Philippines
UnionPhilippine Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Volcanoes
Coach(es)Josh Sutcliffe
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Philippines Philippines 32–5 Indonesia [1]
(Manila, Philippines; December 3, 2005)
Largest win
Philippines Philippines 67–0 Nepal   
(Doha, Qatar; March 3, 2017)
Largest defeat
 Japan 50–0 Philippines Philippines
(Moscow, Russia; June 30, 2013)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best resultBowl 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
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Did Not Enter
Hong Kong 1997
Argentina 2001
Hong Kong 2005
United Arab Emirates 2009
Russia 2013 Bowl Quarterfinals 24th 4 0 4 0
United States 2018 did not qualify
Total 0 Title 4 0 4 0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Thailand 1998 did not enter
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
South Korea 2014 Classification round 5th 6 3 3 0
Indonesia 2018 did not enter
China 2022 Classification round 9th 6 3 3 0
Total No Title 2/7 12 6 6 0

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Thailand 2007 Final 1st 7 4 3 0
Singapore 2015 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
Malaysia 2017 Final 4th 6 2 4 0
Philippines 2019 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
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.[1]

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool E

23 March 2012
16:22
Canada 35 – 5 Philippines
Report[usurped]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
09:52
Spain 21 – 5 Philippines
Report[usurped]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
15:00
Zimbabwe 21 – 17 Philippines
Report[usurped]
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking Matches

25 March 2012
Uruguay 22 – 5 Philippines
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Players

Current team

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

Head coach: New Zealand Darryl Suasua

No. Pos. Player Age
1 FW Tommy Kalaw Gilbert 27
2 BK Kai Ledesma Stroem 25
3 FW Donald Coleman 25
4 BK Joe Palabay Dawson 33
5 BK Luc Villalba Smith 22
7 BK Jerome Rudder 25
8 BK Vincent Amar Young 29
9 FW Barberis Raphael 22
10 FW Robert Luceno Fogerty 26
11 BK Nicholas Gaffud Robertson 26
12 FW Justin Coveney 38
14 FW Rafael Julian Phillips 21

Other notable players

Coaches

References

  1. ^ a b Stott-Briggs, Trevor (20 December 2005). "South East Asian Games – Rugby 7s". Philippine Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Volcanoes kick off rugby 7s bid vs Malaysia, Hong Kong". The Manila Times. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Philippine Rugby Announces PH Volcanoes National Team Selection for the 19th Asian Games Rugby 7s". Philippine Rugby Football Union. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens Men's - Team Roster - (PHI) Philippines" (PDF). Asian Games 2022. Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. 23 September 2023.
  5. ^ "PH Volcanoes to see action in Asian Rugby 7s in Dubai". Manila Bulletin. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

National rugby sevens teams
National sports teams of the Philippines
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