The Philippines national rugby sevens team represents the Philippines in international rugby sevens tournament. It is organized by the Philippine Rugby Football Union.
History Rugby sevens was a demonstration sport at the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines. The Philippines fielded its first ever rugby sevens national team and defeated Indonesia 32–5 for the gold medal.
The Philippines qualified for their first and only Rugby World Cup Sevens in the 2013 edition in Moscow.
Tournament history Rugby World Cup Sevens World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1993 Did Not Enter 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013Bowl Quarterfinals24th4040 2018 did not qualify Total 0 Title 4 0 4 0
Asian Games Asian Games record Year Round Position 1998did not enter 2002 2006 2010 2014 Classification round 5 6 3 3 0 2018did not enter 2022 Classification round 9 6 3 3 0 2026to be determined Total No Title 2/7 12 6 6 0
SEA Games SEA Games record Year Round Position 2007 Final 7 4 3 0 2015 Final 6 6 0 0 2017 Final 4 6 2 4 0 2019 Final 6 6 0 0 2025 Third playoff 5 3 2 0 Total 4 Titles 3/5 30 21 9 0
Players Current team The following is the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.
Head coach: Darryl Suasua
PlayerAge 1 FW Tommy Kalaw Gilbert 27 2 BK Kai Ledesma Stroem 25 3 FW Donald Coleman 25 4 BK Joe Palabay Dawson 33 5 BK Luc Villalba Smith 22 7 BK Jerome Rudder 25 8 BK Vincent Amar Young 29 9 FW Barberis Raphael 22 10 FW Robert Luceno Fogerty 26 11 BK Nicholas Gaffud Robertson 26 12 FW Justin Coveney 38 14 FW Rafael Julian Phillips 21
Other notable players Andrew Wolff Gareth Holgate Matthew Saunders Andrew Everingham Oliver Saunders Michael Letts
Coaches Rick Hartley (2006–2009) Al Caravelli (2012–2013) Matthew Cullen (2013–2014) Geoff Alley (2014–2015) Frano Botica (2016–?) Josh Sutcliffe (2021–?) Darryl Suasua (2023–)
References
External links Philippine Rugby Football Union official website