 The PRFU have selected the 24-man team that will compete in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations Divison 1 Championship in South Korea. The Volcanoes will assemble in Manila for training camp on Wednesday May 25 and will depart for Korea on Monday May 30. The A5N Division 1 Championship match-ups will be: Wednesday June 1 - Korea vs. Philippines and Singapore vs. Malaysia Saturday June 4 - Winners proceed to Division 1 Final and right to promotion to A5N Top League.  Phil Abraham Terry Carroll Joven Clarke Justin Coveney Austin Dacanay Michael De Guzman Jay Flores Kit Guerra Chris Hitch Gareth Holgate Jake Letts Michael Letts Luke Matthews Harry Morris Patrice Olivier Nick Perry Nick Pineda James Price Matt Saunders Oliver Saunders Josh Sutcliffe Richard Taylor Jaime Urquijo Raf Zappia  The Philippine Volcanoes Under 18s team traveled to Taiwan to compete in the toured Asian Rugby Football Union U18s Division One Championships. The Volcanoes competed against Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei on April 14 and 17.
Hong Kong were a well-drilled side and deserved the number 2 ranking. They discovered a weakness in the Volcanoes back line and exploited it to go in to half time leading 29-0. After a half time huddle with coaches Marcus Skeen and Evans Atandi, the Volcanoes came out and put on 2 tries, including the first try under the post which resulted from 27 phases. The Hong Kong team regained their composure to pile on a further 29 points to win the game, 58-14. The Volcanoes spent the next few days adjusting the weaknesses discovered by Hong Kong to prepare for the game against Chinese Taipei. The weather was cold and wet for the final game and the Volcanoes were quite notably uncomfortable in the weather. Chinese Taipei came out of the blocks running and quickly showed they were not bothered by the weather and went in to half time leading 26-0. After the break the Volcanoes finally switched on and started to play rugby. They won the second half 10-5 but eventually lost the match 31-10. Warren Carmen was named player of the tournament. Hong Kong went on to win the Championship, beating hosts Chinese Taipei 20:10. The tour was a fact-finding exercise after pulling together a squad in 4 weeks. With more structure and better time to prepare, the Under 18's programme will be able to compete with the best of the Division 1 teams from 2012 and onwards.  Philippines vs. Hong Kong Test Match
Saturday, 16 April 2011 Nomad Sports Club Austin Dacanay (Vice Captain) Phil Abraham Richard Taylor Raf Zappia Nick Pineda Jaime Urquijo Kit Guerra Terry Carroll Jake Letts Oliver Saunders Kenny Stern Justin Coveney Ned Stephenson Luke Matthews Michael Letts (Captain) Josh Inong JC Bautista Michael De Guzman Darran Seeto Cleo Gomez Jon Morales Patrice Olivier Chris Hettel National Coach: Expo Mejia Asst. Coach: Jarred Hodges Team Manager: Matt Cullen Physiotherapist: Damian Raper  Below is the 30-man squad selected for the match series vs. Hong Kong. The teams will play each other in a practice game today, 14 April, 5:30pm at the International School Manila. From this group, a 24-man team will be chosen to play the IRB-sanctioned test match vs. Hong Kong on Saturday, 16 April at the Nomad Sports Club.
Phil Abraham JC Bautista Terry Carroll Austin Dacanay Michael De Guzman Richard Taylor Nick Perry Darran Seeto Josh Inong Tyler Perez Nick Pineda Josh Sutcliffe Jaime Urquijo Rupert Zappia Raf Zappia Justin Coveney Chris Everingham Cleo Gomez Jake Letts Michael Letts Patrice Olivier Oliver Saunders Ned Stephenson Kenny Stern Luke Matthews Arnold Aninion Jon Morales Kit Guerra Chris Hettel Aaron Briddon Head Coach: Expo Mejia Asst. Coach: Jarred Hodges Team Manager: Matt Cullen Physiotherapist: Damian Raper On Saturday, 9 April, the PRFU announced the players who will comprise the team that will compete in the ARFU Asian Rugby Under-18 Division 1 Championship in Taiwan on April 14 and 17.
Complete list of team members and coaching staff are as follows: Arlan Parry Colin O'Brien Daniel Melrose - Captain Fergus Mitra Gio Orbos Hyung Jun Kim Isaac Olson Jake Batuhan Joshua Herrmann Joshua Lee Kevin Koh Krysten Gandhi Kyle Sutherland Micah Liu Paul Lee Ross Barnaby Mcleod Ryan Paul Stewart Scott Lee Sandaga Warren Carman Yusuke Fukuyama Zach Taylor Merick Magdaraog Coaching Staff: Evans Atandi - Head Coach Marcus Skeen - Asst. Coach Steve Melrose - Team Manager Sarah Mcleod - Asst. Team Manager Rico Barin - Physiotherapist Todd Stewart - Asst. Physiotherapist |
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