Come play Turbo Touch in Busan. Sessions are held every Saturday at the Busan International Foreign School from 1pm to 3pm in the indoor gymnasium and everyone is welcome! We play mixed teams, with juniors and seniors playing together.

It is a fast paced indoor game combining elements of Touch, League, Netball, Basketball and Ultimate. 

Turbo Touch™ was developed by Touch New Zealand in association with Ike Tapine Wilson and George Albert Jahnke, two Touch players who wanted to create a sport that could be played all year, indoor and out, that a wide range of people could enjoy. It launched in Wellington in 2009, with competitions in Auckland, Hamilton, Hawkes Bay, Christchurch and Whangarei close behind.

Source: Turbo Touch

The game is full of action and perfect for all fitness levels and abilities. It’s the perfect cross-training option for Netball, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Touch Rugby, Flag Football and Ultimate. Grab your friends, family, work mates, sports team or just come by yourself and give it a go!

Turbo Touch is generally played on an indoor Basketball court with 5 players on the court at any given time, with no more than 10 players allowed on a team. 

The great thing about Turbo Touch is undoubtedly that you can pass the ball forwards, sideways and backwards during the course of a match. The score zone is known as the “Active Zone”. In order to score, the attacking team is required to complete at least two passes before the “active zone” is opened for a touchdown to be scored. The defending team is required to make only two touches before change of possession can occur.

The fast pace and nature of the game, makes it one of the best ways to get in shape and stay fit. You will find directions to the Busan International Foreign School at the bottom of the Bulletin Board. Keep in touch with updates by joining the Turbo Touch Group on Facebook. Just click on the button below.

The NatWest Six Nations 2018 rugby tournament kicks off on February 3rd with Wales hosting Scotland at the Principality Stadium in the tournament opener. Ireland will travel to Stade de France to take on a new-look French team and on February 4th England and Italy will do battle at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Source: Six Nations Rugby

Source: The 2014 Rugby Show

Facebook has made significant changes to its newsfeed and here’s how it will affect you as a facebook user. You are going to see far less posts from pages and news sites that you follow, and more posts from your friends, family or those you choose to engage with regularly. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg explained that the focus will be on posts from those users that you engage with on a regular basis as well as “other trusted sources”

The said “trusted sources,” are not necessarily going to be the same pages and news sites that you are currently following – they are going to be sources that Facebook has determined as being “trusted” by way of  what it (Facebook) mentions as rankings produced by “a diverse and representative” sample of Facebook users. Which of those sources are “trusted sources” and which are not, is not quite clear as yet. The sources that are not determined as “trusted” — even those you choose to follow — will simply fall by the wayside or lose their ranking in your newsfeed.

There is, however,  a way to make sure that Facebook does not prevent you from seeing posts by your favourite sites. Follow the steps below on how to update your Facebook settings so that your newsfeed prioritises posts made by sites you currently follow, like the Busan Bandits Rugby Football Club, rather than letting the platform determine what you get to see. 

On your Facebook homepage, click the drop-down arrow on the top right of the page and select “News Feed Preferences” (usually found near the bottom of the listed options).

Select “Prioritise who to see first” (usually the first option listed).

Change the view options to show “Pages only,” so it’s easier to find the pages for the sites you prefer to see in your newsfeed. Then simply select the pages you wish to see first in your newsfeed.

Another way to protect your newsfeed: Go to the Facebook page of the site you want to follow, click the “Following” drop-down arrow, and check the “See First” option “In Your News Feed.”

After you’ve made the adjustments to your newsfeed, make sure you’re still seeing posts from your favourite pages and news sites.

Here is what Mark Zuckerberg has to say about the Facebook newsfeed changes …

Continuing our focus for 2018 to make sure the time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent…

Last week I announced a major change to encourage meaningful social interactions with family and friends over passive consumption. As a result, you’ll see less public content, including news, video, and posts from brands. After this change, we expect news to make up roughly 4% of News Feed — down from roughly 5% today. This is a big change, but news will always be a critical way for people to start conversations on important topics.

Today I’m sharing our second major update this year: to make sure the news you see, while less overall, is high quality. I’ve asked our product teams to make sure we prioritise news that is trustworthy, informative, and local. And we’re starting next week with trusted sources.

There’s too much sensationalism, misinformation and polarisation in the world today. Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don’t specifically tackle these problems, then we end up amplifying them. That’s why it’s important that News Feed promotes high quality news that helps build a sense of common ground.

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The Busan Bandits Rugby Football Club is ready tackle the 2017 season head-on, both in style and commitment. The 2017 training and match schedule (KERA) has been set, and the team will also play in a new-look kit.

Busan Bandits RFC Members

Sadly, a number of valued Busan Bandits RFC members are leaving the peninsula and their absence will be sorely felt. That being said, old faces are returning and a lot of interest has been shown by new faces. We look forward to seeing them at the training sessions and joining the membership ranks.

2016 was a year of expansion, and 2017 will be no different. The Bandits have made it its mission to firmly establish and grow the club for rugby enthusiasts in Busan and Gyeongsangnamdo. The club is reaching out to expatriate and Korean players alike, in order to create a team that will continuously be a force to be reckoned with on the Korean peninsula.

Love For Rugby

Driven by a love for rugby …

The Busan Bandits Rugby Football Club was established in 2011 by a few passionate rugby enthusiasts who wanted to introduce the sport to the city of Busan. The club was initially formed by recruiting local expatriates to join a ten-a-side-rugby team, and since then has grown to include fifty registered expatriate and Korean players.

This growth, predominantly in the beginning of 2015, is due to the word of mouth of our passionate players, and the ongoing support of local Busan businesses the Wolfhound Irish Pub and Restaurant, Sharky’s Bar & Grill, HQ Bar, Bulldog CrossFit and Advanced Insulation.

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Busan Local Business Support

In addition to loyal and ongoing support from the Wolfhound Irish Pub and Restaurant, Advanced Insulation, and Park Hyatt Busan, the Bandits also welcome new support from Hard Rock Cafe Busan  , Cocky Pub & Grill Busan and Garage (Seomyeon) for the 2017 season.

Being ready and set for the 2017 KERA season, the Busan Bandits Rugby Football club would further like to extend an invitation to everyone who is interested in playing rugby and joining the club, to contact us for more information and join our Facebook page.

The Busan Bandits Rugby Football Club ended 2016 in style (amongst other things). An awards dinner was held at HQ Bar (Gwangan) and was well supported by the Bandit members and their better halves. A number of awards were presented and all were well deserved.

Busan Bandits 2016 Award Winners

The award winners were …

• Nick – Most improved player of the year
• Paddy – Rookie of the year
• James (Jimmy) – Players Player of the year
• Jonny – Most Valuable Player of the year

Busan Bandits 2016

Also on display, was an excellent 2016 compilation video that is a fair reflection of the Busan Bandits team spirit and passion for rugby.

Party Time

With all the speeches and award presentations said and done, the food platters cleaned out, the festivities kicked off in full force. Needless to say, the club partied the night away in true Bandit style!

Bring on 2017!