Brendan Bugler (born 1985) is an

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hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Clare senior team. 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

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medal and two All-Star award. At club level Bugler plays with Whitegate. He served as a Wexford senior hurling team selector under the management of

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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

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, Bugler enjoyed some success with the university senior team. In 2011 he won a

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medal following a 1-17 to 2-11 defeat of city rivals

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Inter-county

Bugler first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Clare minor hurling panel in 2002. 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. Later that year he made his championship debut at midfield in a Munster quarter-final defeat by

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. Two years later in 2009 Bugler enjoyed his first major success with the Clare senior hurlers. A 1-12 t 1-7 defeat of

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secured the pre-season

title. Bugler won a National League (Division 1B) medal in 2012 as Clare defeated

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by 0-21 to 1-16. 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.

Inter-provincial

Bugler has also lined out with

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in the inter-provincial series of games.

Coaching

In October 2019, Bugler was named by

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manager

as one of his selectors for 2020. On 28 December 2020,

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club Birr confirmed that Bugler would be its senior manager for 2021.

Honours

Team

;Whitegate

Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship The Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare GAA, Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams in the county of County Clare, Clare in Ireland. Th ...

(2) : 2009, 2013 ;Clare *

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

(1) : 2013 *

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

(2): 2012 (Div 1B), 2016

Individual

* GAA-GPA All-Star Award (2): 2012, 2013

References

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