Tributes pour in for ‘one-club man’ Luke Fitzgerald

He’s been forced to call time on his rugby career at 28, but Leinster back Luke Fitzgerald is glad of one thing - to be retiring as a “one-club man”.

With 154 appearances for his club and 32 tries to boot, many feel that injury robbed him of a lot more success but Fitzgerald is happy to be walking away from rugby having committed his entire career to Leinster and Ireland.

“I’ve had a wonderful rugby career which makes it easy for me to move on to the next stage of my life.” Fitzgerald stated, “It’s been an amazing journey in which I got to experience the highs and lows that come with professional sport and I have learned a huge amount from each experience.”