Brendan Bugler

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Brendan Bugler
Personal information
Irish name Breandán Dé Buigléir
Sport Hurling
Position Right half back
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 37)
Whitegate, County Clare, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Secondary school teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
Whitegate
Club titles
Clare titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2007-2017
Clare 25 (0-8)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:04, 26 October 2012.

Brendan Bugler (born 1985) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Clare senior team. [1]

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Bugler made his first appearance for the team during the 2007 National League and became a regular player over the last few seasons of his playing career. During that time he has won one All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, one National League (Division 1B) medal, one Waterford Crystal Cup medal and two All-Star award. [2]

At club level Bugler plays with Whitegate.

He served as a Wexford senior hurling team selector under the management of Davy Fitzgerald from October 2019, replacing Stephen Molumphy.

Playing career

Club

Bugler plays with his home club in Whitegate. In 2013 he captained them to an Intermediate county title. He also plays football with Cratloe.

Inter-universities

During his tenure as a student at the University of Limerick, Bugler enjoyed some success with the university senior team. In 2011 he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal following a 1-17 to 2-11 defeat of city rivals Limerick Institute of Technology. [3]

Inter-county

Bugler first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling panel in 2002. [4] He enjoyed little success in this grade, before later moving onto the Clare under-21 team. Bugler also enjoyed little success in this grade of hurling.

In 2007 Bugler made his senior debut for Clare in a National League game against Down. [5] Later that year he made his championship debut at midfield in a Munster quarter-final defeat by Cork. [6]

Two years later in 2009 Bugler enjoyed his first major success with the Clare senior hurlers. A 1-12 t 1-7 defeat of Tipperary secured the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup title. [7]

Bugler won a National League (Division 1B) medal in 2012 as Clare defeated Limerick by 0-21 to 1-16. [8] In spite of enjoying little success in the subsequent championship, Bugler finished off the season by winning an All-Star award.

In October 2017, Bugler released a statement confirming his retirement from inter-county hurling. [9]

Inter-provincial

Bugler has also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial series of games.

Coaching

In October 2019, Bugler was named by Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald as one of his selectors for 2020. [10]

On 28 December 2020, Offaly GAA club Birr confirmed that Bugler would be its senior manager for 2021. [11]

Honours

Team

Whitegate

Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship (2) : 2009, 2013

Clare

Individual

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References

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  2. "All Star Award For Clare's Brendan Bugler". The Clare Herald. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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