South Korea national rugby union team
| Emblem | The Mugunghwa | |||||||||||
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| Union | Korea Rugby Union | |||||||||||
| Head coach | Ju Ga-ram | |||||||||||
| Captain | Lee Jin-kyu | |||||||||||
| Most caps | Back Kwang-soo (26) | |||||||||||
| Top scorer | Oh Youn-hyung (98) | |||||||||||
| Top try scorer | Lee Jin-wook (13) | |||||||||||
| Home stadium | Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field | |||||||||||
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| World Rugby ranking | ||||||||||||
| Current | 36 (as of 21 June 2025) | |||||||||||
| Highest | 21 (2004) | |||||||||||
| Lowest | 36 (2025) | |||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||
| Taiwan 15–9 South Korea (Tokyo, Japan; 8 March 1969) | ||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||
| South Korea 135–3 Malaysia (Seoul, South Korea; 23 September 1992) | ||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||
| Tonga 119–0 South Korea (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; 21 March 2003) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Website | www | |||||||||||
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
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| 1 | South Africa | 93.94 | |
| 2 | New Zealand | 90.33 | |
| 3 | 4 | France | 88.40 |
| 4 | 3 | England | 87.71 |
| 5 | Ireland | 86.81 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 84.97 | |
| 7 | Australia | 81.53 | |
| 8 | Fiji | 81.14 | |
| 9 | 10 | Scotland | 81.10 |
| 10 | 9 | Italy | 79.81 |
| 11 | Wales | 74.23 | |
| 12 | Japan | 74.09 | |
| 13 | Georgia | 73.18 | |
| 14 | Uruguay | 69.19 | |
| 15 | Spain | 69.16 | |
| 16 | United States | 68.26 | |
| 17 | Chile | 66.72 | |
| 18 | Tonga | 66.66 | |
| 19 | Portugal | 66.53 | |
| 20 | Samoa | 66.43 | |
| 21 | 22 | Romania | 60.90 |
| 22 | 23 | Hong Kong | 59.61 |
| 23 | 21 | Belgium | 59.56 |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 58.80 | |
| 25 | Canada | 58.75 | |
| 26 | Namibia | 56.96 | |
| 27 | Netherlands | 56.86 | |
| 28 | Switzerland | 55.26 | |
| 29 | Czech Republic | 54.78 | |
| 30 | Poland | 52.96 |
Graph updated to 16 February 2026
The South Korea national rugby union team, (Korean: 대한민국 럭비 유니언 국가대표팀) recognised as Korea by World Rugby, also known as the Mugunghwas, represents South Korea in men's international rugby union. South Korea has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup (RWC).
Korea reached the repechage round of qualification for the 1999, 2003, and 2007 Rugby World Cups, being eliminated by Tonga each time. In qualifying for 2011, South Korea lost every fixture, with its closest match coming against the Arabian Gulf. For 2015, South Korea finished third in the final round, missing qualification directly and to the repechage phase. Similar to 2015, South Korea missed direct or indirect qualification to the Rugby World Cup for both 2019 and 2023. In 2022 South Korea lost to Hong Kong by two points, failing to advance to the repechage qualification play-offs.