Touch, Tag and Rugby in Korea

Friday, November 25, 2011

Touch in Korea, Touch in Korean 2

Touch video with explanation in Korean.

Note: The official name of this sport is "Touch" but this video used the term "touch rugby" for Koreans who are new to the sport and have no idea what this is.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Touch in Korea, Touch in Korean

Great new resource for explaining Touch to Koreans....a short film of real play with Korean explanation attached....thanks Jaesub!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5WWVbIDPc&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Touch in Korea closes out 2012 season

Looks like Touch is over for the year in Korea....ahhhh, shame! However, 2011 has been a year for building and a change in regime as responsibility for running things was steadily transferred to a new team. So how about 2012? Will this be the year that Korea picks it up again, gets the ITS (International Touch Seoul) tournament going again and maybe even joins FIT? That would take a lot of organising but with a strong tournaments in Shanghai and Hong Kong, then perhaps a sort of NE Asia champions league could emerge...a bit like the IRB Rugby Sevens? Hope that enough people with the time and energy to devote to building the sport come forward....meanwhile, if you check the Korea Touch Association website and Facebook pages, you can see that there is plent of interest which could be turned into action!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Korea in the Rugby World Cup

Korea didn't participate in the Rugby World Cup while Japan has been the only nation representing Asia since the first world cup. However, Korean rugby is partially involved in the RWC in other ways.

A journalist from Chosun Daily, the biggest news paper in Korea, came to Auckland to write about QF matches. It is a rare opportunity in Korea that Rugby covers almost full page of the new paper.

Chosun rugby article 1

Chosun rugby article 2
Chosun rugby article 3

(in Korean)

Tom and Jodie, cycling 30,000km from Twickenham Stadium to Eden Park, have been recieved a Korea national team jersey 8 months after they visited Korea. The jersey along with other 27 nations is displayed at Ponsonby Rugby Club, a 135 year old Rugby Club in Aucland. See more information http://www.cyclingtotherugbyworldcup.com/RugbyinSouthKorea.php

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Korea rugby digs deep and delivers at Shanghai Sevens

Our heroes made it three out of three at the Shanghai Sevens overcoming Hong Kong in a thrilling final at Yuangshen Stadium yesterday evening! Good news for Korean rugby and good enough with enough character to warrant a change in colour to this site!!

HK had eased smoothly into the final, looking comfortably the strongest side having dealt with Japan en route. After some very tough early exchanges, HK took the lead, Korea came back then HK scored twice. In the second half, Korea kept going and put on amazing pressure reulsting in a sin binning for a HK player. While they were down to six players, Korea scored and continued to press. With HK back to full strength, Korea kept the pressure on scoring with about a minute to go so making it 17-17 at full time. The game then went into "sudden death" and despite losing one man to the sin bin, Korea came through with a spectacular try to win the game...the final score included a turnover of possession, a strong drive, a reverse pass and then swift passing to put their player in...a 60m move in all....the very vocal Korean support in the crowd erupted and the Korean team started the celebration even before the touch down.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Play and watch Touch in the UK

With just 50 days to go to the Touch world cup http://www.touchworldcup2011.co.uk/ teams must now be preparing hard. Sadly, Korea didn't feel able to get a side in to the tournament despite the easier route for a "developing nation" status which probably would have been possible. However, it doesn't stop people from going along and enjoying the fun!

For teams arriving early, there is the chance to play in a fun tournament as a warm up and to give you an excuse to travel to places like Stonehenge and Bath....
The event is the Castle Cary Spring Touch Tournament which will be held at Castle Cary Rugby Club http://www.castlecaryrfc.co.uk/ on Saturday June 18th. It is an open mixed comp with the stipulation of just 2 wome on the pitch at all times....should be a fun work out in a very relaxed environment and surrounded by beautiful countryside....