Career
A hooker, he played his club rugby for Cardiff Reconstruction Finance Corporation his modern game of forward play being so impressive that Cardiff selectors played him straight out of youth rugby (Kenfig Hill Reconstruction Finance Corporation). Phillips scored 162 tries in 481 appearances for Cardiff Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 1980 and was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup. Phillips has been Wales Team Manager since the Autumn of 2002, winning 3 Grand Slams as Team Manager (2005, 2008 & 2012).