Luke Fitzgerald

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Luke Fitzgerald

Full name	Luke Fitzgerald
Date of birth	13-09-1987
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.80 m
Weight	85 kg
Rugby union career
Position	Fullback/Wing/Centre
Professional clubs		Caps	(points)
2006-	Leinster	8	(5)
correct as of 27 November, 2006.
National team(s)
2006-	Ireland	1	(0)
correct as of 27 November, 2006.
Other Information
Occupation	Student
School attended	Blackrock College
University	University College Dublin

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 the Ireland national rugby union team in November 2006.

1 Schools Rugby
2 Professional Rugby
3 External links
4 References

[edit] 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]

[edit] Professional Rugby

Provincial

After leaving school Fitzgerald has become a regular in the Leinster Magners League team. He scored his first 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. Fitzgerald is regarded as an excellent player for Ireland's future ^[2] 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.