Oliver Saunders is an Australian

Australian people

Australian people, or simply Australians, are the citizens of Australia. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and therefore the term "Australian" is not a racial identifier. Aside from the Indigenous Australian population, nearly all Australians or their ancestors immigrated within the past 230 years...

–Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player for the Philippines national rugby union team

Philippines national rugby union team

The Philippines national rugby union team, nicknamed the "Volcanoes" represents the Philippines in international rugby union. The Philippines have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, but have been playing in the Asian 5 Nations tournaments since its inception in 2008. Currently they are...

 where his position is at fly half. Saunders is a former rugby league footballer with Norths

North Sydney Bears

The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on...

 in the Jersey Flegg Cup

Jersey Flegg Cup

The Jersey Flegg Cup was a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, contested among teams made up of players aged under 20. The competition was administered by the New South Wales Rugby League and run concurrently with the National Rugby League...

. He is one of the leading try-scores in the Philippines team.
Oliver is brothers with fellow Philippines players Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders is a rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team. His rugby union position is at fly half and is one of the top try scorers in the Philippines along with his brother Oliver...

 and Benjamin Saunders.

Personal Life

He was born in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 with a British

British people

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 father and a Filipina mother from Pangasinan

Pangasinan

Pangasinan is a province of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central and peripheral area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, with the total land area being 5,368.82 square kilometers . According to the latest census,...

. He has two younger brothers Matt

Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders is a rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team. His rugby union position is at fly half and is one of the top try scorers in the Philippines along with his brother Oliver...

and Benjamin.