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Philippines national rugby sevens team

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Nickname(s)
  
Volcanoes

Appearances
  
1 (First in 2013)

Coach(es)
  
Frano Botica

Union
  
Philippine Rugby Football Union

Best result
  
Bowl quarterfinals (2013)

Captains
  
Matt Saunders, Michael Letts

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. 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.

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Southeast Asian Games

  • 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/
  • Honours

  • 2009 Brunei Rugby 7s Runners up
  • Current squad

    Squad to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games:

  • Andrew Wolff
  • Benjamin Saunders
  • Gareth Holgate
  • Jake Letts
  • Alexander Aronson
  • Christopher Hitch
  • Matthew Saunders
  • Vincent Young
  • Harry Morris
  • Justin Coveney
  • Andrew Everingham
  • Patrice Olivier
  • Past squads

    Squad to 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens:

  • Andrew Wolff
  • Ryan Clarke
  • Oliver Saunders
  • Gareth Holgate
  • Jake Letts
  • Joseph Matthews
  • Justin Coveney
  • Kenneth Stern
  • Matthew Saunders
  • Michael Letts
  • Sean Lynch
  • Patrice Olivier
  • Coaches

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

    Philippines national rugby sevens team Wikipedia