Philippines women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Philippines national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Philippines women's national rugby sevens team.
Philippines
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameVolcanoes
UnionPhilippine Rugby Football Union
Head coachJoe Palabay Dawson
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current60 (as of 15 July 2024)
First international
Philippines  0–36  China
(Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane; 24 November 2011)
Biggest win
Philippines  55–0  Laos
(Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City; 16 June 2012)
Biggest defeat
China  68–0  Philippines
(Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba; 22 June 2019)

The Philippines women's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Volcanoes represents the Philippines in women's rugby union. They played their first international on 24 November 2011 against China.

History

The Philippines played their first fifteens rugby in non-test matches in a developmental tournament involving Laos and Thailand. Their first test match was against China at the 2011 Asian Division II Championship. They hosted the 2012 Asian Division II Championship in Manila.

They went on a hiatus from full 11-a-side rugby until 2018, when they competed in the Division I Asian Championships.[1] In 2019 the Philippine Rugby Football Union removed “Lady” from its national women's fifteens and sevens team names. The decision was in line with World Rugby and Asia Rugby to drop gender titles in their competition names.[2]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Philippines Internationals From 2011
Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
 China 2011 2 0 0 2 0 104 0.00%
 India 2018 2 2 0 0 51 32 100.00%
 Laos 2011 2 2 0 0 75 12 100.00%
 Singapore 2018 1 0 0 1 10 19 0.00%
 Thailand 2011 2 0 0 2 15 89 0.00%
Summary 2011 9 4 0 5 151 256 44.44%

Results

For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals

Won Lost Draw
Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event Ref
1 2011-11-24  China 0 36 Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane 2011 ARFU Division II [3][4]
2 2011-11-25  Thailand 0 39 Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane 2011 ARFU Division II [3][4]
3 2011-11-26  Laos 20 12 Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane 2011 ARFU Division II [3][4]
4 2012-06-14  Thailand 15 50 Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City 2012 ARFU Division II [5][6][7]
5 2012-06-16  Laos 55 0 Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City 2012 ARFU Division II [5][8]
6 2018-06-05  India 19 5 Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown 2018 ARWC Div 1 [9][10][11]
7 2018-06-08  Singapore 10 19 Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown 2018 ARWC Div 1 [9][10][12][13]
8 2019-06-19  India 32 27 Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba 2019 ARWC Div 1 [14][15][16][17][7]
9 2019-06-22  China 0 68 Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba 2019 ARWC Div 1 [14][15][18][16][7]

References

  1. ^ "Lady Volcanoes bound for Singapore". Manila Bulletin. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Philippine Rugby Football Union removes Lady from national women's 15s, 7s team names". Conan Daily. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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  5. ^ a b "Women's Asian Championship - Division 2". RugbyArchive.net. 2016-07-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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  7. ^ a b c "Rugby World Cup New Zealand 2021 - Italy Media Guide". Italian Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  8. ^ "Philippines vs Laos". World Rugby. 2012-06-16. Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  9. ^ a b "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby. 2018-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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  12. ^ "Singapore vs Philippines". World Rugby. 2018-06-08. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  13. ^ "Singapore claim Division I title with win against the Philippines". Asia Rugby. 2018-06-08. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  14. ^ a b "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". Women.Rugby. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  15. ^ a b "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby. 2019-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  16. ^ a b "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 2019-08-03. Archived from the original on 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  17. ^ "Philippines vs India". World Rugby. 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  18. ^ "China vs Philippines". World Rugby. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.