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Carys Phillips
Wales international rugby union footballer
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]
| Date of birth | (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Rowland Phillips (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
- Shepard, Kit (9 October 2022). "Wales Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Wales 18-15 Scotland". Rugby World. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- "Carys Phillips". Welsh Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jones, Liz (21 September 2022). "Wales Rugby World Cup squad named". Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- "Wales: Siwan Lillicrap captains 32-player Rugby World Cup squad featuring 19 tournament debutants". Sky Sports. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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