Nevertheless, the Survivors

crossed the line twice

through skipper Simon

Walsh and first five Richard

Jones who leaped on recy-

cled ball to pinch a classic

“forward’s” try.

Half-time sounded and the

referee granted the Daesim

squad a penalty and a line-

out after the break should

have been called. The whis-

tleblower’s oversight lead

directly to a Daesim score

and the two teams went into

the halftime break at 13-8 to

the Survivors.

Disappointingly, the Survi-

vors went flat in the third

quarter. Blitzed by Dae-

sim’s slick backline and

further baffling interpreta-

tions of the rules, the Survi-

vors leaked three tries and

allowed the company men a

useful lead. Tensions boiled

over and utility back James

Tucker and the Daesim

(Continued on page 3)

Saturday, May 2, 2009

A spirited Survivors team

went down to the semi-pro

Daesim Trading Company

side in a tense match in

Ansan City last Saturday.

Despite an hour and a half

subway commute to Ansan,

the Survivors arrived in the

Gyeonggi Province city in

high spirits and with a full

complement of players. The

match was held at Ansan

Lake Park on an overcast

May morning.

The day promised much.

For the Survivors, this

would likely be the toughest

match of the year thus far.

Many of the squad had

never squared off against

paid players before. The

plan was to face a semi-pro

Daesim team under IRB

rules with an accredited

referee. Not all promises

were fulfilled. At the Ko-

rean’s request, there were to

be uncontested scrums and

no rucking (despite Dae-

sim’s glut of big forwards)

and the company-supplied

ref’s sole accreditation ap-

peared to be a Level 2

course in how to direct air

from the lungs into a high-

pitched, noise-making de-

vice. Considering Daesim’s

status as a “semi-

professional” side, the ap-

peal to play under tinkered

rules seemed odd, but the

Seoulites had journeyed too

far and too early to back

down now.

From the very first ex-

changes, the Survivors

seemed to be on the wrong

end of the referee’s calls; a

fact that hadn’t gone unno-

ticed by certain members of

the team’s fanatical sideline

support squad. As time

drew on and the 50/50 calls

kept mounting, the Seoul

expats grew increasingly

frustrated with the match.

Survivors Downed In Third Quarter Nightmare

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Maybe Next Weekend

M A Y 7 2 0 0 9 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 2

IN BR IE F :

• Training at Jamwon rugby

pitch scheduled for 10am Saturday. Make your own way there or meet Kurt outside Itaewon Paris Ba-guette at 9:15am.

• YSC: The Rams upset the

Beijing Devils 15-6 in Guangzhou.

• A5N: Korea upset 30-27 by

Kazakhstan in Almaty.

• A5N: Japan smash HK 59-6.

• There are still Survivors

shirts to be bought. 10,000 for players; 15,000 for non-players.

• Subs are due to Roddy.

100,000 won.

• Philippines trip in June. Sign

up and play against a full national squad. Contact Ted.

CONTACTS :

• Ted Gray (President) 011-287-9558

• Roddy Bancroft (Manager) 016-494-7363

• Simon Walsh (Pitch Captain) 010-9417-9554

• Kurtis Taogaga (Media) 010-7263-5878

• Rawiri King (Coach) 010-8698-4982

• Justin Jackson (Social Officer) 010-5465-6122

P ITCH D IRECT IONS :

• Leave Apgujeong Station

through Exit 6. Walk straight

down two blocks and turn

right between Hyundai High

School and Shinsa Middle

School. Walk to the end of

the street and turn left fol-

lowing the highway embank-

ment until you can enter the

River Park area about 50

metres ahead on your right

through the tunnel. Look for

the rugby posts.

Oakwood Worldwide spe-

cialises in providing tempo-

rary serviced apartments to

clients in global hotspots

around the world.

Oakwood hopes to capitalise

on the Survivors' exposure to

the corporate sector through-

out Korea and the rest of

Asia.

Survivors Announce New Major Sponsor Wednesday, May 7, 2009

The Survivors will now

have Oakwood splashed

across the chest of the new

2009 uniform.

The Seoul Survivors RFC

announced last week that

Oakwood Worldwide would

become a major sponsor for

the 2009 season.

Many thanks to Oakwood for

their vision and supporting

the Survivors.

Correction: the captain

of the Northern Hemi-

sphere squad for the

Inaugural North v South

match was actually RJ

Karas, not Justin Jackson

as first stated. Deepest

apologies to Mr. Karas

for the mix-up.

Grover sees the junior squad as

both a developmental tool for

youth rugby in Seoul as well as a

feeder club for the senior Seoul

Survivors squad. Already, a few

of the Colts train regularly and

have seen action with the men’s

team. Ultimately, Coach Grover

hopes that as these young lads

develop in the game and mature

physically, they will be pushing

(Continued on page 3)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Today, the Seoul expatriate

community is as large and as

vibrant as it’s ever been. Of-

ten those who find themselves

based in the Korean capital on

business or on diplomatic duty

for years at a time bring their

young families along to ex-

perience the flavour of one of

the world’s largest metropo-

lises.

Seoul may provide these young

foreigners with a life experience

unlike any other but; unfortu-

nately, although you may catch a

baseball match or fill up on

football to your heart’s content,

this city is hardly a hotspot for

Rugby Union. For too long ex-

patriate youngsters interested in

rugby found themselves without

the stepping stone between jun-

ior touch and the real deal. No

longer.

The Seoul Colts are a team that

have been launched with the aim

of giving players in those vital

teenage years a chance to de-

velop their skills and participate

in rugby. Coached by Seoul

Survivor Dan Grover and under

the patronage of Kiwi expat Rex

Duncan, the Colts are a combi-

nation of the Royal Frogs team

and other interested kids from as

far afield as the UK and New

Zealand. The Colts squad will

ensure that a stopover in Seoul

will no longer put a halt to

promising junior rugby careers.

Organisationally, the Colts team

will come under the broader

umbrella of the Seoul Survivors

RFC, although they will run

their own schedule; finding

games and touring when and

where they can. Coach Dan

M A Y B E N E X T W E E K E N D

Back row: Gyuhang Kim, Tarek Hadid, Jake Attawell, Florent Darrou, Louis

Galtié, Antoine Perennou, Jared Solloway

Front row: Alban Fidry, Ben Attawell, James Sprake, Johnny Duncan, Dan

Grover (Coach)

The Seoul Survivors RFC

are proudly sponsored by: Colts A Welcome Boost For Youth Rugby

Know anyone interested in playing for the Colts? Contact Dan Grover 010-4941-4455

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eventuated and the firm pitch allowed

Korea to turn on a great display of

running rugby.

The Koreans were visibly larger

physical specimens than their Singa-

porean opposition, especially in the

forwards where the hometown boys

dwarfed the expatriate-dominated

Lions squad. The disparity up front

allowed the Koreans to eclipse the

visitors in the rucks and ensured the

Lions barely figured in the set pieces.

Korea’s burly forwards ran hard and

provided each other good support in

attack. In defence, the locals made

Singapore Given A Taste Of Kimchi several telling tackles that rattled the

Singaporeans attacking confidence and

kept them on the back foot throughout

the lop-sided match. Korea’s backline

looked slick and, given a strong plat-

form by their forwards and good service

from the halves, exploited every attack-

ing opportunity they had. The Koreans

squandered little and never allowed their

opposites a sniff of the action.

Being fervent supporters of all things

rugby, the Survivors were out in force

and provided vocal support for the host

country; making it a personal mission to

(Continued on page 3)

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Korea gave the newly promoted

Singapore Lions national rugby

squad a rough introduction to

Asia’s premier rugby division on

an ominous Saturday afternoon at

Seongnam Stadium in front of a

small crowd of dedicated local and

expatriate rugby fans.

The overcast April skies threatened a

downpour that would have ruined

what turned out to be a great specta-

cle of skill and dash from the Kore-

ans. However, the heavy rain never

(More photos

on Page 4)

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wage psychological war-

fare on the visitors. The

Singaporean number 10

and fullback came under

particularly harsh scru-

tiny, the unfortunate duo

probably not producing

their best form on the

rugby field that day.

To their credit, the Sin-

gaporeans never gave up

and held their heads high

till the end but were

taught some harsh les-

sons by a fitter, faster

and more skilful Korean

squad and will really

have to lift their game

significantly to compete

in the first division of

the Asian 5 Nations and

avoid relegation back to

Korea vs. Singapore (Continued from page 2)

second division next

season. In the end, the

Koreans ran up the score

to 64-0 providing the

spectators with some

magnificent rugby that

they will hope to repro-

duce against stiffer op-

position over the coming

weeks.

Korea faces Hong

Kong on May 9th at

Munhak Stadium,

Incheon. Kickoff at

2pm. Tickets are avail-

able again on a ‘first

come; first serve’ basis.

A group will leave Jam-

won after Saturday’s

raining run for the

match.

incumbent Survivors for

spots and providing

some youth and exuber-

ance to the men’s squad.

The Colts are currently

comprised of around a

dozen regulars and are

keen to expand their

roster to compete in 15-a

-side rugby against Ko-

rean high school teams.

More info available at

the Survivors website:

www.survivorsrfc.com

Seoul Colts (Continued from page 2)

Name: Simon Ngarangi

Walsh

Nickname(s): Fity; Panther;

Manboobs

Position: Flanker

Birthdate: 06/06/1984

Hometown: Ashhurst, NZ

Player Profile

The first of the Maybe Next Weekend

Player Profiles will focus on the Survivors

captain. Subsequent profiles will be cho-

sen at random through a lottery system

so everyone’s in with a chance to get your

mug in the newsletter if you’re signed up

on the team list.

First rugby memory: Lunch time rugby at school. The whole

school played. It had to, there wasn’t that

many people. Any brothers or sisters? Two bros (21,22) and one sister (26 and

married!). What do you enjoy about your posi-

tion? Getting the ball on D and putting in big

hits. What don’t you like about your posi-

tion? Every American plays it! What high school and university did

you go to? St Peters College, Palmerston North and

Massey University, Palmerston North Do you have a good luck charm/ritual

for games? Rub the dirt from the field into my hands.

It’s been hard with the turf pitches. What song psyches you up before a

match? All Dre 2001. YEEEA! What actor would play you in a

movie? Jake Heke. What do you like most at training? A break from reality. Good stress relief.

What do you like least at training? Having it finish. Apart from rugby I'm good at… online Risk. There can be only one!!!

But I suck at... shutting my mouth when on the drink. I hate it when... people are bullied. I'm afraid of... my true potential.

Survivors

also spon-

sored by:

I can't go anywhere with-

out my... head. Lucky because my

mother always said I would

lose it if it weren’t screwed

on.

Number Eight were

given a rest in the sin bin

for what amounted to

nothing more than a bit of

banter and collar grab-

bing. Towards the end of

the third quarter and with

Daesim holding a suspi-

ciously handy lead, the

ref threatened to call the

match off prematurely

for “fighting”, but the

Survivors were deter-

mined to keep cool heads

and play out the full 80

Survivors Downed (Continued from page 1)

minutes.

There were no further

incidents in the fourth

quarter and Joshua

“Bumblebee” Pearce

crossed over for a barg-

ing try. The ref still blew

a glaringly short 20 min-

utes while Daesim were

out of strike range and

the matched ended at 34-

20 to the traders; reflect-

ing more the skewed

nature of the arbitration

rather than the tightness

of the match. In spite of

the loss, the Survivors

remained upbeat and

were glad to get some

footy under the belt

before the real business

begins in Shanghai on

May 23.

Hats off to all sup-

porters and to Dae-

sim for the great feed.

Man of the Match

Points:

T. O’Connor 3 points

RJ Karas 2 points

J. Pearce 1 point

.

P A G E 4

Inside Story Headline

Colts In Action

Urgent Announcement

In light of disturbing rumours of a rapist in Itaewon and the experience of one

Seoul Sister in the weekend, it is advised that all your female friends and family

take extra precautions in the area at night. Please do not let any females walk

home unaccompanied at night; especially if they’ve been drinking. Taxis are

cheap here or if possible walk them to the door. Korea is a relatively safe

country but let’s not be complacent.

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Survivors In The Community

ANZAC Day Service

From left: Nick Goodman, Rawiri King, Bernie

Mullin, Kurtis Taogaga, Cpt. Jim Skedden, Simon

Walsh, Alex Walsh

Korea vs. Singapore Match

Top row from left: Joe Day, Richard Jang, RJ Karas,

Alex Walsh, Paul Mancktelow, Ted Gray

Bottom row from left: Rawiri King, Jacob Leonard,

Jonathon Decesari, Simon Walsh

Special thanks to

all those who took

the time to attend

ANZAC Day com-

memorations and

the Asian 5 Na-

tions match. Even

though there was

no rugby for us, it

still contributed to

a great weekend

for our wider ex-

patriate and Ko-

rean community.

Antoine Perennou practises his fend and step against

coach Dan Grover

Tarek Hadid looks to evade the attention of Jake At-

tawell and Gyuhang Kim

Credits

Editor: Kurtis Taogaga

Co-editor: Ali McCan-

nell

Photos: Kurtis Taogaga