DECLAN FITSPATRICK

DECLAN FITZPATRICK

Position Prop

DOB: Jul 12, 1983(age 31)

Place of birth:     Bromsgrove, England

Height   1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight 116 kilograms (18 st 4 lb)

Years     Club

Belfast Harlequins

Dungannon RFC

Senior clubs*

Years     Club       Apps (points)

2005 ‐    Belfast Harlequins

2005- Dungannon RFC

2005- Ulster Rugby

Played 95

Points 15

2012–present

2006–present    Ireland 7 (0)

Ireland A  

                           

Declan is a tighthead prop who is one of Ulster’s longest serving players.

He has very good defensive qualities and his talents were first acknowledged in the 2006/07 season when he was selected for Ireland A Churchill Cup Squad.

He has won 7 caps for Ireland, 3 of which were against the All Blacks.

He is a member of Dungannon Rugby club and is a graduate of the University of Ulster at Jordanstown.

2006–10

Fitzpatrick started his career with Ulster playing against the Scarlet's in which Ulster won 31–16 thanks to tries from Paul Steinmetz, Mark Bartholomeusz and Ulster hero David Humphreys. Fitzpatrick then played a huge part in scoring the winning try as Ulster beat the Dragons 32–25. Fitzpatrick then played 9 minutes as Ulster smashed the Ospreys 43–7 thanks to tries from Tommy Bowe, Neil McMillan, Paul Steinmetz and Rory Best. He played one minute then as Ulster lost to Munster Rugby 21–13. He played against Connacht Rugby, Cardiff Blues and Munster Rugby to finish the 2006–07 season. He played 437 minutes in the 2007–08 season and missed almost the whole of the 2008–09 season through injury only playing in a 43–17 defeat to the Scarlet's. Fitzpatrick played 17 matches in 2009–10 playing 450 mins in a brilliant season for Ulster Rugby

2010-2012 

From 2010-2012 Fitspatrick got a lot more caps including a match in the Henniker cup against Biarritz here they lost 9-6. He deservedly got his chances in the pro 12. In 2012 he started against Ospreys and was disappointed as he was an important part of the 20-9 Heineken cup loss. He also started in a Heineken cup  play-off against Leinster.  

IRELAND 

Fitzpatrick had played eight games with the Ireland wolfhounds but because of Mike Ross' injury for the 2012 New Zealand tour Fitzpatrick was called up to cover for him and made his Ireland debut on 9 June against New Zealand.