Philippines women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Philippines national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Philippines women's national rugby sevens team.

The Philippines women's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Volcanoes represents the Philippines in women's rugby union. They played their first international on 24 November 2011 against China.

Philippines

Nickname	Volcanoes
Union	Philippine Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Joe Palabay Dawson
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	60 (as of 2 June 2025)
First international
Philippines  0–36  China (Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane; 24 November 2011)
Biggest win
Philippines  55–0  Laos (Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City; 16 June 2012)
Biggest defeat
China  68–0  Philippines (Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba; 22 June 2019)

History

The Philippines played their first fifteens rugby in non-test matches in a developmental tournament involving Laos and Thailand. Their first test match was against China at the 2011 Asian Division II Championship. They hosted the 2012 Asian Division II Championship in Manila.

They went on a hiatus from full 11-a-side rugby until 2018, when they competed in the Division I Asian Championships.^[1] In 2019 the Philippine Rugby Football Union removed “Lady” from its national women's fifteens and sevens team names. The decision was in line with World Rugby and Asia Rugby to drop gender titles in their competition names.^[2]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Philippines Internationals From 2011

Opponent	First Match	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win %
China	2011	2	0	0	2	0	104	0.00%
India	2018	2	2	0	0	51	32	100.00%
Laos	2011	2	2	0	0	75	12	100.00%
Singapore	2018	1	0	0	1	10	19	0.00%
Thailand	2011	2	0	0	2	15	89	0.00%
Summary	2011	9	4	0	5	151	256	44.44%

Results

For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals

Won

Lost

Draw

Test	Date	Opponent	PF	PA	Venue	Event	Ref
1	24 November 2011	China	0	36	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3][4]
2	25 November 2011	Thailand	0	39	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3][4]
3	26 November 2011	Laos	20	12	Anouvong Stadium, Vientiane	2011 ARFU Division II	[3][4]
4	14 June 2012	Thailand	15	50	Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City	2012 ARFU Division II	[5][6][7]
5	16 June 2012	Laos	55	0	Eagle's Nest Stadium, Quezon City	2012 ARFU Division II	[5][8]
6	5 June 2018	India	19	5	Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown	2018 ARWC Div 1	[9][10][11]
7	8 June 2018	Singapore	10	19	Queenstown Stadium, Queenstown	2018 ARWC Div 1	[9][10][12][13]
8	19 June 2019	India	32	27	Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba	2019 ARWC Div 1	[14][15][16][17][7]
9	22 June 2019	China	0	68	Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba	2019 ARWC Div 1	[14][15][18][16][7]