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 Benjamin Saunders. 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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
- Urayasu D-Rocks players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Philippines international rugby union players
- Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Australian expatriate rugby union players