Korea Rugby Union

Korea Rugby Union

대한럭비협회
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1946;79 years ago (1946)
World Rugby affiliation	November 1988;36 years ago (November 1988)
Asia Rugby affiliation	1968;57 years ago (1968) [1]
Headquarters	424 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul
President	Shim Young Bock
Website	www.rugby.or.kr

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

1. "Membership — Regional Association: Asia Rugby". world.rugby. World Rugby. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023.
2. Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. p. 70. ISBN   1-86200-013-1.
3. "Korea Rugby Union". asiarugby.com. Asia Rugby.
4. "Handbook" (PDF). test3.pulselive.com. World Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015.
5. "Membership". asiarugby.com. Asia Rugby.

See also

• Rugby union in South Korea
• Sport in South Korea
• Korea Super Rugby League

External links

• Korea Rugby Union
• Korea on irb.com
• Korea Archived 2018-11-09 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com