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SOUTH KOREA BAG SECOND WIN OVER MALAYSIA IN ARC 2019

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South Korea  showed their determination to win their first ever  Asia Rugby Championship  by beating  Malaysia  38-16 at the Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It was quite a frustrating night for the Malaysian team as they fought hard to claim their first win in the Asia Top Division in front of the home fans. After beating Malaysia in the first match in Incheon last week, the Koreans displayed strong performance to claim full points before facing the defending champions,  Hong Kong . South Korea went ahead in the opening ten minutes with two tries by  Sungkun Cha  and  Daeyoung Yang . But then,  Mohd Fairuz Ab. Rahman  scored a penalty before a converted try by  Amirul Mukminin Amizan  levelled the score 10-10. South Korea scored two more tries through Captain  Kwanyoung Na  and  Hyeonseong Shin  to take the lead again. Mohd Fairuz scored another penalty to narrow down the score to 24-13 before the break. In the second half Mohd Fairuz added a

SOUTH KOREA BEAT MALAYSIA IN ARC 2019 OPENER

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South Korea kicked off their Asia Rugby Championship campaign with a 52-14 victory over Malaysia in Incheon. It is a perfect start for the home side as they scored eight tries to earn the bonus point. Malaysia stunned the crowd at the Namdong Asiad Stadium with an early try through Lawrence Petrus , before Mohd Fairuz Abdul Rahman delivered the conversion. However, South Korea bounced back with three tries by Jihoon You , Seong Min Jang and Myung Jun Lee . The Koreans went into the break with a comfortable 19-7 lead. Get more Rugby News at Tigers Super Sports South  Korea returned into second half in a fine form. Jinseok Lee and captain Kwanyoung Na scored two more tries to pull their team away from the opponents' reach. Despite the Korean's domination, Malaysia struck back with a good try from winger Wong Wye Wye . The Malaysian started to show a little improvements after the second try, but South Korea took advantage of the handling errors by the v