Korea Rugby Union
한국 럭비 유니온 | |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Founded | 1946; 78 years ago (1946) (1946; 78 years ago (1946)) |
World Rugby affiliation | November 1988; 35 years ago (November 1988) |
Asia affiliation | 1968; 56 years ago (1968)[1] |
Headquarters | Jung District, Seoul |
Website | www |
The Korea Rugby Union (KRU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Korea. It was founded in 1946,[2][3] and become a member of World Rugby (known as International Rugby Football Board at the time) in November 1988.[4][5] The KRU was the fifth Asian rugby union to be founded, after Ceylon (Sri Lanka; 1908), Malaya (Malaysia; 1921), Japan (1926) and Thailand (1937).
Teams
- South Korea – Men's national team
- South Korea sevens – Men's national rugby seven-a-side team
- South Korea women's sevens – Women's national rugby seven-a-side team
References
- ^ "Membership — Regional Association: Asia Rugby". world.rugby. World Rugby. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023.
- ^ Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. p. 70. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.
- ^ "Korea Rugby Union". asiarugby.com. Asia Rugby.
- ^ "Handbook" (PDF). test3.pulselive.com. World Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Membership". asiarugby.com. Asia Rugby.
See also
External links
- Korea Rugby Union
- Korea on irb.com
- Korea Archived 2018-11-09 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
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