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| Birth name | Matthew Donato Saunders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Saunders is a rugby union player for the Philippines national rugby union team. His rugby union position is at outside center. He is the top try scorer in the Philippines. Saunders is a former professional rugby league footballer with Sydney Roosters and rugby union footballer for Kubota Spears.
Personal life
He was born in the United Kingdom to a British father and a Filipina mother who hails from Pangasinan. He has three other siblings Oliver Benjamin and sister Abigail.
Prior to his stint as a professional rugby league and rugby union footballer, he studied as an electrician in Australia and is qualified to practice the profession.
References
- "Philippines and Guam reach Asian final". irb.com. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ "How PHL Volcanoes' Jake and Matty see money". GMA News. iMoney. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- "Here's some good cheer before you go back to work". Jessicarulestheuniverse.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
Categories:
- Filipino rugby union players
- Filipino rugby league players
- Living people
- Australian people of British descent
- Australian people of Filipino descent
- Sportspeople of Filipino descent
- 1988 births
- Urayasu D-Rocks players
- Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Philippines international rugby union players
- SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games medalists in rugby union
- Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
- Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
- Rugby union centres
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Japan