Oliver Saunders
| Date of birth | March 23, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver Saunders (born 23 March 1986)[1] is an Australian–Filipino rugby union footballer for the Philippines national rugby union team where his position is at fly half. Saunders is a former professional rugby league footballer with Norths in the Jersey Flegg Cup.[2] He is one of the leading try-scores in the Philippines team. Oliver is brothers with fellow Philippines players Matt Saunders and . In 2011, he and his brother Matt signed to the NTT Communications Shining Arcs for the 2012/2013 season of the Japanese Top League competition.
Personal life[]
He was born in the United Kingdom with a British father and a Filipina mother from Pangasinan. He has two younger brothers Matt and Benjamin.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Philippine national team profiles". RugbyInAsia.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Bears lose out to top class Roosters". RLeague.com. 15 June 2005. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
- ^ "Here's some good cheer before you go back to work". Jessicarulestheuniverse.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
Categories:
- 1986 births
- British emigrants to Australia
- Filipino rugby union players
- Filipino rugby league players
- Living people
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Australian people of Filipino descent
- Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu players
- Rugby union players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Philippines international rugby union players
- Asian Games competitors for the Philippines