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Published 11:17 19 Mar 2015 GMT
Updated 11:18 19 Mar 2015 GMT
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Fitzgerald's younger brother, Conor, was part of the Ardscoil Rís team that lost the Munster Senior Schools Cup to Rockwell on St Patrick's Day. The U20s winger can commiserate with his sibling.
He said, 'I was captain and we got a bit of a beating from Comp [Crescent College], they'd be our local rivals so it was devastating alright.'
Turning 20 in November means this is Fitzgerald's one and only chance to impress at this level and, if selected, this summer's Junior World Cup. He will go back to the Munster Academy for 2015/16 and hope to do enough, in the coming years, to earn a developmental or senior contract. He has made several Munster A appearances and has already featured in a pre-season match with the senior team.
He said, 'Donncha O'Callaghan was playing in that match. It was kind of surreal, because I was just out of school and focusing on playing for Munster 20s that year. Then the couple of injuries, after the Sevens, and I was called.
'It was an incredible day to be involved in. I remember before the match I had never been so nervous in my life. I supported Munster all my life and it would have been a dream to ever put on the jersey and take to the pitch.'
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