Alanna Fitzpatrick

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Alanna Fitzpatrick
Date of birth (2004-10-17) 17 October 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Youth career
PortDara Falcons
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022- Blackrock ()
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2023- Ireland

Alanna Fitzpatrick (born 17 October 2004) [1] is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Blackrock and the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team.

Career

Fitzpatrick is from Portarlington, County Laois. [2] She played interprovincial rugby from the age of 15 years-old. [3] She played for PortDara Falcons and was part of the successful PortDara U-18 side who won the Leinster Cup in 2021. [4] In April 2022, she was called up to the Irish under-18 team for the U18 Six Nations. [5] She plays All Ireland League rugby for Blackrock, making her debut in November 2022. [6]

Fitzpatrick made her debut for the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team at the Rugby European Sevens Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany in July 2023. At 18 years-old, she became one of the youngest players to ever represent Ireland in a senior rugby international, just a few weeks after finishing her Leaving Cert. [7] She subsequently played for Ireland in Sevens Rugby in January 2024 at the SVNS Series tournament in Perth, Western Australia. [8] The Irish team claimed their first World Series tournament victory at the event. [9] [10]

In 2024, She competed for Ireland at the Summer Olympics in Paris. [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ Hannigan, Mary (4 February 2024). "Meet the women's Sevens stars opening new frontiers for Irish rugby". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Nolan, Daragh (5 October 2023). "Alanna Fitzpatrick, one of the youngest women's rugby players ever secures Ireland Seven's selection". Leinster Leader. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Wilson, David (10 October 2021). "U-18 rugby girls are the pride of PortDara". Kildare Now. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Hartnett, Alan (7 April 2022). "Laois duo named on Ireland U-18 squad ahead of Women's Six Nations". Laoistoday.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Mervyn, Dave (19 November 2022). "Three clubs face battle for last semi-final place in Women's AIL". Independent.ie. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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  9. ↑ "World Rugby Sevens Series: Ireland women win historic first gold in Perth". BBC Sport. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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