Des Fitzgerald

Rugby player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRugby player
PlacesIreland
isAthlete Rugby union player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth20 December 1957, Dublin
Age67 years
The details

Biography

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.
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.

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