Union | Korea Rugby Union | ||
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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 Korea (March 16, 1969) |
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Largest win | |||
Korea 135–3 Malaysia (September 20, 1992) |
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Largest defeat | |||
Tonga 119–0 Korea (March 22, 2003) |
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World Cup | |||
Best result | Repechage 2 |
The Korea national rugby union team represents South Korea in international rugby union. The team is recognized as Korea by the International Rugby Board. Korea has yet 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 failed to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Korea participated in the 2008 Asian Five Nations, the inaugural Asian Five Nations.
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