Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ulster and Ireland prop Declan Fitzpatrick is to retire from rugby on medical grounds. Kei te whakatārewa a Declan Fitzpatrick i te whutupaoro mō ngā take hauora. I kii a Ulster ko Fitzpatrick, 31 tau te pakeke, kua 'whawha i te maha o nga waahanga rerenga' i nga waa o mua, a ko ona tohu 'i te tere haere ki te whakatau.' I tukuna ia e nga taote i te rohe o Guinness PRO12 ki tetahi tohunga hinengaro, a, i muri i nga whakamatautau i taunakihia ka pai ki a Fitzpatrick te roa o te wa roa ki te whakamutu i te purei. Ulster and Ireland Kua whakakorehia a Declan Fitzpatrick mō ngā take hauora i muri i ngā mate roro maha. E whitu nga kapa a Fitzpatrick mo Ireland, ko te mea whakamutunga i whakaekea e Niu Tireni i nga Whakamatau o te ngahuru 2013. I puta hoki ia i nga ahuatanga 98 o Ulster. 'Ahakoa ehara i te whakatau ngawari ki te whakairi i nga hu, ka taea e au te titiro whakamuri me te aroha ki nga tau whakamiharo e iwa i Ulster Rugby,' e kii ana a Fitzpatrick. 'He honore nui ki te tohu i taku whenua, he mana nui hoki ki te whakakakahu i taua koti matomato. 'Kei te hiahia ahau ki te whakawhetai ki ngā kapa hauora o Ulster Rugby me te IRFU (Irish Rugby Football Union) mō te tiaki i homai e rātou ki ahau. 'Kei te pai haere tonu aku tohu, ā, e mōhio ana ahau ko te tohutohu i riro mai i ahau he mea pai mō taku hauora i te wā roa.'
Kua whakapuaki a Declan Fitzpatrick i tana reti. I tūtohutia te kaitākaro 31 tau ki runga i ngā take hauora whai muri i 'te maha o ngā tūtukitanga pōhiri' i ngā tau tata nei. I tukuna ia e nga kaitohutohu hauora me te Guinness PRO12 ki tetahi tohunga neurologist. E whitu ngā wā i whakawātea ai a Fitzpatrick e tōna whenua.