Philippines will play Pakistan in the final match of the Asian Nations Series 2006 Division 5 Tournament on Saturday June 10 2006 at the Nomads Sports Club Merville Park, Paranaque.

Philippines not only has the chance to add a 2nd International victory to its record, but should they win they will also take out the crown of Asian Nations Series Division 5 Champions.

The PFRU invites you to cheer on the Philippine National Team to victory this Saturday!!! 

Official match report by International Rugby Board Match Commissioner, Greg David

In its First Full International Match, the Philippines beat Guam 18 – 14 in the Asian Rugby Football Union / IRB sanctioned Triangular Series between Guam, the Philippines and Pakistan.

The match played in hot, humid conditions on Guam was well played, clean and hard fought.

Lineout tussle - Philippine Volcanoes in navy strip

 

The Mid-Year Council Meeting of the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) will be held in Manila, at the Peninsula Hotel in Makati on June 9 and 10.

Council members from the 25 members of ARFU will discuss the future of rugby union football in Asia at the meeting then attend the Philippines vs. Guam game, the first International test match of rugby to be held in the Philippines.

A cocktail reception will be held on the evening of June 9 at The Bar of the Peninsula Hotel with leading local sports officals to be invited.

The Philippines National Team will travel to Guam to play the Guam National Team on May 20.

The team is made up of Filipinos and long term residents under IRB eligibility rules. The team is reinforced by a Fil-American, Clay Luraschi, from new York and a Fil-Canadian, Jeffrey Betino who have travelled out to train and play with the team - National Squad announcement here.

On June 7 Guam will play Pakistan in Manila then the Philippines will play its first home test against Pakistan on June 10.  Both games will take place at the Nomad Sports Club in Merville Park, Paranaque.

The series is funded by the Asian Rugby Football Union with a grant from the International Rugby Board.

The selection panel have chosen the following squad of 25 players for the Guam Test match on 20th May 2006.

It will be decided tonight whether we will travel with 25 or with 22. In the event that it is 22 the last three on the list will be on standby in case of injuries, failure to obtain visas  etc. Of course, with over 2 weeks to go before the match there could be all manner of reasons why some players may not travel and therefore those who have not made the squad should not lose heart and should keep fit.

The board of the PRFU would like to congratulate those selected and know that you will make every effort to be prepared for the game and once on the pitch will perform to your highest levels both as individuals and as a team.

Please note the squad list was updated on 11th May 2006

The first round of national trials for the Philippines Mens Rugby Union Team (15s) will take place at the Nomad Sports Club in Merville Village this Saturday 22nd April.

The trials will be held on the following two Saturdays, 22nd and 29th of April. There is also an option of holding extra trials on the Sundays of both weekends (venue for sunday game to be confirmed if required).

Time:      3.00pm - 6.00pm
Venue:    Nomad Sports Club, Merville Village
Dates:     Saturday 22nd and 29th April

Players are encouraged to attend both Saturday trials.  Some players have already indicated they cannot attend both Saturdays and this is why trials will be run over two weekends.

The Philippine National Team will be announced on 29th April, after the final trial session.  The National Team Training will then commence that week.

Even those ineligible for selction on the National Team are invited to come down and get involved in the trial games that will be held.

Welcome to the brand new PRFU website.

With the increased growth of the PRFU and the increased importance of the internet (in the marketing and promotion of an organization) the PRFU has taken the significant step to bring its online presence uptodate with the latest web technologies. This new site is intended to act as the central online repository for all information and news regarding Rugby in the Philippines.

Although much of the hard work of upgrading the site has been completed, this is very much a work in progress and what you see, represents only the end of Phase 1 of the site upgrade. More content is still to be added and if you have any other comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact the Site Creator/Administrator here. 

The SEA Games Rugby Sevens Tournament had a fairy tale ending for its Hosts as the first-ever, All-Filipino 7’s Rugby Team won the Gold Medal. The tournament , held on 3-4 December 2005, was a 2-Day Event open to all National, Representative and Club teams around Asia.

SEA Gold Medal Match

The Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU) was given recognition by the Philippine Olympic Committee to put on a 7's Rugby Tournament as a Site Sport (i.e. demonstration sport) as part of the South East Asian Games. This was the first time rugby had been included in the SEA Games. Rugby is part of the Commonwealth games and the Asian Games (next held in Doha in 2006). The event was organized by the PRFU and hosted at Nomads Sports Club, Manila which is well know for its International Manila 10’s Tournament every March – previously described on ESPN Star Sports Rugby Show  as “the best social rugby 10’s tournament in the World”.

The future of rugby development shone brightly on Saturday at Cuenca Field. Hosted by the Alabang Eagles, we had a fantastic afternoon watching and playing rugby at all levels. There were well over 100 kids, ranging from about 7 -14 years old. They were playing in 8 teams from Brent School, British School/Nomads, Tuloy Foundation/Don Bosco, European International School, Morong Eagles, Clark Rotary Juniors A & B and Nomads A. All the teams played round robin games in 2 pools of 4 and then Semi-Finals and Finals. Tuloy Foundation – with Father Rocky looking on – playing in their first tournament, did a brilliant job. They managed to get to the Finals where they unfortunately were beaten by a more experienced Nomads Juniors A team. But this was an all-Filipino final, so that is a great portent for the future! And I am sure they are looking forward to a re-match next week

Round 2 PRFU 7's League games held over last weekend (Saturday, 8 October) at Clark Airbase in near perfect weather conditions. Not too hot, overcast and dry with a field that was soft underfoot from the previous night's rain but wasn't muddy.

Right now Nomads is at the top of Division A with 20 points having won all their games and got bonus points for scoring more than 4 tries in each game. In round 2 last weekend they beat their sister team the Nomads Carabaos and MAAP1. Eagles are second on the points table with 5 points and Carabaos have 4. MAAP 1 - fighting the big boys with a bunch of new players - is at the bottom of Division A. However, these results are a bit skewed as some teams have played 4 games & others only 2. A new column has been added to the points table to indicate this.