Sunday, March 27, 2011
Korea rugby sevens continues miserable run in Hong Kong
After last years drubbing, Korea may have gone into this years Hong Kong Sevens with a better feeling...buoyed by their wins in Shanghai and runners up in Malaysia but it was not to be....the closest they got to avoiding a spanking was a still one-sided loss to Zimbabwe in the Shield semi final. Kim Won-Young continues to be the best player but honestly, the team did not look fit or fast enough to challenge anyone. They probably ended with a slightly better record than newcomers Mexico but that is hardly something to write home about. Meanwhile, here is how they go about getting serious on rugby in the US http://www.economist.com/node/18070557 Why don't Korea start with a clean slate? Perhaps one glimmer of good news was that the minister for culture tourism and sport was in attendance, perhaps more interested in gathering support for the third attempt to host the winter Olympics than the rugby...but at least he has now seen how the passion of rugby can take over even a big city like Hong Kong....dream on, Seoul!
Han River Pirates new season starts, Kids rugby in Korea 2011
From 9-11am on Sunday 3rd April 2011....the new season of kids rugby starts in Korea on the 6th anniversary of the founding of Han River Pirates Touch and Rugby. It will be at Dulwich School and the directions can be found here http://www.hanriverpiratesrugby.com/Directions.html It looks like they will begin with 8-14 years age range....
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Korea Touch kicks off on Sat 19th Feb 2011
I believe that an open session of Touch football (touch rugby) in Seoul will be held on Sat 19th Feb at 2pm. www.koreatouch.com should have details or try their facebook page.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Korea rugby settles for bronze in Asian Games
The Korean men's team in the rugby at the Asian Games settled for bronze, beating China into 4th place and had to watch their arch-rivals Japan beat Hong Kong for gold. Meanwhile, Korea women's rugby lost all theirmatches, only scoring in the final game play off.
For the Korea mens rugby, this will be a disappointment, especially as their path through to the semi-final was disrupted when they lost to China....that must be a first...meaning they had to take on Japan in the semis...bad news.
In the women's tournament, the Korean team were novices and suffered some heavy defeats. Let's hope the experience does not put them off....great progress is still possible before the 2016 Olympics when rugby will feature for the first time.
For the Korea mens rugby, this will be a disappointment, especially as their path through to the semi-final was disrupted when they lost to China....that must be a first...meaning they had to take on Japan in the semis...bad news.
In the women's tournament, the Korean team were novices and suffered some heavy defeats. Let's hope the experience does not put them off....great progress is still possible before the 2016 Olympics when rugby will feature for the first time.
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