Luke Fitzgerald
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| School | Blackrock College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Fitzgerald (born 13 September 1987) is a Rugby Union footballer. He currently plays at full back or centre for Leinster. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in 2004 and 2006, but losing to Belvedere College in 2005. He won his first cap for Ireland in November 2006.
Schools Rugby
Luke played for the Blackrock College Senior Cup Team from 2004-2006, winning two Leinster Senior Cup Medals, in 2004 and 2006 but losing the final in 2005. He also won a Leinster Junior Cup Medal in 2003.
He was the 2005 Irish Examiner Young Rugby Player of the Year.
Representative Rugby
Luke played four matches for the Leinster Schools' Representative team.
In his fifth year Fitzgerald played three games for the Irish Schools team.
While in his final year he played three matches for the Irish Under 19's, all as Captain.
He also won the Irish Examiner Young Player of the Year for the 2005/06 season. [1]
Professional Rugby
Provincial
After leaving school Fitzgerald has become a regular in the Leinster Magners League squad, usually at No. 22. He scored his first (and only) try for the province against Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup, having come on as a substitute in a game Leinster ultimately lost 25-24.
International
In October 2006 he was named in the Ireland squad for the Autumn series of internationals. After a strong performance against the 'Mid Week Wallabies" playing for Ireland A he won his first cap on November 26 2006 against the Pacific Islands.[1] In doing so, he became the youngest player to play for Ireland in 29 years. He also became the 999th player to be capped for Ireland .[2] Fitzgerald is regarded as an excellent player for Ireland's future [3] and his progress will be carefully monitored by his coach Michael Cheika at Leinster and Eddie O'Sullivan at Ireland.
His father Des also played for Ireland.
External links
References
- ^ Ireland bid Lansdowne farewell in style — RTÉ News article, 26 November 2006.
- ^ 999th player ever to be capped for Ireland— Irish Rugby article.
- ^ http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/sport/2006/1127/1164403539732.html]