Colin Egan

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Colin Egan
Personal information
Irish name Cóilín Mac Aogáin
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born 1989
Belmont, County Offaly, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Belmont
Club titles
Offaly titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2009-present
 Offaly 11 (4-7)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:11, 26 June 2011.

Colin Egan (born 1989 in Belmont, County Offaly, Ireland) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Belmont and has been a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team since 2011. [1]

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Playing career

Club

Egan plays his club hurling with Belmont.

Inter-county

Egan has lined out in all grades for Offaly. He started in 2007 as a member of the county's minor hurling team before subsequently joining the Offaly under-21 team. [2] [3] In 2008 he lined out in the Leinster under-21 decider, however, Kilkenny won that game easily.[ citation needed ]

Egan was just out of the under-21 grade when he joined the Offaly senior hurling team in 2011. [4] He made his debut as a substitute in a National Hurling League game against Kilkenny, however, he failed to secure a place on the starting fifteen. Egan made his championship debut at wing-forward against Dublin in 2011.[ citation needed ]

Media career

In 2016, Egan and his family competed in the fourth series of the popular RTÉ reality competition, Ireland's Fittest Family. [5] They were eliminated in the first round of the competition.

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References

  1. ↑ "Egan debuts for Faithful hurlers". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Minor hurlers wallop Wicklow". Hogan Stand. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Six seniors in Offaly U21 side". Hogan Stand. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hurler Lookup: Colin Egan". Uibh Fhailí.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Offaly's Egans challenging to be crowned 'Ireland's Fittest Family'". www.offalyexpress.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Offaly Senior Hurling Captain
2016		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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