Darragh Fitzgibbon: 'I thought I had a bug going to training and the next thing I was on the road to CUH'

Surgery for appendicitis last month kept Darragh Fitzgibbon out of the Munster final.

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Missing the rest of the championship was a consideration for Cork captain Darragh Fitzgibbon after his surgery for appendicitis last month.

The 29-year-old was set straight about the condition by Dr Adrian Murphy in Cork University Hospital’s emergency department having initially suffered stomach complaints last month.