Governing body

The governing body is the Philippines Rugby Football Union, which was founded in 1999.

History

Like many other Asian countries, early rugby in the Philippines was dominated by expatriates, who tended not to spread the game to the local population. These included British, Australians, New Zealanders, and to a lesser extent Americans.

Nowadays the game has take up across the population, including in schools, and the military, and by charitable institutions.

The Philippines takes part in the Pacific Asia region of the Asian Five Nations

Asian Five Nations

The Asian Five Nations, known as the HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to its sponsorship by HSBC, is an annual international rugby union competition held between the top five Asian national rugby sides...

. In 2009, they won promotion from the third to the second division.

External links

• IRB Philippines page
• official union page
• Rugby in Asia, Philippines page
• Philippines vs. Guam Rugby Match
• Asian Rugby Football Union
• "Islam and Rugby" on the Rugby Readers review (Considerable Muslim minority in southern Philippines) Archives du Rugby: Philippines