Philippines national rugby sevens team explained

Country:Philippines
Union:Philippine Rugby Football Union
Nickname:Volcanoes
Coach:Josh Sutcliffe
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First: Philippines 32–5 [1]
(Manila, Philippines; December 3, 2005)
Bigwin: Philippines 67–0
(Doha, Qatar; March 3, 2017)
Bigloss: 50–0 Philippines
(Moscow, Russia; June 30, 2013)
Sevens:yes
World Cup Apps:1
Year:2013
Best:Bowl quarterfinals (2013)

The Philippines national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. 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. 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. The Philippines finished third at the 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, and qualified to the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens World Series qualifier. At the tournament, the team defeated Zimbabwe and advanced to quarter-finals, where they lost to Asian rival Hong Kong.

Honours

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
YearRoundPosition
1993Did Not Enter
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013Bowl Quarterfinals24th4040
2018did not qualify
Total 0 Title 4 0 4 0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
YearRoundPosition
1998did not enter
2002
2006
2010
2014Classification round5th6330
2018did not enter
2022Classification round9th6330
Total No Title 2/7 12 6 6 0

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
YearRoundPosition
2007Final1st7430
2015Final1st6600
2017Final4th6240
2019Final1st6600
Total 4 Titles 3/4 25 18 7 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 not part of the ASEAN.

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool E--------Ranking Matches

Players

Current team

The following is the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.[2] [3] [4]

Head coach: Darryl Suasua

PlayerAge
1FWTommy Kalaw Gilbert27
2BKKai Ledesma Stroem25
3FWDonald Coleman25
4BKJoe Palabay Dawson33
5BKLuc Villalba Smith22
7BKJerome Rudder25
8BKVincent Amar Young29
9FWBarberis Raphael22
10FWRobert Luceno Fogerty26
11BKNicholas Gaffud Robertson26
12FWJustin Coveney38
14FWRafael Julian Phillips21

Other notable players

Coaches

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: South East Asian Games – Rugby 7s . 10 June 2015 . Philippine Rugby Football Union . 20 December 2005 . Trevor . Stott-Briggs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060510163546/http://www.prfu.com/index.php . May 10, 2006 .
  2. News: Volcanoes kick off rugby 7s bid vs Malaysia, Hong Kong . 24 September 2023 . The Manila Times . 24 September 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Philippine Rugby Announces PH Volcanoes National Team Selection for the 19th Asian Games Rugby 7s. Philippine Rugby Football Union . 24 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230924105936/https://www.philippines.rugby/news . 24 September 2023 . en . 22 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Rugby Sevens Men's - Team Roster - (PHI) Philippines . Asian Games 2022 . Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee . 23 September 2023.
  5. News: PH Volcanoes to see action in Asian Rugby 7s in Dubai . 13 November 2021 . Manila Bulletin . 13 November 2021.