Fitzgerald continues his rugby education

IN 1984, at age 26, Des Fitzgerald won his first cap for Ireland, a losing debut against England, and went on to become almost an ever- present on the Irish team until his retirement in 1992, amassing 34 caps.

In November 2006, aged 19, his son Luke won his first Ireland cap, a win over the Pacific Islands, and has since won nine more. He’s been an ever-present through this year’s unbeaten Six Nations campaign, named again on the team to take on Scotland in Murrayfield tomorrow.

Des Fitz was a prop, albeit a mobile prop, especially back in the day — Luke Fitzgerald is a winger, a dazzler with verve and swerve.