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Brittany Hogan (born 19 September 1998) is an Irish rugby player from Killinchy, Co Down. She plays for Railway Union, Ulster, the Ireland women's national rugby union team and the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team. She is studying sports science.

Club career
Hogan began playing rugby in her local club, Ballynahinch RFC, at the age of 16.

She has been capped by Ulster at all age grades and was part of the Ulster team that won the first Ireland U18 Interprovincial Series in 2016.

She played one season with Cooke RFC and, when she moved to Dublin to study in 2018, joined All-Ireland League club Railway Union.

International career
Hogan got a professional contract with Irish Rugby Union's Sevens programme in August 2017 and made her debut in the World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai in 2018, scoring a try against New Zealand on her first day on the series.

She debuted for the Ireland women's VXs in October 2020, as a replacement against Italy, in the final game of the 2020 Women's Six Nations.

In the 2021 Women's Six Nations she was a replacement against Wales and England and got her first Test start in the third-place playoff against Italy which Ireland won 25-5.

She was selected for the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team for the 2021-2022 season.

Personal life
Hogan is studying Sports Science at Dublin City University and is a qualified Level 1 and 2 coach in rugby and hockey.

Before specialising in rugby Hogan played hockey for Co. Down at U14 level, ladies gaelic football for the Carryduff club and captained the Down U14 ladies gaelic football team.