Katie Fitzhenry

Katie Fitzhenry (born 23 April 1989) is a women's rugby union player from Coolcotts in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland. She plays as a centre for Blackrock College RFC, Leinster Rugby, the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team. After leaving school, she was one of the founding members of Wexford Wanderers RFC's women's team. While balancing training for both the rugby union and rugby sevens teams, she managed a number of juice bars and ice cream parlours.

In 2017, Fitzhenry was selected as part of Ireland's 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. She played in the tournament and she scored a try in Ireland's seventh place playoff against Wales at Ravenhill Stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Fitzhenry missed a lot of the 2018-2019 season due to a cruciate ligament knee injury. She returned to the Ireland women's national rugby sevens in October 2019.

In 2020 and 2021 she was selected on Ireland's Six Nations squads. She made 14 appearances for Ireland's XV and announced her retirement from international rugby in May 2021.

Fitzhenry played camogie for Wexford underage and later played ladies gaelic football with Thomas Davis in Dublin, won an All-Ireland Junior Ladies Football title with Thomas Davis in 2014.

She studied Sport and Recreation Management in Waterford IT (2008-2011) and now works for Irish Rugby as the Women’s National WNTS and Talent Identification Manager.