1987 Korea rugby union tour of Australia

1987 Korea rugby union tour of Australia
Summary	P W D L
Total	05 00 00 05
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 0 0 1

The 1987 Korea rugby union tour of Australia was a series of five matches played by the Korea national rugby union team in Australia in 1987. The Korea team lost all five of their five matches, including the international match against the Australia national rugby union team.^[1]

Matches

Scores and results list Korea's points tally first.^[2]

Opposing Team	Score		Date	Venue	Status	Reports
	For	Against				Preview	Match
N.S.W. 'B'	33	34	1987		Tour match
New South Wales Country	23	44	May 6, 1987	Gosford	Tour match	[3]	[4]
Australian Capital Territory	15	58	May 10, 1987	Canberra	Tour match	[5]	[6]
Queensland 'B'	24	9	1987		Tour match
Australia	18	65	May 17, 1987	Ballymore, Brisbane	Test Match	[7]	[8]

Test matches

Australia

17 May 1987

Australia	65 – 18	South Korea
(17 - 5g, 1pg, 1t) B. Smith (12 - 3t) M. Burke (8 - 2t) P. Grigg (8 - 2t) A. Slack (4 - 1t) M. Cook (4 - 1t) R. Gould (4 - 1t) J. Miller (4 - 1t) N. Farr-Jones (4 - 1t) S. James	Report	Chang-Kyu Sin (10 - 2g, 2pg) Yun-Pil Jung (4 - 1t) Seung-Ho Baek (4 - 1t)

Ballymore, Brisbane Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Col Waldron (ARU)

Notes:

• Anthony Herbert, Steve James & Brian Smith made their full international debuts for Australia in this match.

References

1. "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN". ESPNscrum.
2. https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/142561/Australian_Rugby_Football_Union_Annual_Report_1987.pdf ARU Annual Report, 1987
3. "Times Sport Sports results and detail". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 28 Apr 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.
4. "port results and details". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1987. p. 20. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.
5. Foster, Michael (7 May 1987). "Times Sport - O'Neill deadline tonight". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 20. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.
6. Foster, Michael (11 May 1987). "A record as ACT kicks off Korea". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 26. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.
7. "Smith selected to replace Lynagh". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 14 May 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.
8. "Wallabies swamp South Koreans". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 31 Aug 2022.