Philippines national rugby sevens team

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.[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. 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.

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)Frano Botica
Captain(s)Matthew Saunders
Michael Letts
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Philippines 32–5 Indonesia [1]
(Manila, Philippines; December 3, 2005)
Largest win
Philippines 67–0 Nepal   
(Doha, Qatar; March 3, 2017)
Largest defeat
 Japan 50–0 Philippines
(Moscow, Russia; June 30, 2013)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best resultBowl quarterfinals (2013)

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1993 Did Not Enter
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013 Bowl Quarterfinals 24th 4 0 4 0
2018 Did not qualify
Total0 Title4040

Asian Games
Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
1998 Did not enter
2002
2006
2010
2014 Classification round 5th 6 3 3 0
2018 Did not enter
TotalNo Title1/66330

Southeast Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2007 Final 1st 7 4 3 0
2015 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
2017 Final 4th 6 2 4 0
2019 Final 1st 6 6 0 0
Total4 Titles3/4251870
  • 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 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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 
  China5
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 Guyana7
 
  Guyana0
 
 25 March – Hong Kong
 
 Uruguay31
 
  Uruguay22
 
 
 Philippines5
 

Coaches
  • Rick Hartley (2006–2009)
  • Al Caravelli (2012–2013)
  • Matthew Cullen (2013–2014)
  • Geoff Alley (2014–2015)
  • Frano Botica (2016–)

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original on 8 June 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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