South Korea national rugby union team
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| Union | Korea Rugby Union |
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| Emblem(s) | The Rose of Sharon |
| Coach(es) | Chung Hyung Suk |
| Captain(s) | Kim Jeong-Min |
| Most caps | Back Kwang-soo (26) |
| First international | |
 Japan 23–5 Korea  (March 16, 1969) |
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| Largest win | |
Korea 135–3 Malaysia  (September 20, 1992) |
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| Largest defeat | |
 Tonga 119–0 Korea (March 22, 2003) |
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| World Cup | |
| Best result | Repechage 2 |
The Korea national rugby union team represents South Korea in international rugby union. The team is recognized as Korea by the International Rugby Board. Korea has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup.
Korea were at their peak in the 1980s, where they won 3 consecutive Asian championships (defeating full-strength Japan squads), and even managed to play a test against the Wallabies. Korea reached the repechage round of qualification for the 1999, 2003, and 2007 Rugby World Cups, being eliminated by Tonga each time. They also failed to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Korea participated in the 2008 Asian Five Nations, the inaugural Asian Five Nations.
It is unknown when rugby was first played in Korea. During the mid-19th century, European sailors are recorded as playing some of the earliest games in north east Asia, in ports such as Shanghai and Yokohama in neighbouring China and Japan, but it is unclear whether this occurred in Korea itself. However, it seems certain it had some presence by the mid-20th century. Korea was to become occupied by Japan, the main rugby playing nation of Asia, and it could well have been introduced then. South Korea still maintains a fierce rivalry with Japan to this day.
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