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Philippines national rugby sevens team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Philippines women's national rugby sevens team.
Philippines
UnionPhilippine Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Volcanoes
Coach(es)New Zealand Frano Botica
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
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best resultBowl quarterfinals (2013)

The Philippines national rugby 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
Total 0 Titles 0/1 - - - -

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
Total 0 Title 4 0 4 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
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]

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 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
23 March 2012
16:22
Canada 35 – 5 Philippines
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
23 March 2012
19:02
Spain 19 – 5 Zimbabwe
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
09:52
Spain 21 – 5 Philippines
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
12:48
Canada 21 – 24 Zimbabwe
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
15:00
Zimbabwe 21 – 17 Philippines
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
24 March 2012
18:02
Canada 10 – 7 Spain
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Ranking Matches

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 
  China5
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 Guyana7
 
  Guyana0
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 Uruguay31
 
  Uruguay22
 
 
 Philippines5
 

Coaches

  • Australia Rick Hartley (2006–2009)
  • United States Al Caravelli (2012–2013)
  • Australia Matthew Cullen (2013–2014)
  • New Zealand Geoff Alley (2014–2015)
  • New Zealand Frano Botica (2016–)

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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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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