Carys Phillips

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Carys Phillips
Date of birth (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Warrington, England
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Notable relative(s) Rowland Phillips (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Rugby union positions#Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Bristol Ladies
Skewen RFC
Ospreys
()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–present Wales 57
Correct as of 1 May 2016

Carys Phillips (born 12 November 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. She plays as a Hooker for the Worcester Warriors in the Premier 15s and for Wales women's national rugby union team. [1]

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Personal life

The daughter of back row forward Rowland Phillips, she studied at Llandovery College and took a course in Sports Coaching and Development at Cardiff Metropolitan University. [2] She is an ambassador for the Red Kites Girls’ Rugby Cluster Centre, an organisation which lends its support to all-girls rugby. [3]

Rugby career

Phillips has played for Skewen RFC [4] and also for Bristol Ladies, and Ospreys.

Phillips won her first international cap against Ireland in the first round of the 2013 Six Nations Championship. In 2016, She captained Wales in the second round of the Six Nations Championship. [2]

Phillips was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [5] [6]

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References

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  3. Rowan, Kate (12 August 2017). "Carys and Rowland Phillips – the daughter and father combination driving Welsh rugby forward" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. Southcombe, Matthew (8 August 2014). "Women's Rugby World Cup: Wales continue to make changes as they look to salvage something from the pool". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  5. Jones, Liz (21 September 2022). "Wales Rugby World Cup squad named". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. "Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants". Sky Sports. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.