Beach, barbeques and a few beers as Seoul Gaels’ championship kicks off

We gathered outside McDonalds, in Seoul Station, many of us bleary-eyed from the morning’s early rise. It was 6.50am and rather predictably some of our finely tuned athletes were already delving into McMuffin breakfasts to set them up for the long day ahead.

I, meanwhile, was scoffing down an egg sandwich from the local convenience store, for my breakfast. There was a group of about thirty of us, and after a quick head count to confirm that everyone was there, it was time to head to the platform.

We were meeting some of our other players down in Busan. Our train to Busan was leaving in ten minutes. A three hour journey awaited but we were all buzzing with excitement. It was the first round of the Korean league. Championship day had arrived.