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It was fun in the first few episodes but then, it's like almost all of the preceding episodes were full of false hopes and disappointments . It gets boring eventually. Definitely not a feel-good drama !

Would have been nicer to watch the rugby team play more games , trying to win, giving more meaning to the drama title .

Only on ep 10 but every episode has been captivating so far, there's a plot twist waiting to unfold, a few broken relationships waitinf to be fixed, old friendships, definitely worth watching. The first episode was the introduction to the teachers of the school , but still very entertaining, the kdrama involves a few different genres, theres comedy, hard work, and all the charachters have been played nice by the actors.

The disgraced star juicer, Ju guam teaches a failing highschool rugsby team. Everyone is sacrificing their jobs because of the vice principal who just wants to support his daughter in her shooting sport and will sacrifice anyone to help his daughter suceed. Classic greed corruption.

You find out around three or four episodes in the reason why he juiced.. Always rooting for the underdog everyone hates.

The promotional posters would have you believe The Winning Try is a feel-good rugby sports show. It's kinda not.

Instead, what you get is a massive amount of school drama with some rugby on the side. Rugby is just icing on the cake. The actual screen time of rugby being played is shockingly low.

Rather, what's really here is a bunch of old crusty men scheming episode after episode with annoying little plans to set themselves up for promotions and to get rid of Joo Gam-ram (ML) from his coaching job.

Then there is the entire storyline the female lead goes through as an air pistol coach. Of course there's romance between the ML and her. But you can't forget that each individual player on the rugby and air pistol teams needs development too! Don't forget, the ML has his own problems he has to deal with alongside trying to keep his job every episode. Did I mention the entire air pistol sport takes just as much screen time as the rugby segments?

Simply put, the show is doing too much with so little time.

If you manage to enjoy the different storylines, it is rather enjoyable.

The kids have heart, and the ending is satisfying.

A thoroughly entertaining and (for the most part) well-crafted series. Rugby is so little known in some countries that the opening show feels the need to carefully explain how the game works. Fortunately we get past that quickly and into this very physical sport and understanding the boys who play it. But the rules of rugby are not what this drama is about. It's about people, trust, and caring.

The secondary plot about the shooting team appears to be there so that the show is not exclusively about male bonding and to introduce the mandatory romances. It is OK, but minor.

Most of the members of the seven member rugby team are fully written, but by the end of the series we realize we know very little about some of them - a mistake or a deliberate choice? Some blank canvases there waiting to be fully painted.

I couldn't wait for each new episode, so it clearly worked for me. But I have one technical quibble: why does this director (and a number of others in Korea) ignore or deliberately break the 180 degree rule (sometimes know as "crossing the line")? It exists for a good reason, and has served movies and TV well for many decades. Is it ignorance of the rule, or a desire to be different? It certainly bothered this viewer.

Nevertheless, a very entertaining series. Congrats.