OK, man rugby team tries to win the championship for the first time since transitioning to the unemployment team... National Rugby Business League appearance

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OK Eutman Rugby Team will start the new season in earnest, starting with the 2026 National Rugby Business League.

OK Financial Group announced on the 26th that the OK Eutman Rugby Team (hereinafter referred to as Eutman Rugby Team) will participate in the 2026 National Rugby Business League, which will open on the 28th. This business league is the first official competition of this year involving the ᅳᆺman rugby team, and will be held at Songhwa Rugby Stadium in Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Asiad Rugby Stadium in Namdong, Incheon every weekend from the 28th of this month to May 3rd.

The Eutman rugby team will play a total of six games in the unemployment league. The opening match will begin with a match against Hyundai Glovis on March 28, followed by POSCO E&C on April 4 and KEPCO on April 11. It will then hold a rematch with Hyundai Glovis again on April 19, and conclude its first league of the year with POSCO E&C on April 26 and KEPCO on May 3.

The ᅳᆺman rugby team has grown steadily since the transition to the unemployment team. In particular, he showed competitiveness as an unemployed team, winning a silver medal in the general rugby division at the 2024 National Sports Festival. This year, he is focusing his efforts on winning the championship from his first competition.

In this year's case, a total of three off-season training sessions were held before the opening of the season. In January, the first off-season training in Haenam, Jeollanam-do focused on strengthening physical strength and recovering condition, and in February, the second off-season training in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, increased organizational power through tactical and strategic training. In an overseas training session held in Osaka, Japan in March, he checked his sense of play and improved his team's completeness through a test match with NTT DoCoMo of Japan's League One Division 2 along with joint training with the rugby team of Setnan University.

In particular, in Japan's off-season training, the focus was on enhancing organizational skills and game management skills based on the completed history of joining even foreign players. The ᅳᆺman rugby team strengthened its competitiveness by recruiting Dylan Utete, who worked with him last year, four Zimbabwean national team players including Godwin Mangenje, Jeff Makoni and Trevor Gurwe, and Nakai Kento from Japan.

Oh Young-gil, head coach of the Eutman Rugby Team, said, "As we have raised our physical strength, tactics, and organizational skills in a balanced way through off-season training at home and abroad, we will be able to show good performance from the beginning of the season," adding, "All the players will unite as one-team and move toward the goal of being normal."

"We hope that the business league will be held at a stadium near the Seoul metropolitan area in the future to further increase the accessibility of fans, and develop into Korea's best rugby festival where you can breathe and enjoy with rugby fans through the operation of foreign referees in accordance with global standards and high-definition live broadcasting systems," he added.

Meanwhile, Choi Yoon, who leads the Eutman Rugby Team, contributes to the expansion of the base of Korean rugby by supporting overseas training and running the team, as well as holding a rugby academy to foster youth, and establishing the Korea Tag Rugby Association to expand the foundation for school sports. The club plans to establish itself as a team that combines performance and sportsmanship for the new season.

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