Carys Phillips

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Carys Phillips
Date of birth (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 29)
Place of birthWarrington, England
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Rugby union positions#Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Bristol Ladies
Skewen RFC
Ospreys		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–present Wales 49
Correct as of 1 May 2016

Carys Phillips (born 12 November 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a Hooker for the Bristol Ladies/Ospreys and the Wales women's national rugby union team. 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.[1] Phillips also played for Skewen RFC.[2] She won her first international cap against Ireland in the first round of the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. Phillips captained Wales in the second round of the 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship.[1] She is an ambassador for the Red Kites Girls’ Rugby Cluster Centre, an organisation which lends its support to all-girls rugby.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Carys Phillips". Welsh Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.


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