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Birth name | William Michael Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb; 223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ysgol Dyffryn Taf School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Michael Phillips (born 29 August 1982) is a rugby union player who plays at scrum-half. On 16 March 2013, Phillips surpassed the record of 76 caps set by Dwayne Peel as the most capped scrum-half for Wales.
Tall and powerful, unusual properties in a scrum half, he has been compared to ex-Wales international Terry Holmes.[1]