Matt Saunders is a rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team. His rugby union position is at outside center and is the top try scorer in the Philippines. Saunders is a former professional rugby league footballer with Sydney Roosters and rugby union footballer for Kubota Spears.

Personal life

He was born in the United Kingdom to a British father and a Filipina mother who hails from

Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...

. He has three other siblings Oliver Benjamin and sister Abigail. Prior to his stint as a professional rugby league and rugby union footballer, he studied as an electrician in Australia and is qualified to practice the profession.

References

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