Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Knockraha, County Cork, Fitzgerald ya halarci Kwalejin Christian Brothers, Cork kuma ya lashe Kofin Rugby na Makarantun Munster a cikin shekarun 1970. A lokacin shekaru 18 yana wasa a kungiyar rugby, Fitzgerald ya taka leda a jere na gaba don Jami'ar Kwalejin Cork R.F.C. da Cork Constitution. A cikin aikin koyarwa na shekaru 19, Fitzgerald ya horar da Kwalejin 'Yan'uwan Kirista zuwa Kofin Manyan Makarantun Munster guda biyar, tare da aiki tare da Jami'o'in Irish, Munster karkashin 20 da UCC. Wataƙila mafi shahararren nasarorin da ya samu a matsayin koci ya zo ne a 1992, lokacin da ya horar da Munster zuwa nasara 22-19 a kan 'yan wasan duniya a lokacin.
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