Brian Hogan (born 14 August 1981) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back at senior level for the Kilkenny county team until he announced his retirement in 2014.
[2] Two years later in 2003 Hogan won a second county championship winners' medal following a defeat of Young Irelands after a draw and a replay.
[3] He later collected a first Leinster club winners' medal following a 0–15 to 0–9 defeat of double All-Ireland champions Birr.
That defeat ended Hogan's involvement as a member of the starting fifteen for the rest of the season, and Kilkenny subsequently failed to capture a third All-Ireland title.
Kilkenny got off to a flying start with Eddie Brennan and Henry Shefflin combining to score two goals within the first ten minutes, eventually culminating in a 2–19 to 1–15 victory.
Hogan retained his place at centre-back in 2008, as Kilkenny launched an all-out attack in an attempt to capture a third All-Ireland title in-a-row.
He collected a second Leinster winners' medal after a 5–21 to 0–17 defeat of Wexford in the provincial final, before later lining out in his second All-Ireland decider.
In 2009 Hogan won his third National Hurling League winners' medal following a thrilling 4–17 to 2–26 defeat of Tipperary.
As a result of this he missed the provincial campaign, however, he returned in time for Kilkenny's All-Ireland semi-final defeat of Waterford.
It was the fourth time in-a-row that the famed Liam MacCarthy Cup was presented to a Kilkenny team while Hogan collected his third All-Ireland winners' medal.
'The Cats' continued their provincial dominance with Hogan winning a fourth Leinster winners' medal following a defeat of Dublin.
For the third year in succession Hogan's side faced Tipperary, however, on this occasion Kilkenny were slight underdogs going up against the new champions.