 On 24 May 1992 Egan made his senior hurling championship debut in a 0-22 to 0-8 Munster quarter-final defeat of Kerry.He later won his only Munster medal following a 1-22 to 3-11 defeat of Limerick in the provincial decider.Egan later missed Cork's 3-10 to 1-12 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny.