Philippines national rugby union team
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| Union | Philippine Rugby Football Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Volcanoes | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Mike McMahon | |||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Romain Barberis | |||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Dean Nelson | |||||||||||||||||
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| First international | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philippines 18-14 Guam (May 20, 2006) |
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| Philippines 18-14 Guam (May 20, 2006) |
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| Philippines 3-24 Pakistan (June 10, 2006) |
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The Philippine national rugby union team (also known as the "Volcanoes") is the newly established rugby union national team of the Philippines.
Since Filipinos are largely unaware of rugby, the team is seen as one of the weakest teams in the world. However, the team won their first international test match when they beat Guam, 18-14 in Guam, with approximately half of the squad composed of Filipino-heritage players and the other half of long term resident expatriates.
The Philippine Rugby Football Union, which was formed in 1999 and was composed primarily of expatriates, with only a few Filipino players. Different local clubs and schools (such as Brent International School, International School Manila and the Manila Nomads) started introducing rugby union to the country.
The major academy where Rugby Union is played in the Philippines is the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). They formed the first all-Filipino rugby team and it was this team who first appeared in the 2003 Manila Rugby 10s tournament that showed the world that Filipinos can play Rugby Union.
Success also came to a 100% Filipino-heritage team when the Philippines won the 2005 Southeast Asian Games rugby sevens tournament (as a demonstration sport), beating Indonesia, 32-5 on December 2005.
[edit] External links
- Philippine Rugby Football Union official website
- Philippines at the IRB website
- Manila Nomads the club that introduced Rugby Union in the Philippines
- Manila 10s the social Rugby tournament that has promoted Rugby Union in the Philippines
- MAAP where the Philippine Warriors go to school
- MAAP players pictures go to the Gallery-Rugby Team section
- FAITH academy vs. ISM & MAAP pictures
- Cebu city RFC the up and coming team in Philippines Rugby
- Alabang Eagles - always the brides maid but never the bride
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