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.

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. She is an ambassador for the Red Kites Girls’ Rugby Cluster Centre, an organisation which lends its support to all-girls rugby.

Rugby career

Phillips has played for Skewen RFC and also for Bristol Ladies, and

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. Phillips won her first international cap against Ireland in the first round of the

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. In 2016, She captained Wales in the second round of the

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. Phillips was selected in Wales squad for the

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in New Zealand.

References

1992 births Living people Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University Ospreys (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Warrington Skewen RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh female rugby union players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub