The 2nd OK Etman Rugby Academy, hosted by OK Financial Group, wrapped up successfully at the Japanese Hajonno

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OK Financial Group announced on the 7th that the 2nd OK Eatman Rugby Academy, organized by the OK Eatman Rugby Team (hereinafter referred to as Choi Yoon), was completed with great response from the participants.

According to OK Financial Group, the academy, which was held for three nights and four days from the 3rd to the 6th, was attended by 40 players and leaders from the middle school rugby department who will lead the future of Korean rugby.

The "Hanazono High School Rugby National Competition," which became the main stage of the academy, is a symbolic space for Japanese rugby culture.It is characterized by high interest, with 28,000 spectators full on the day of the game. The cheering culture created by school supporters, families, local residents and rugby people and fierce plays leading up to the end of the game are combined, and Hanazono has become a space with such high symbolism that it is called a "dream stage" for Japanese rugby players beyond simple student sports competitions.

The atmosphere and culture of Hanazono are considered the background of the OK Eutman rugby team's hosting of the academy in Hanazono. The purpose is to learn rugby's unique values, such as the spirit of side, teamwork, and responsibility, beyond simple overseas tours, and to make student players see and feel how rugby has been respected and grown in a society.

In particular, rugby academy participants watched the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Hanazono High School Rugby National Championship and felt how the world's best high school rugby was prepared and completed on the spot.

On top of that, various programs, including joint training with a local middle school rugby team in Japan and watching the training of the "Hanamono Kintetsu Linus" of Japan's professional rugby league, had time to experience not only the performance but also the attitude and culture of rugby in general. The club explained that the participating players were able to feel the educational value of rugby by closely interacting with the opponent before and after the game, an orderly cheering culture, and a team-level training system.

Lee Dong-hwan (Bucheon G Sports), a student who attended the rugby academy, said, "It looked cool to play rugby in a stadium full of spectators, and I thought I wanted to play with the support of many spectators someday."

Oh Young-gil, head coach of the ᅳᆺman rugby team, also said, "I am happy to have a meaningful experience this year following the first rugby academy last year, which was planned to show 'real rugby' to rugby dreamers. I hope all the players and leaders who joined this camp will have good memories at this academy and grow one step further."

"What I wanted to convey through this academy was not how to win, but how to treat rugby," said Choi Yoon, chairman of OK Financial Group and owner of OK Eatman Rugby Group. "The scene where the process is respected rather than the result, does not lose its dignity in competition, respects the team, opponent, and the sport of rugby itself, and becomes friends for life with one relationship is the value of real rugby I really wanted to convey to our players."

"Based on the experience I have seen and felt through the academy, I expect the players to find the value of 'real rugby' on their own and set their own standards, not the answer that someone has set," Chairman Choi Yoon said. "We will continue to support the development of dream trees that will lead the future of Korean rugby by expanding the participation in the rugby academy to high school and college."

Meanwhile, the OK ᅳᆺman Rugby Academy is a dream tree training program introduced last year to convey a true rugby spirit to student players who will lead the future of Korean rugby and to spread the right rugby culture beyond fighting spirit on the field.

Chairman Choi Yoon's intention to strengthen the future of Korean rugby has become the starting point of the academy in order for true rugby values, including the spirit of no-side without four sides, to take root more firmly in Korean rugby. The rugby academy, which expanded its stage overseas in the wake of the first round, which attracted more than 180 people in 2025, plans to gradually expand its program to high school and university departments by comprehensively reviewing various conditions in the future.

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