SEOUL SURV IVORS

R U G B Y F O OT B AL L C L U B
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IN BRIEF:

• 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.
V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 2 M A Y 7 2 0 0 9
• 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.
PITCH DIRECTIONS:
• 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.
Survivors Downed In Third Quarter Nightmare
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.
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)

CONTACTS:
• Ted Gray (President)
011-287-9558
Survivors Announce New Major Sponsor
• Roddy Bancroft (Manager) Wednesday, May 7, 2009 Oakwood Worldwide spe- Many thanks to Oakwood for
016-494-7363
cialises in providing tempo- their vision and supporting
• Simon Walsh (Pitch Captain) The Survivors will now rary serviced apartments to the Survivors.
010-9417-9554 have Oakwood splashed clients in global hotspots
• Kurtis Taogaga (Media) across the chest of the new around the world.
010-7263-5878 2009 uniform.
• Rawiri King (Coach) Oakwood hopes to capitalise
010-8698-4982 The Seoul Survivors RFC on the Survivors' exposure to
• Justin Jackson (Social Officer) announced last week that the corporate sector through-
010-5465-6122 Oakwood Worldwide would out Korea and the rest of
become a major sponsor for Asia.
the 2009 season.
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The Seoul Survivors RFC

are proudly sponsored by:
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.
Colts A Welcome Boost For Youth Rugby
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
(More photos
on Page 4)
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 patronage of Kiwi expat Rex Grover sees the junior squad as
Duncan, the Colts are a combi- both a developmental tool for
nation of the Royal Frogs team youth rugby in Seoul as well as a
and other interested kids from asfeeder club for the senior Seoul
far afield as the UK and New Survivors squad. Already, a few
Zealand. The Colts squad will of the Colts train regularly and
ensure that a stopover in Seoul have seen action with the men’s
will no longer put a halt to team. Ultimately, Coach Grover
promising junior rugby careers. hopes that as these young lads
develop in the game and mature
Organisationally, the Colts team physically, they will be pushing
will come under the broader (Continued on page 3)
umbrella of the Seoul Survivors
RFC, although they will run Know anyone interested
their own schedule; finding in playing for the Colts?
games and touring when and Contact Dan Grover
where they can. Coach Dan 010-4941-4455

Singapore Given A Taste Of Kimchi

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
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
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)
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Survivors Downed minutes. remained upbeat and

(Continued from page 1) There were no further were glad to get some
Number Eight were incidents in the fourth footy under the belt

Player Profile given a rest in the sin bin

for what amounted to
nothing more than a bit of
Name: Simon Ngarangi banter and collar grab-
Walsh bing. Towards the end of
Nickname(s): Fity; Panther; the third quarter and with
Manboobs Daesim holding a suspi-
Position: Flanker ciously handy lead, the
ref threatened to call the
Birthdate: 06/06/1984
match off prematurely
Hometown: Ashhurst, NZ for “fighting”, but the
Survivors were deter-
mined to keep cool heads
The first of the Maybe Next Weekend and play out the full 80
Player Profiles will focus on the Survivors
captain. Subsequent profiles will be cho- Korea vs. Singapore
sen at random through a lottery system (Continued from page 2)
so everyone’s in with a chance to get your wage psychological war-
mug in the newsletter if you’re signed up fare on the visitors. The
on the team list. Singaporean number 10
and fullback came under
First rugby memory: particularly harsh scru-
Lunch time rugby at school. The whole
tiny, the unfortunate duo
school played. It had to, there wasn’t that
probably not producing
many people.
their best form on the
rugby field that day.
Any brothers or sisters?
To their credit, the Sin-
Two bros (21,22) and one sister (26 and
married!). gaporeans never gave up
and held their heads high
What do you enjoy about your posi- till the end but were
tion? taught some harsh les-
Getting the ball on D and putting in big sons by a fitter, faster
hits. and more skilful Korean
squad and will really
What don’t you like about your posi- have to lift their game
tion? significantly to compete
Every American plays it! in the first division of
the Asian 5 Nations and
What high school and university did avoid relegation back to
you go to?
St Peters College, Palmerston North and
Massey University, Palmerston North
quarter
“Bumblebee”
and Joshua
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
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
M unha k Sta diu m,
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.
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
.
Seoul Colts
(Continued from page 2)
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

Do you have a good luck charm/ritual What do you like least at training? I can't go anywhere with-
for games? Having it finish. out my...
Rub the dirt from the field into my hands. head. Lucky because my
It’s been hard with the turf pitches. Apart from rugby I'm good at… mother always said I would
online Risk. There can be only one!!! lose it if it weren’t screwed
What song psyches you up before a on.
match?
All Dre 2001. YEEEA! But I suck at... Survivors
shutting my mouth when on the drink. also spon-
What actor would play you in a sored by:
movie? I hate it when...
Jake Heke. people are bullied.

What do you like most at training? I'm afraid of...

A break from reality. Good stress relief. my true potential.
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Colts In Action

Antoine Perennou practises his fend and step against Tarek Hadid looks to evade the attention of Jake At-
coach Dan Grover tawell and Gyuhang Kim

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From left: Nick Goodman, Rawiri King, Bernie Top row from left: Joe Day, Richard Jang, RJ Karas, patriate and Ko-
Mullin, Kurtis Taogaga, Cpt. Jim Skedden, Simon Alex Walsh, Paul Mancktelow, Ted Gray rean community.
Walsh, Alex Walsh Bottom row from left: Rawiri King, Jacob Leonard,
Jonathon Decesari, Simon Walsh

Credits Urgent Announcement

Editor: Kurtis Taogaga
Co-editor: Ali McCan-
nell
Photos: Kurtis Taogaga
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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