Sean FitzPatrick
| Full name | Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 June 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | Sacred Heart College | ||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brian Fitzpatrick (father) Rosanne Meo (aunt) |
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 871 | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1986–97 | Auckland | 127 | (60) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996–97 | Blues | 25 | (10) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1986–97 | New Zealand | 92 | (55) |
Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick, ONZM (born 4 June 1963 in Auckland), is a former rugby union player who represented New Zealand, and is widely regarded as one of the finest players ever to come from that country. He is also the son of former player Brian Fitzpatrick. Sean Fitzpatrick is the Founder and Director of the Front Row Group of Companies, which includes Front Row Leadership.
Fitzpatrick's high school education was at Sacred Heart College, Auckland. As a primary school student he attended at Mt Carmel Primary (Auckland).
A product of the powerful Auckland provincial side, Fitzpatrick made his international debut as one of the "Baby Blacks" in the 1986 Test series in France. Although most of the regular starting fifteen for New Zealand had been suspended following the unauthorised "Cavaliers" tour of South Africa, the All Blacks won, and a number of new faces made their mark on the selectors. Despite this start, Fitzpatrick still went in to the inaugural Rugby World Cup as second choice to captain Andy Dalton. However, Dalton had to withdraw from the early stages of the tournament due to injury, and although he recovered in time for the finals, Fitzpatrick kept his place in the team, leaving scrum-half David Kirk to skipper the side to victory against France in the final at Eden Park in Auckland.
In 1992 Fitzpatrick was awarded the captaincy of the All Blacks, a position he held until his retirement from Test Rugby. A first Test match win against the Springboks since their return from isolation, plus series victories over a World XV and Ireland were dampened by the loss of the Bledisloe Cup in Australia.
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