# 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. 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.

## Honours

* 2009 Brunei Rugby 7s Runners up

## Tournament history
### Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 1993 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 1997 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 2001 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 2005 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 2009 | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter | Did Not Enter |
| 2013 | Bowl Quarterfinals | 24th | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 0 Title | | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Asian Games

Asian Games record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 1998 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2002 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2006 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2010 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2014 | Classification round | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2022 | Classification round | 9th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | No Title | 2/7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Total | 4 Titles | 3/4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 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 not part of the ASEAN.

### 2012 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool E
* 23 March 2012 16:22
| Canada | 35 – 5 | Philippines |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 24 March 2012 09:52
| Spain | 21 – 5 | Philippines |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 24 March 2012 15:00
| Zimbabwe | 21 – 17 | Philippines |
| | Report | |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Ranking Matches
* 25 March 2012
| Uruguay | 22 – 5 | Philippines |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

## Players
### Current team

The following is the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.
Head coach: Darryl Suasua
| No. | Pos. | Player | Age |
| 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–)