Jamie Fitzgerald (born 14 February 1979) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

Background

Fitzgerald was born in

Mudgee, New South Wales Mudgee is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being the ...

Playing career

Fitzgerald played for the

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...

in 1999, the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

from 2000 to 2001, the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen pla ...

from 2002 to 2003 and finally the

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...

in 2004. Fitzgerald played in North Sydney's final ever game as a first grade side which was a 28-18 victory over North Queensland in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Jamie 1979 births Living people Australian rugby league players Newcastle Knights players North Sydney Bears players People from Mudgee Rugby league hookers Rugby league locks Rugby league players from New South Wales Rugby league second-rows South Sydney Rabbitohs players St. George Illawarra Dragons players