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

Nickname	Volcanoes
Union	Philippine Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Joe Palabay Dawson
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	60 (as of 2 June 2025)
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	24 November 2011	China	0	36	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3] [4]
2	25 November 2011	Thailand	0	39	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3] [4]
3	26 November 2011	Laos	20	12	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3] [4]
4	14 June 2012	Thailand	15	50	Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City	2012 ARFU Division II	[5] [6] [7]
5	16 June 2012	Laos	55	0	Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City	2012 ARFU Division II	[5] [8]
6	5 June 2018	India	19	5	Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown	2018 ARWC Div 1	[9] [10] [11]
7	8 June 2018	Singapore	10	19	Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown	2018 ARWC Div 1	[9] [10] [12] [13]
8	19 June 2019	India	32	27	Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba	2019 ARWC Div 1	[14] [15] [16] [17] [7]
9	22 June 2019	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.
3. "ARFU Development Cup". RugbyArchive.net. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "Lady Volcanoes' Pride Intact". Philippine Rugby Football Union . 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
5. "Women's Asian Championship - Division 2". RugbyArchive.net. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
6. "Philippines vs Thailand". World Rugby . 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
7. "Rugby World Cup New Zealand 2021 - Italy Media Guide". Italian Rugby Federation . Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
8. "Philippines vs Laos". World Rugby . 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
9. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby . 27 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
10. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
11. "India vs Philippines". World Rugby . 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
12. "Singapore vs Philippines". World Rugby . 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
13. "Singapore claim Division I title with win against the Philippines". Asia Rugby . 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
14. Rugby, Women (22 June 2019). "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". Women.Rugby. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
15. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1". Asia Rugby . 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
16. "Women's Asia Rugby Championship - Division 1". RugbyArchive.net. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
17. "Philippines vs India". World Rugby . 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
18. "China vs Philippines". World Rugby . 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

External links

• Philippine Rugby Football Union official website
• Philippines at IRB.com
• Philippines national team at RugbyInAsia.com
• Manila 10s the social Rugby tournament that has promoted Rugby Union in the Philippines