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| Birth 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) Connie Purdue (great-aunt) Miriam Soljak (great-grandmother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick ONZM (born 4 June 1963) is a New Zealand former rugby union player.
He played for the dominant Auckland team in the late 1980s and 1990s, and won the first two Super 12 titles with the Auckland Blues in 1996 and 1997.
He made his debut for the New Zealand national team (the All Blacks) in 1986, and went on to win 92 international caps. He was part of the New Zealand side that won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. He captained New Zealand from 1992 until his retirement in 1997, winning a grim test series against the British Lions in 1993, reaching and losing the 1995 World Cup final, and winning a series in South Africa in 1996.