Justin Fitzpatrick.

Playing Position:                   Prop
Union:                                      Ulster

Justin made his debut for London Irish in 1994. He blossomed under the coaching of World Cup winning coach Sir Clive Woodward, Ireland/Scotland coach Willie Anderson and England coach Dick Best playing for the club for the next 4 seasons. 

From London Irish he was chosen to represent Ireland where he made his international debut in the tour to South Africa in 1998winning the first of his 26 caps.

He was approached by Harry Williams to join Ulster at the start of the 98/99 season and made the move to Ulster. In his first season he was a key member of a team that won the European Cup in 1999.

He remained with Ulster until 2003 when he was approached to play in France for the Club Castres Olympic where he played for two years under ex-Stade Toulousain coach Christian Gajan.

In 2005 Justin and his family were missing the intensity of Irish Rugby and made the move back to Ulster when he was offered a further two year contract to play Ulster under coach Mark McCall.

He celebrated his 50th ERC cap in February 2008 against the Ospreys – one of a small, select, group of players to reach this milestone in European rugby.  Justin has currently signed to play a further two years with Ulster under Coach Matt Williams.

Full Name: Justin Michael Fitzpatrick                                    
Nick Name: Fitzy
Marital Status: Married
Height: 1.88m                                                   
Mass: 118 Kg
Favourite Film: Gladiator                                              
Favourite Music: Travis
Favourite Food: Italian                                                    
Favourite Quote: “We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit.”  
Personal Mantra: He who dares wins

SQUADS

1994-95 London Irish League Debut                                     
1996-97 London Irish Debut in European Shield
1997-98 London Irish Selected to tour New Zealand and Western Samoa with Irish Development XV
1998-99 Ireland Made Irish International debut vs. South Africa, RWC Qualifier / Autumn Int'als.  
1998-99 Ulster Made Ulster debut. European Cup Winner                                     
1999-00 Ulster
1998-99 Ireland RWC ’99 – involved in all games, 5 Nations debut, Ireland tour to Australia           
2000-01 Ulster AIL league champions with Dungannon RFC
2000-01 Ireland Tour of Argentina, USA and Canada
2001-02 Ulster               
2002-03 Ulster Celtic Cup semi-finalists
2002-03 Ireland 6 Nations
2003-04 Ireland RWC warm-up matches
2003-04 Castres Castres debut. French Cup Winners.
2004-05 Castres                             
2005-06 Ulster Celtic League Winner   Barbarians Tour Scotland and Georgia             
2006-07 Ulster Won 100th Ulster Cap  Barbarians Tour Tunisia and Spain
2007-08 Ulster Won ERC Elite Award for 50 European Caps