Asian Rugby

[b3lowzro]

Guam will take on China for the A5N Div 3 finals while Indonesia will try to retain in Div 3 against Pakistan.

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Pakistan relegated to Div 4 while China gets promotion to Div 2

[dxjayrock2008]

Philippine Rugby Union Team aka Volcanoes are now endorsers of Bench. Lol.

These 12 men are part of the Philippine National Rugby Team, also known as the Philippine Volcanoes, and they are in Circles courtesy of retail brand Bench and its owner Ben Chan, who had the foresight and astute benevolence to back up the team and to masthead some of its members as the newest endorsers of the brand’s madly successful underwear line, Bench Body.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=699301&publicationSubCategoryId=451

[b3lowzro]

Frank Hadden gives his insisghts about the surprise packages of Asian Rugby in the recent A5N, he mentions Iran and Lebanon to name a few.

[dxjayrock2008]

From PRFU.com

PRFU Names Team for Shanghai Sevens Tournament 07/18/2011

The Philippine Rugby Football Union has named the players who will compose the National Men's 7s Team to compete in the Shanghai 7s Rugby Tournament in August. The 12 players are:

Tim Bweheni
Mark Chatting
Justin Coveney
Chris Everingham
Chris Hitch
Jake Letts
Harry Morris
Oliver Saunders
Kenny Stern
Reggie Teagle
Andrew Wolff
Rupert Zappia

The tournament is scheduled on August 27-28 in China. As the first stop in the HSBC Asian Sevens Series, the Shanghai Sevens will host the top 12 sides from across the continent including hosts China along with Hong Kong, Japan and two time defending champions Korea.

[dxjayrock2008]

A Growing Rugby Football Community in RP

Jul 21, 2011


Rugby football union is thriving and is now gaining interest in schools across Metro Manila. And leading real estate advisory firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Philippines intends to support this growth by encouraging a more active community of players and supporters of this sport.

CBRE Philippines recently hosted the CBRE Juniors Rugby Tournament, at the British School Manila field. This is the second consecutive year CBRE successfully hosted this tournament together with the Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)—the governing body of rugby football union in the Philippines. The tournament gathered eight teams and more than a hundred players from different institutions and is the largest youth rugby football tournament in the country. Participating teams included the Makati Mavericks, the Manila Hapons, British School Manila, Eagles Rugby, European International School, Bahay Bata, Tuloy, and Duyan.


Source:http://psep.tv/sports-sample.php?id=50236

[dxjayrock2008]

Now that the PHL Volcanoes got everybody's attention. Lol.

What went on behind the Volcanoes shoot?

By: Cheche V. Moral
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Who knew what rugby football was? Who knew it was even played in this town? More important, who knew there was a Philippine national rugby union team? It seems ironic that an overblown billboard drama would be instrumental in bringing the Philippine Volcanoes and their sport to Filipinos’ consciousness. By now, the country must know its national rugby union team has been around—and winning in international matches at that—since 2006. On top of that, they’re volcano-lava hot, as our beki friends might say.
The massive, four-panel Bench billboards on Edsa-Guadalupe, Makati, which featured several members of the team in their Bench Body skivvies have been removed, with Bench complying to two city mayors’ “suggestion” to take them down. The images of male athletes in their underwear seem to have been too much for the two mayors’ sensibilities and moral standards. But if anything, it whetted their newfound fans’ appetite to know and see more of these hard bodies.

Overnight celebrities
The Volcanoes have become celebrities overnight.
When we first heard of the team’s existence several months ago, the first thing we asked was: Do they have teeth? In our mind, rugby was one of those sports where, in the rough and tumble, athletes lose their teeth. (Subtext: They must be ugly.)


They’re actually very good-looking, we were told; in fact, better-looking than most of the Azkals, the national football team that was already enjoying an unprecedented popularity, both for their skills on the field and their good looks, in this basketball-crazy town.
We had forgotten about that conversation until we heard of the Bench billboards on the news and social networking sites (we rarely pass through Edsa). Since then, we’ve learned the team members are mostly half-Filipinos living abroad in the Commonwealth countries (rugby is an English sport). Some are students, most of them are professionals—there’s a lawyer, a stockbroker, an entrepreneur. One of them is an heir of the Ayala-Zobel’s, Jaime Urquijo Zobel, 20, son of Bea Zobel Jr. (No, the young man didn’t pose for the billboards.)
Last year, the team caught the eye of retail whiz Ben Chan and signed them up with Bench. The Volcanoes aimed to promote the sport here.


When the team shot its first campaign, “They filled the room!” says Jojo Liamzon, Bench’s ad-prom manager. He means it both literally and figuratively “The studio was big, but they’re gigantic. They’re a presence!” International photographer Lope Navo shot the soon-to-become controversial campaign. Noel Manapat styled the shoot.
“They were very open” to the idea of stripping down for the photos, Liamzon says. Only half of the 24-member team posed for the Bench Body shoot, though they were signed up as a team. “You must remember that these are not locals who are typically conservative. They’re used to being seen in public [in skimpy swim trunks]. I imagine they’re surprised over the racket that ensued.”
The billboard images have been replaced by a statement urging Filipinos to “Throw your support behind the Philippine Volcanoes.” If the protests raised on social networks over the billboards’ removal are anything to go by, it’s safe to assume the rugby stands won’t be empty for much long.

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PRFU Development Team Named for Match vs HK University Team 08/04/2011

The PRFU have selected a local development team to compete against the Hong Kong Tertiary Squad that will be visiting the country later this month.

The PRFU Development Team is composed of Filipino heritage and foreign players that see action in the local PRFU leagues. This differs from the National Development Team (that competed in Borneo earlier this year) which is made up of Filipino heritage players based in the Philippines. It is envisaged that both development teams will become a source of players for the National Rugby Team (Philippine Volcanoes).

PRFU Development Team:

Arnold Aninion
Evans Atandi
Edmund Batiquin
Jerry Branzuela
Aaron Briddon
Timothy Bweheni
Warren Carman
Mark Chatting
Paulino Chiu Jr.
Jay Coronel
Rimex Davai
Glen Denton
John Faburada
Noel Flowers
Dino Gonzales
Kit Guerra
Chris Hettel
Paul Ingram
John Paolo Jordan
Reanito Lawas
Daniel Melrose
Jon Morales
John Odulio
Gabriel Roque
Rammel Sumagang
Eric Tai
Geoffrey Veraces
Danny Williams
Andrew Wolff
Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala

The Hong Kong Tertiary Team are a select group of players from the top university teams in Hong Kong. Many of them play in Hong Kong's Under-20s National Team and will eventually be part of the Men's National Squad ranked #2 in Asia.

The matches are open to the public and will be played on the following dates:

August 17: Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, 3pm-5pm
August 20: RECS Complex, San Luis, Laguna, 3pm-5pm

[paolylo]

uhh... sorry, but can anyone explain how Rugby (the sport, not the adhesive) is played?

[dxjayrock2008]

uhh... sorry, but can anyone explain how Rugby (the sport, not the adhesive) is played?

Follow this link dude. http://www.prfu.com/what-is-rugby.html

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Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Today is the day! Philippines v UAE at 12:20pm and v Korea at 5:00pm. Good luck #philippinevolcanoes! We're all behind you!

2 minutes ago via Twitter @PhilippineRugby on Twitt

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Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Philippines beat UAE 26 to 7! One more to go for today! Korea here come the #philippinevolcanoes! We're proud of you! #proudlypinoy


Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Best Philippine player for game 1 @Justin_Coveney congratulations!



Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Philippines beat Korea 19 to 14! We're so proud of you. Go #philippinevolcanoes! Go #philippinerugby!

2 minutes ago via Twitter

[fthesaint]

Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Philippines beat UAE 26 to 7! One more to go for today! Korea here come the #philippinevolcanoes! We're proud of you! #proudlypinoy


Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Best Philippine player for game 1 @Justin_Coveney congratulations!



Philippine Rugby Football Union (PRFU)
Philippines beat Korea 19 to 14! We're so proud of you. Go #philippinevolcanoes! Go #philippinerugby!

2 minutes ago via Twitter

Couldn't ask for a better start than this. Well done for the boys. I know it's just early goings but knowing the attitude in the camp, they want to go all the way. Great job Volcanoes!

[b3lowzro]

who are the other opponents in this series of Rugby seven in Shanghai?

[fthesaint]

who are the other opponents in this series of Rugby seven in Shanghai?

Shanghai ( 1st of 4 HSBC Asian Series ) - Men's teams: China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates. With Korea as the defending and Asian top dog in Rugby 7's.