Philippines women's national rugby union team

The Philippines national rugby union team, nicknamed the "Lady Volcanoes" first played international sevens in 2010 at the Asian Championships, and in the same year played their first XVs rugby in a non-test match developmental tournament involving Laos and Thailand. Their first test match was in 2011. They competed in the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Asian Championship.

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
Nickname(s)Volcanoes[1]
UnionPhilippine Rugby Football Union
Head coachJoe Palabay Dawson
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current51 (as of 23 November 2020)
Biggest win
Philippines 55–0 Laos 
(Manila, Philippines; June 16, 2012)
Biggest defeat
 China 68–0 Philippines
(Calamba, Philippines; June 22, 2019)

They went on a hiatus from full 11-a-side rugby until 2018, when they competed in the Division I Asian Championships.[2]

Results summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Philippines internationals 2011-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 China 2011 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Laos 2011 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Thailand 2011 2 0 0 2 0.00%
Summary 2011- 5 2 0 3 40.00%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals
[912]
2011-11-24 (AC) China  36–0  Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [5/1/1]
[913]
2011-11-25 (AC) Thailand  39–0  Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [6/2/1]
[915]
2011-11-26 (AC) Laos  12–20  Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [3/3/1]
[949]
2012-06-14 (AC) Philippines  14–50  Thailand Manila, Philippines [4/8/2]
[950]
2012-06-16 (AC) Philippines  55–0  Laos Manila, Philippines [5/5/2]
[1261]
2018-06-05 India  5–19  Philippines Queenstown Stadium, Singapore [-/-/-]
[1262]
2018-06-08 Singapore  19–10  Philippines Queenstown Stadium, Singapore [-/-/-]
[-]
2019-06-19 Philippines  32–27  India Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]
[-]
2019-06-22 China  68–0  Philippines Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

References
  1. "Philippine Rugby Football Union removes Lady from national women's 15s, 7s team names". Conan Daily. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. "Lady Volcanoes bound for Singapore". Manila Bulletin. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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