Philippines national rugby sevens team
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| Union | Philippine Rugby Football Union | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Volcanoes | ||
| Coach(es) |  Frano Botica |
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| Captain(s) | Matthew Saunders Michael Letts |
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| First international | |||
 Philippines 32–5 Indonesia  [1](Manila, Philippines; December 3, 2005) |
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| Largest win | |||
 Cambodia 0–55 Philippines (Singapore; June 6, 2015) |
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| Largest defeat | |||
 Japan 50-0 Philippines (Moscow, Russia; June 30, 2013) |
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Bowl quarterfinals (2013) | ||
The Philippines national rugby union sevens team is a minor national sevens side and represents the Philippines in rugby union sevens. The 2012 Hong Kong Sevens was their first appearance in an IRB Sevens World Series. They were 1 of 4 Asian teams that qualified through regional tournaments to be included in the 2012 Hong Kong Sevens, it is also a qualifying tournament for inclusion in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.[2] After the Philippines won third place against South Korea in the 2012 Singapore Sevens Series, they gained qualification to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.
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Tournament history
Summer Olympics
| Olympics Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | |||
IRB World Cup Sevens
| World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
 1997 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
 2001 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
| 2005 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
 2009 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
 2013 |
Bowl Quarterfinals | 24th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Title | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Southeast Asian Games
| Southeast Asian Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2007 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2015 |
Final | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 Titles | 2/2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |||
- The Philippine national team also won the rugby sevens event at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. However rugby sevens was just a site sport or demonstration event and was not counted in the final medal tally. The rugby sevens tournament also included club sides some which are based in Macau and Sri-Lanka which are part of the ASEAN/[1]
Honours
- 2009 Brunei Rugby 7s Runners up[3]
Current Squad
Squad to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games:[4]
- Andrew Wolff
- Benjamin Saunders
- Gareth Holgate
- Jake Letts
- Alexander Aronson
- Christopher Hitch
- Matthew Saunders
- Vincent Young
- Harry Morris
- Justin Coveney
- Andrew Everingham
- Patrice Olivier
Past Squads
Squad to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens:[5]
- Andrew Wolff
- Ryan Clarke
- Oliver Saunders
- Gareth Holgate
- Jake Letts
- Joseph Matthews
- Justin Coveney
- Kenneth Stern
- Matthew Saunders
- Michael Letts
- Sean Lynch
- Patrice Olivier
2012 Hong Kong Sevens
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
| Teams that advanced to the Bowl Semifinal | |
| Teams that advanced to the Qualifier (Shield) Quarterfinal | |
| Teams that advanced to the Ranking Matches | |
Pool E
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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 Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 7 |
 Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 7 |
 Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 7 |
| Philippines |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 3 |
Ranking Matches
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 March – Hong Kong | |||||||
 China |
5 | ||||||
 Guyana |
7 | ||||||
| 25 March – Hong Kong
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| Guyana |
0 | ||||||
 Uruguay |
31 | ||||||
| 25 March – Hong Kong | |||||||
| Uruguay |
22 | ||||||
| Philippines |
5 | ||||||
Coaches
Rick Hartley (2006-2009)
Al Caravelli (2012-2013)- Matthew Cullen (2013–2014)
- Geoff Alley (2014–2015)
- Frano Botica (2016–)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/eventinfo.html
- ↑ http://www.thefilipinoaustralian.com/news/index.php/2009/10/30/rp-national-team-places-second-at-brunei-rugby-7s/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.prfu.com/1/post/2013/06/philippine-team-for-rugby-world-cup-sevens-announced.html
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Philippine Rugby Football Union official website
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National sports teams of the Philippines |
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| Men's teams | |
| Women's teams | |
