This article is about the rugby union player. For the Irish singer-songwriter and former One Direction member, see Niall Horan. For the defrocked priest, see Neil Horan.
Niall Andrew Hogan (born 20 April 1971) is an Irish orthopaedicsurgeon and a former Irish rugby union international player who played as a scrum-half.
He played for the Ireland team from 1995 to 1997, winning 13 caps. He was a member of the Ireland squad at the 1995 Rugby World Cup where he played in three matches.[1] Hogan is a former Ireland team captain.[2][3]
Education
Hogan graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1995 with a degree in medicine (MB BCh LRCP&SI).[4] In 2005, he was conferred with the Intercollegiate Board Specialty Diploma in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.[5] Hogan is Honorary Secretary to the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.[6] His brother Brian Hogan is a radiologist and fellow RCSI graduate.[citation needed]