| Date of birth | 20 December 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.