The Philippine Rugby Football Union are committed to developing the sport of Rugby Football Union throughout the Philippines and 2009 stands as a productive year with the National Coach Matt Cullen
To welcome 2009, the PRFU Board and its member-clubs have decided to expand and step-up their efforts in taking the Sport of Rugby Union to the underprivileged youth in orphanages and charitable foundations.
The PRFU 10’s League took place in conjunction with the 2009 Alabang Eagles 10’s tournament. The League was played over the last six weeks with the Alabang Eagles and Nomads competing for the “A” Division trophy and the Alabang Ibons, MAAP, Carabaos and Japan Rugby Clubs battling for the “B” Division trophy.
The PRFU 10’s League tournament provided all the local Filipino Teams with the opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Manila 10’s, which will be taking place at Nomads on March 21/22. The 10’s League also saw the introduction of the Philippine National Police Academy team who played two practice games and then participated in the Alabang Eagles Rugby 10’s tournament.
The finals were held in conjunction with the Eagles 10’s Tournament and the “B” Division final saw the Alabang Ibons play the Japanese Rugby Club. The Ibons were the eventual winners and proved the defense does win championships by keeping the Japanese Team scoreless and running in three tries to claim the PRFU “B” Division trophy 19-0.
The “A” Division final also proved to be the Alabang Eagles 10’s final, so the Nomads and Eagles were playing for two trophies. The series stood at one all and it was a younger Eagles outfit that ran in a three tries to one victory and claim both the PRFU and Eagles 10’s Trophies with a 19-5 win over the Nomads. The game was played at a very high standard and both the Eagles and Nomads will be entering the Manila 10’s as competitive local teams in an International Field.
The PRFU will now host the PRFU 15’s League and this will take place in April, May and culminate in June with the selection of a National 15’s training squad, who will prepare for the A5N International Series in the first week of July.
It was also agreed that all the PRFU 15’s League games would be played under the A5N rules and this will include IRB Referee and Coaching Sessions, formal team substitutions and team areas, crowd control measures to keep spectators away from the sidelines and a full array of match officials.
Once again, Thank you to everyone involved in the 2009 PRFU 10’s League.
PRFU National Teams
Men's Fifteens [15s]
Men's Sevens [7s]
Under Twentys [20s]
PRFU Ladies and Junior Teams
Ladies Touch Rugby Football
Juniors Touch Rugby Football
PRFU Philippine Extinct Volcanoes
Philippine Extinct Volcanoes
Sons of Lapu Lapu
FILIPINO RUGBY TWO BLUES
With the Asian International Rugby Union Season upon us current and prospective Filipino-Heritage Rugby Union Internationals are hard at work with the Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Union Club preparing for the Asian 5 Nations (A5N) Division 3 tournament being held at the University of Makati in the Philippines between the 1st and 4th of July.
