Alan_Phillips_(rugby_union)

Alan Phillips (rugby union)

Alan Phillips (rugby union)

British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer

Alan John Phillips (born 21 August 1954) is a former Wales international rugby union player and manager. A hooker, he played his club rugby for Cardiff RFC his modern game of forward play being so impressive that Cardiff selectors played him straight out of youth rugby (Kenfig Hill RFC). Phillips scored 162 tries in 481 appearances for Cardiff RFC.[1] He was club captain at Cardiff 1985-87.[2]

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He toured South Africa with the British & Irish Lions in 1980 and was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup.[3] He won 18 caps for Wales between 1979 – 1987.[4]

Phillips was Wales Team Manager from the Autumn of 2002[5] to 2019.[6] Wales won three Grand Slams with Phillips as Team Manager (2005, 2008 & 2012).

References

  1. [1]
    "Player Archive: Alan Phillips". Welsh Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009.
  2. [2]
    Thomas, Simon (27 August 2022). "The new life of Alan 'Thumper' Phillips, the man who knows all the Wales rugby team's secrets". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. [3]
    Edwards, Shaun (1 December 2011). "Wanted: An England Mr Fix-it to match Wales's Alan Phillips". The Guardian.
  4. [4]
    "Player: Allan Phillips". ESPNscrum.
  5. [5]
    "Phillips agrees full-time role". BBC News Online. 7 August 2002.
  6. [6]
    "Wales rugby: Former skipper Martyn Williams named national team manager". BBC Sport. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.


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