Mike Phillips

...prop Adam Jones, was crucial. "They're without two of their genuine gamebreakers; Mike Phillips is a class act and Lee Byrne is so safe under the high ball and he's got a massive left boot," Rush said. "There are other gamebreakers...

In this article: Xavier Rush, All Blacks, Wales, Lee Byrne, Wayne Smith, Daniel Carter, and Tri-Nations

...full-back Lee Byrne (foot) and prop Adam Jones (shoulder) on their injured list. Phillips hobbled off in the 33rd minute of the European win over Clermont. The Ospreys now face a scrum-half crisis as Jamie Nutbrown is out for 10 weeks due...

In this article: Ospreys, Gareth Cooper, Wales, Adam Jones, Lee Byrne, Martin Roberts, Shane Williams, and Dwayne Peel

...and second row Ian Evans (torn tendon). Phillips became the latest concern when he limped off before half-time in the Ospreys' 25-24 Heineken Cup victory over Clermont Auvergne on Sunday. Ospreys head coach Sean Holley said Phillips'...

In this article: Ospreys, Wales, Andrew Sheridan, Lee Mears, Warren Gatland, Adam Jones, John Yapp, and Scarlets

...Phillips-as well as Ian Evans, John Yapp and Joe Bearman. Jones, Byrne and Phillips are at their best World XV class players, so the immediate challenge is to fill their slots. All of the talk regarding Deacon Manu being made available...

In this article: Wales, Warren Gatland, Six Nations, Adam Jones, British and Irish Lions, and Jamie Roberts

...in check. Holley suggested that 2009 Lions tourists Byrne, Shane Williams, Tommy Bowe, James Hook, Mike Phillips and Alun Wyn Jones could return "in a few weeks", but injury victim Adam Jones remains a long-term casualty. Wales flanker...

In this article: Lee Byrne, Ospreys, Lions, Ryan Jones, Barry Davies, Jonathan Thomas, Leeds, Wales, and Adam Jones

...real gains for the Lions behind the scrum. Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips and Rob Kearney continued in the same rich vein they had found in Pretoria, sensible in possession and driven in defence. But it was in the centre that the Lions...

In this article: The Lions, Shane Williams, Riki Flutey, Jamie Heaslip, Tommy Bowe, Wynand Olivier, and South Africa

...has won 38 international caps for Wales Mike Phillips has been warned he will face the world's best scrum-half if he is selected as Lions number nine for the first Test against South Africa. The Welshman is expected to be scrum-half...

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...with Victor Matfield. Kearney was involved heavily in the early exchanges, charging down a kick to put the Lions on the front foot again but Phillips was too slow in getting the ball away and South Africa recovered. Almost immediately...

In this article: Lions, Francois Steyn, South Africa, Brian O'Driscoll, Luke Fitzgerald, Bryan Habana, and Durban

Six of Thomas' Ospreys team-mates earned a spot on the plane to South Africa - Tommy Bowe, Lee Byrne, Adam Jones, Alun-Wyn Jones, Mike Phillips and Shane Williams - and the 26-year-old is wishing them all the best, even if he is slightly...

In this article: Lions, Jonathan Thomas, South Africa, Wales, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Shane Williams, and Tommy Bowe