Mark Egan (born 20 April 1966 in
Athlone
Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of ...
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County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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) was an Irish rugby player who has played for
Terenure College and
Terenure College RFC. Egan graduated from Trinity College Dublin where he won three colours. He then went on to
Oxford University (where he captained the Blues to a famous in the 1990 Varsity Match at Twickenham)
[ and went from there to play rugby for Kobe Steel's team in Japan, now called Kobelco Steelers where he played in four consecutive championship winning sides until 1997.Top Foreign Players Currently in Japan]
Kyutech. 1997. He was also a highly respected member of the Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (KR&AC). Other notable rugby honours achieved by Egan were selection for Ireland U21s, Ireland U25s, Irish Universities, Connacht, selection for the British and Irish barbarians and Oxbridge.
Egan is now a senior executive at
World Rugby based in Dublin, Ireland where he heads up the competitions and performance department.
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See also
* Syd Millar
John Sydney Millar (born 23 May 1934) is a former rugby union prop from Northern Ireland who played international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions. After retiring from playing rugby he became a rugby coach and later a rugby administrator ...
* Paddy O'Brien - IRB Rugby Services Referee Manager
* Pierre Villepreux
Pierre Villepreux (born 5 July 1943) is a former France, French rugby union player and coach. He played at full back and fly half for Stade Toulousain, Toulouse, and won 34 caps for France national rugby union team, France between 1967 and 1972.
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- IRB Rugby Services Regional Development Manager (Europe)
References
External links
IRB Rugby Services
(Rugby Heaven, November 28, 2007)
Living people
Irish rugby union players
Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Terenure College RFC players
Irish expatriate rugby union players
Irish expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Oxford University RFC players
1966 births
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