The Philippines women's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Volcanoes represents the Philippines in women's

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. 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

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was against China at the 2011 Asian Division II Championship. They hosted the 2012 Asian Division II Championship in

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. They went on a hiatus from full 11-a-side rugby until 2018, when they competed in the Division I Asian Championships. In 2019 the

Philippine Rugby Football Union The PRFU is the official governing body of the sport of Rugby Union in the Philippines. The PRFU was founded in 1998 and was granted full World Rugby membership in 2008. Philippine Rugby is a non-profit national sports association registered with ...

removed “''Lady''” from its national women’s fifteens and sevens team names. The decision was in line with

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and

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to drop gender titles in their competition names.

Results summary

''(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)''

Results

Full internationals

References

External links

Philippine Rugby Football Union
official website

at IRB.com
Philippines national team
at RugbyInAsia.com
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