Erick

University of Wollongong, Benilde De La Salle Bankstown, St Johns De La Salle Lakemba

Community Youth Worker

Philippine Rugby Football Union "GROOPIEEE" :-), Assistant Manager of SILVER MEDALIST Philippine Rugby Team SEA games Thailand December 2007, PRFU's ARFU U19 2006 Taiwan Tournament Committee, The Committee of PRFU Australian Volunteers organising the September 2007 Filipino-heritage Rugby trials with Parramatta 2 Blues

Attending & going on Public Rallies against local & international Industrial Relations & Social Injustices, unjust Immigration Policies & war. Rugby League & Union, Battletech, BBC Nature & History documentaries by David Attenborough, Michael Wood & Bettany Hughes respectively. Any other History, Military, Current Affairs, Sports-politics & Religious documentaries on ABC & SBS, Politics in the Pub, Spirituality in the Pub & Progressive Catholic talks/groups/meetings & W/E retreats

"The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, "A Theology of Liberation" by Gustavo Gutierrez, "The Power & the Glory" by Graham Greene, "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Girl with a Pearl Earing, Juno, The Motorcycle Diaries, Joyeux Noel, Land & Freedom (anything by Ken Loach actually www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/directors/?id=D5FD9B440ed1f280C9vNx18DE EFC ), Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Mission, Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Stand By Me, Lawrence of Arabia, Dracula, The Kingdom of Heaven, Glory, Clerks, Dragon the Bruce Lee story, Apocalypse Now & "V" for Vendetta

Favourite - NELLA FANTASIA & any thing with Social & Political Commentary, especially Folk Rock - Billy Bragg (and his version of "The Internationale"), Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, David Beniuk, Paul Kelly & Sandi Thom; Pop & Rock - Alanis Morisette, The Whitlams & Midnight Oil; Regae - Bob Marley; R & B - City High, Black Eyed Peas; Hip Hop - 6 Pound, Joel Turner, The Herd, Hill Top Hoods & Wycliffe Jean

Compass, Front Up, MASH, South Park, The Simpsons, Firefly, All the Star Trek series & the new Battlestar Gallactica series

Pisces

Hi,

I'm a Filipino/Australian who's excited that local Filipino players have finally taken up "the game they play in heaven. Filipino locals have been playing rugby in limited numbers since 2003. We've even played our first International match beating Guam 18-14 on May 20 2006. My friendster site is aimed at informing Filipinos around the world that Rugby has a foothold in the Philippines and to make contact with Filipinos in the Philippine Diaspora who play Rugby that they now play it in the "Mother Land and encourage them to make contact with the PRFU on their website www.prfu.com/

In the PRFU's ARFU U19 2006 Tournament Committee.
FYI websites regarding Rugby in the Philippines:

http://www.prfu.com/

http://www.olympic.ph/nsas/rugby.html

Club sites:

http://www.alabangeagles.org/

http://www.ceburugby.com/

http://www.rjhconsultancy.com/about/index.htm (go to gallery: Rugby Team)

http://www.uptouch.org/

Tournaments:

http://www.manila10s.com/

http://gjphoto.smugmug.com/Sports
(focus on Manila 10s & Fat Boys 10s albums these are Filipino tournaments)

http://www.pbase.com/danieldy/rugby

Photos & Articles:

http://www.ipod.ph/
(you have to register 1st, then click onto printing jobs to get to PRFU International match photos)

http://romano8888.smugmug.com/Sports/190520

http://www.virtual-asia.com/ph/leisure/recreation/rugby.html

http://www.irbsevens.com/News/Multisport+Games/050623+SL+SEA+games.htm

http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_48275.shtml

http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_51267.shtml

http://americanrugbynews.com/2006/05/29/new-yorker-represents-philippi nes

http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_51782.shtml

Anyone who can help with the expansion & promotion of Philippine Rugby Football Union.

Filipino-heritage Rugby League or Rugby Union players who can play for the PRFU National teams. Under IRB regulations that is anyone born, has at least one parent or Grandparent born in the Philippines.

Anyone wanting to help with the promotion, development & support of Rugby Union with underprivelaged youth in the Philippines, using the game as an engagement tool & a process to assist individuals & communities break poverty cycles.

http://www.angelesstreetkids.org/library/inaguration.htm
Bahay Bata Centre home of the Bahay Bata Orphanage Rugby Team.

http://www.tuloy.org/tuloy/alabang.htm
The home of the Tuloy Orphanage Rugby team.

http://www.angelesstreetkids.org/main.htm
Rotary network that funds, supports the work of the Bahay Bata & Tuloy Foundation orphanages.

http://www.springboard-foundation.org/news.htm
Fundraising body that supports the work of Bahay Bata & Tuloy.