South Korea national rugby union team
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| Union | Korea Rugby Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem(s) | The Rose of Sharon | ||
| Coach(es) |  Kim Myung Joo | ||
| Captain(s) | Kim Jeong Min | ||
| Most caps | Back Kwang Soo (26) | ||
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| First international | |||
Japan  23 - 5 South Korea(1969-03-16) | |||
| Largest win | |||
South Korea 135 - 3  Malaysia(1992-09-20) | |||
| Worst defeat | |||
Tonga  119 - 0 South Korea(2003-03-22) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Best result | Repechage 2 | ||
| Official website | |||
| rugby.sports.or.kr | |||
The South Korea national rugby union team represents South Korea in international rugby union. The team is recognized as Korea by the International Rugby Board. Korea is one of the stronger rugby nations in Asia, after Japan, but still has to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup finals.
Korea was eliminated by Tonga at the repechage, for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. They also missed the second place in the Asia qualifyings for the 2011 Rugby World Cup for Kazakhstan.
Korea participated in the 2008 Asian Five Nations, the inaugural Asian Five Nations.
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External links
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea_national_rugby_union_team
