DESPITE a decade-long struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome, Jack Fitzpatrick looms as one of the most intriguing ruck prospects at this month’s NAB AFL Draft.
Fitzpatrick’s condition was brought on by a bout of glandular fever when he was just six and he deteriorated to the point where his parents had to lift him off the couch to use the toilet.
Fast forward 10 years and, through the advice of countless doctors and herbalists, Fitzpatrick learned to manage it well enough to progress from local club Wyndhamvale to the Western Jets.