Under the watchful eye of IOC President Jacques Rogge, former rugby player from Belgium (Dendermonde club, I believe...famous for the Dendermonde Tens tournament...)
and other worthies such as Billy Beaumont (former British Lions and England Captain) and IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset.....Hong Kong hold aloft the sheild....even though it is the lowliest trophy, you have to beat some teams to win it....Korea's rugby sevens team needs to find the capability to do that and to build to get there....
The last couple of years have been a big learning for Korean rugby; the additional sponsorship from Standard Chartered that came alongside the England Counties visit, the experience of hosting a major touring side, the progress of Korean players in Japan and the regular disappointment in the results suggest that, organisationally, the bottom has been tested....and now we look for the leadership to take the lessons and convert the KRU and Korean rugby into something better organised, better managed, attracting greater talent and ultimately (because this really takes time) deliver better results.
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