Mark Egan (born 20 April 1966 in Athlone, County Westmeath) was an Irish rugby player who has played for

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and

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. Egan graduated from Trinity College Dublin where he won three colours. He then went on to

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(where he captained the Blues to a famous in the 1990 Varsity Match at Twickenham) and went from there to play rugby for

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's team in Japan, now called

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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

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based in Dublin, Ireland where he heads up the competitions and performance department.

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(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 {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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