 1987 and 1991. He is the father of Irish International rugby player Luke Fitzgerald.[2]
Des was also an excellent GAA football player and he won a schools final while playing for De La Salle Rathfarnham National School in Croke Park in 1968.
His son Luke is also a former Irish rugby union player who played as a winger or fullback for Leinster Rugby and Ireland national rugby union team.
References
External links
- Des Fitzgerald at ESPNscrum
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Ireland squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup
- D. Fitzgerald
- Francis
- Halpin
- Hamilton
- Kingston
- Lenihan
- Mannion
- Matthews (c)
- Popplewell
- Smith
- Robinson
Coach: Fitzgerald
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