Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Fitzgerald ki Knockraha, County Cork, i haere ia ki te Christian Brothers College, Cork, ā, i toa ia i te kapa Rugby Matua o ngā Kura o Munster i ngā tau 1970. I roto i te mahi takaro 18-tau i roto i te uniana rugby, i takaro a Fitzgerald i te rarangi o mua mo te University College Cork R.F.C. me Cork Constitution. I roto i tana mahi whakangungu 19-tau, i whakangungu a Fitzgerald i te Kareti o Christian Brothers ki nga Ipu Matua e rima o nga Kura o Munster, me te mahi tahi me nga Whare Wananga o Ireland, te Munster i raro i te 20 me te UCC. Tērā pea ko tana whakatutukitanga rongonui hei kaiako i puta i te tau 1992, i a ia e whakaako ana i a Munster ki te wikitoria 22<unk>19 ki nga toa o te ao i taua wa
Ko Ahitereiria i Musgrave Park.