Philippines national rugby sevens team

Philippines
Union Philippine Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Volcanoes
Coach(es) New Zealand Geoff Alley
Captain(s) Matthew Saunders
Michael Letts
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Philippines Philippines 32–5 Indonesia [1]
(Manila, Philippines; December 3, 2005)
Largest win
 Cambodia 0–55 Philippines Philippines
(Singapore; June 6, 2015)
Largest defeat
 Japan 50-0 Philippines Philippines
(Moscow, Russia; June 30, 2013)
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.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Total0 Titles0/1----

IRB World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Did not participate
Hong Kong 1997 Did not participate
Argentina 2001 Did not participate
Hong Kong 2005 Did not participate
United Arab Emirates 2009 Did not participate
Russia 2013 Bowl Quarterfinals 24th 4 0 4 0
Total0 Title4040

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
Total2 Titles2/2131030

Honours

Current Squad

Squad to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games:[4]

Past Squads

Squad to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens:[5]

2012 Hong Kong Sevens

[6]

Key to colours in group tables
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
 Canada 32016636+307
 Spain 32014720+277
 Zimbabwe 32015057−77
 Philippines 30032777−503
23 March 2012
16:22
Canada  35 – 5  Philippines
Report
23 March 2012
19:02
Spain  19 – 5  Zimbabwe
Report
24 March 2012
09:52
Spain  21 – 5  Philippines
Report
24 March 2012
12:48
Canada  21 – 24  Zimbabwe
Report
24 March 2012
15:00
Zimbabwe  21 – 17  Philippines
Report
24 March 2012
18:02
Canada  10 – 7  Spain
Report

Ranking Matches

Semi-finals Final
25 March – Hong Kong
  China 5  
  Guyana 7  
 
25 March – Hong Kong
      Guyana 0
    Uruguay 31
25 March – Hong Kong
  Uruguay 22
  Philippines 5  

Coaches

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=5/eventinfo.html
  3. ↑ http://www.thefilipinoaustralian.com/news/index.php/2009/10/30/rp-national-team-places-second-at-brunei-rugby-7s/
  4. ↑ "Rugby 7s Results - Men Preliminaries Match 3". 28th SEA Games 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.prfu.com/1/post/2013/06/philippine-team-for-rugby-world-cup-sevens-announced.html
  6. ↑ "Pool draw announced for Hong Kong Sevens". irbsevens.com. 2012-02-16.

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