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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Position(s) | Fly-half | ||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2012 - | NTT Shining Arcs | () | |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2008- | Philippines | 21 | (179) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Comps | |
2007- | Philippines | 7 |
Oliver Saunders (born 23 March 1986) is an Australian–Filipino rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team where his position is at fly half. Saunders is a former rugby league footballer with Norths in the Jersey Flegg Cup. 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 Shining Arcs for the 2012/2013 season of the Japanese Top League competition.
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.