Mike Phillips (rugby union)

Mike Phillips

Birth name	William Michael Phillips
Date of birth	(1982-08-29) 29 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Carmarthen, Wales
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb; 223 lb)
School	Ysgol Dyffryn Taf School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–05 2005–07 2007–11 2011–13 2013–16 2016–17 2017 2022 Llanelli Scarlets Cardiff Blues Ospreys Bayonne Racing 92 Sale Sharks Scarlets Whitland RFC 64 48 60 49 57 31 1 1 (74) (40) (25) (25) (15) (10) (0) Correct as of 26 November 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2015 2009, 2013 Wales British & Irish Lions 94 5 (45) (5) Correct as of 8 September 2015

William Michael Phillips (born 29 August 1982) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. On 16 March 2013, Phillips surpassed the record of 76 caps set by Dwayne Peel as the most capped scrum-half for Wales.

Tall and powerful, unusual properties in a scrum half, he has been compared to ex-Wales international Terry Holmes.^[1]