William Egan (born 16 June 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays for Duhallow Junior Championship club

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. He currently plays as a centre-back, but can also be deployed as a wing-back. Egan is a former member of the

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Playing career

Club

Egan plays his club hurling and

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with

and has enjoyed some success. As a member of the club's hurling team he has won numerous junior championship and under-21 championship medals at divisional level. In 2010 Egan won a junior "B" football championship medal with the club following a one-point defeat of

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University

During his tenure at

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, Egan played a key role for the university's various hurling teams. In 2010 he was at midfield when UCC faced fierce local rivals and three-in-a-row hopefuls

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in the final of the All-Ireland Freshers Championship. Egan's performance was singled out for particular praise, and chipped in with 0-2 to secure a 3-8 to 1-7 victory. Egan progressed onto the UCC senior team during the 2011-12 college year, and lined out in the final of the

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. CIT provided the opposition, however, UCC claimed a thrilling extra-time success as they celebrated the centenary of the competition in style on home soil with a narrow 2-15 to 2-14 victory. It was Egan's first Fitzgibbon Cup medal. In 2012-13 UCC reached the Fitzgibbon decider once again.

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were the surprise opponents, however, tradition prevailed and UCC retained their title with a 2-17 to 2-12 victory. It was Egan's second Fitzgibbon Cup medal.

Inter-county

In 2007 Egan first came to prominence for Cork as a member of the county's minor team. He was an unused substitute on the team that lost the

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final to

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, before later losing the

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decider to the same opposition. Egan made his minor debut in a 2-17 to 2-16 Munster quarter-final defeat by

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on 30 April 2008. In spite of this Cork still reached the provincial decider via the play-off route. Egan once again was praised for his effectiveness at wing-back, and collected a Munster medal following a narrow 0-19 to 0-18 defeat of

. In 2009 Egan joined the Cork under-21 hurling team, however, after three seasons with the team, two which were spent as captain, he ended his period in that grade without any silverware. Egan also spent one season with the Cork intermediate hurling team in 2009. He was an unused substitute for much of the championship campaign, however, he did collect a set of

and

medals. On 18 April 2010 Egan made his senior debut with Cork in a

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defeat by

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. Later that season on 17 July 2010, he made his championship debut when he came on as a substitute in the replayed Munster decider. Cork were defeated by 1-16 to 1-13 after extra time. After a 0-24 to 0-15 defeat by

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in the 2013 Munster decider, Cork still reached the All-Ireland final facing

on 8 September 2013. Three second-half goals through

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, Anthony Nash and

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, and a tenth point of the game from

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gave Cork a one-point lead as injury time came to an end. A last-gasp point from corner-back

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earned Clare a 0-25 to 3-16 draw. The replay on 28 September was regarded as one of the best in recent years. Clare's

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was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game. Patrick Horgan top scored for Cork, however, further goals from

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and

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secured a 5-16 to 3-16 victory for Clare. On 13 July 2014 Egan won his first

medal when he was introduced as a substitute in Cork's 2-24 to 0-24 victory over Limerick.

Career statistics

Inter-county

Honours

;Kilbrin *

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship The Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Kanturk Co-Op Mart Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Duhallow Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1933 fo ...

(5): 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Cork Junior B Football Championship (1): 2010 ;University College Cork *

(2): 2012, 2013 *All-Ireland Freshers Hurling Championship (1): 2010 ;Cork *

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

(1):

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All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second ...

(1): 2009 *

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Munster Hurling Intermediate Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1961 for the strong hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. In some cases the teams consist of players ...

(1): 2009 *

Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

(1): 2008

References

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