Ciaran Fitzgerald

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Ciaran Fitzgerald (born 4 June 1952 in Loughrea, County Galway) is a former Irish rugby union footballer and coach of the national team.

Biography

Best known for his rugby success, Fitzgerald previously won two All-Ireland boxing championships. He also played minor hurling for Galway and was a member of the team in the minor final against Cork in 1970. Fitzgerald began playing rugby while at St Joseph's College, Garbally where he was chosen to play hooker by teacher, and priest, Bishop John Kirby. He studied in University College Galway, gaining a BComm in 1973, and played for University College Galway R.F.C.. He went on to play senior rugby for St. Mary's College ^[1]

He rose to prominence in the game and went on to captain the Ireland team to the Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985 and the Five Nations Championship in 1983, as well as the British and Irish Lions on their losing tour to New Zealand in 1983.

His debut test match was against Australia on 3 June 1979. Scotland were his final test opponents on 15 March 1986. In total, he received 22 competitive and three friendly caps for Ireland. He scored once, a try against Wales, in 1980. He went on to coach the Irish national rugby team for three years.

Playing in the amateur era, Fitzgerald also maintained a career in the Irish Army, and at one point was aide de camp to the President, Dr Patrick Hillery.

He was head coach of Ireland, from 1990 to 1992, leading the side to the 1991 Rugby World Cup, reaching the quarter-finals.

He now regularly appears on Setanta Sports and RTE, the Irish national TV and radio service, as a rugby pundit.

Appearances

1979: Australia W 27–12 Brisbane
1979: Australia W 9–3 Sydney
1980: England L 24–9 Twickenham
1980: Scotland W 22–15 Lansdowne Road
1980: France L 19–18 Parc des Princes
1980: Wales W 21–7 Lansdowne Road
1982: Wales W 20–12 Lansdowne Road
1982: England W 16–15 Twickenham
1982: Scotland W 21–12 Lansdowne Road
1982: France L 22–9 Parc des Princes
1983: Scotland W 15–13 Murrayfield
1983: France W 22–16 Lansdowne Road
1983: Wales L 23–9 Cardiff Arms Park
1983: England W 25–15 Lansdowne Road
1984: France L 25–12 Parc des Princes
1984: Wales L 18–9 Lansdowne Road
1984: Australia L 16–9 Lansdowne Road
1985: Scotland W 18–15 Murrayfield
1985: France D 15–15 Lansdowne Road
1985: Wales W 21–9 Cardiff Arms Park
1985: England W 13–10 Lansdowne Road
1986: France L 29–9 Parc des Princes
1986: Wales L 19–12 Lansdowne Road
1986: England L 25–20 Twickenham
1986: Scotland L 10–9 Lansdowne Road

References

↑ Scally, John (1996). Giants of Irish Rugby. Mainstream Publishing Company. ISBN 1-85158-834-5.

External links

Preceded by Jim Davidson	Irish national rugby coach 1990–1992	Succeeded by Gerry Murphy

v t e Ireland squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	D. Fitzgerald Francis Halpin Hamilton Kingston Lenihan Mannion Matthews (c) Popplewell Smith Robinson

Backs	Aherne Clarke Crossan Cunningham Curtis Geoghegan Keyes Mullin Murphy Saunders Staples

Coach	Fitzgerald

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1983 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bainbridge Beattie Boyle Butler Calder Colclough Deans Fitzgerald (c) Jeavons Jones Lenihan McLoughlin Milne Norster O'Driscoll Paxton Price Squire Stephens Winterbottom

Backs	Ackerman Baird Campbell Carleton Evans Hare Holmes Irwin Kiernan Laidlaw MacNeill Melville Ringland Rutherford Smith Woodward

Coach	Telfer

v t e British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910	Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} 1891: Bill Maclagan 1896: Johnny Hammond Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} 1903: Mark Morrison Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} 1908: Boxer Harding 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4}

To present	Jun-Jul1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} Aug 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} Aug-Sep1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith 1927: David MacMyn 1930: Doug Prentice 1936: Bernard Gadney 1938: Sam Walker 1950: Karl Mullen 1955: Robin Thompson 1959: Ronnie Dawson 1962: Arthur Smith 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton 1968: Tom Kiernan 1971: John Dawes 1974: Willie John McBride 1977: Phil Bennett 1980: Bill Beaumont 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald 1986: Colin Deans 1989: Finlay Calder 1989: Rob Andrew 1993: Gavin Hastings 1997: Martin Johnson 2001: Martin Johnson May-Jun 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 6} May 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 6} Jun 2005: Martin Corry^{Note 6} Jul 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 6} 2009: Paul O'Connell 2013: Sam Warburton

Notes	Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.

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Name	Fitzgerald, Ciaran
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Short description	Irish rugby player
Date of birth	4 June 1952
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