With half of the episodes now available, The Winning Try is among the popular Netflix K-dramas right now. After making the team complete with recruiting Ung as the seventh player, the problems of the Hangyang rugby team haven’t been resolved, as the Vice Principal and his supporters are still trying to make all of Ga-ram’s efforts go to waste.
Meanwhile, in Episodes 5 and 6 of The Winning Try, Ju Ga-ram’s well-kept secret about his deteriorating health begins to surface as people have become suspicious. Apart from that, Ga-ram also sets an ambitious goal for the team to achieve this season, for their own benefit.
Here’s what happened in Episodes 5 and 6 of the K-drama The Winning Try.
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The Winning Try Episode 5-6 recap: Ju Ga-ram finds unique ways to make his rugby team train
Even after showing improvement in their performance and finding a new player, the Hangyang rugby team is still excluded from using the field and gym to train in The Winning Try Episodes 5 and 6. Therefore, he takes them to the swimming pool to train as the swim team had gone to participate in a competition outside of their school.
Further, he also takes them to a soccer field, where the boys had to play with a soccer team of middle-aged men, and had to let them win, as Ga-ram made all of their efforts to goal appear as a foul. These different tactics helped the team further until he told them about their next goal, which would be to win the national championship.
To do that, Ga-ram fixes a match with a pro team named the OK rugby team, making their chance of winning nil. But the team spirit was still alive for the rugby players as they started to train hard for the upcoming match against the pro team. However, Yeong-gwang had to drop out of the match as he had to attend an entrance exam for police services.
He told Ga-ram that he does not want to risk his future to play rugby with the other boys without knowing if they will ever let him achieve his dreams.
The Winning Try Episode 5-6 recap: I-ji struggles to compete with her own players
Episodes 5 and 6 of The Winning Try also focused more on I-ji’s difficulties as she was about to compete to join the national team. However, competing against her own players in the shooting tournament became difficult when she reached the top 4 players to be selected, leaving Seol-hyeon out of the bracket.
Seeing this, Coach Nak-gyun threatens her with making her life more difficult as he has a lot of connections that would help him bring her down, and the win would be useless for her. While she doesn’t want to rig the match, she still ends up losing to Seol-hyeon, due to her anxiety and not being able to shoot precisely.
Other than not being able to shoot anymore, she is also accused of rigging the match for Seol-hyeon and had to prove whether she was telling the truth or not.
The Winning Try Episode 5-6 recap: I-ji finds out about Ga-ram’s illness
In episodes 5 and 6 of The Winning Try, Ga-ram was often seen having trouble due to his illness. It is revealed that Ga-ram had been suffering from Myasthenia Gravis since he was a player, and also why he took drugs before the matches.
Ga-ram’s condition has worsened and has been noticed by both I-ji and Heung-Nam, with the latter telling him to hide it well, hinting that he might not tell anyone about his health, especially the Vice Principal and Coach Nak-gyun. However, I-ji ends up finding out about it when he collapses in front of her, and she takes him to the hospital.
As more people find out about his illness and with the Vice Principal being suspicious about his health, Ga-ram still manages to do everything for his team to train and trust each other more, so they don’t end up like him or Ung’s father. This is depicted when Yeong-gwang skips his exam and comes back to play with the team in their match against the pro team, informing Ga-ram that he chose rugby above everything else.
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