Gaz Holgate- Philippine Volcanoes- Getting to Know the Philippine Rugby Team

Gaz Holgate is a Filipino-Welsh and an architecture major. He loves playing rugby and enjoys surfing, playing the guitar, and hanging out in glitzy clubs. Gaz got featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine's Cosmo 69 Bachelors in 2008.

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Gareth Holgate

Position: Centre

At 23, Gareth—Gaz—has led a fairly nomadic existence. He attended schools in Singapore and Malaysia before settling into prep school in Wales, then the University of Wales in Cardiff, where he majored in Architecture. After that he played rugby for clubs in Australia and Italy; he now lives in Japan, where he recently signed with the Kyuden Voltex team in Fukuoka.

Half-Welsh, Half-Kapampangan, Gaz has been a Filipino international since 2006, when he was the fly half of the national under-20s team. He was named Best Player for the Philippines at the A5N tournament in Korea in June. “My teammates and I, we’re brothers from another mother,” Gaz says. “They’re all hardworking so they make me look good.” source: manila bulletin











Photos from Cosmopolitan Magazine and Jessica Rules the Universe.

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