Mike Phillips setting his sights on the British and Irish Lions
Ospreys and Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips is setting his sights on a return to Wales and the possibility of the Lions tour to South Africa after recovering from a knee injury.
26-year-old was back in action for his region when he came on for the last half-an-hour in the 30-24 loss to the Dragons on Friday.
Phillips (who wears Adidas Rugby boots) had been sidelined after injuring his cruciate knee ligaments in the EDF Energy Cup win over Saracens in March.
“It’s a goal of mine to get back into the Wales squad and do what I did last year and hopefully repeat the performance I put in,”.
”Hopefully I can get back into the Wales team and crack on with a chance at the Lions,”
The former Scarlet was one of the stand out players in Wales Grand Slam campaign in 2008 and admits his time away from the filed has not been easy.
“One week I was beating France and winning the Grand Slam and the following week was the injury,” said 33-cap Phillips.
“Going from such a high to a low was very hard to take on board and it’s been a very slow process. It’s been a tough road but I’m at the end now and I’m really looking forward to being back playing.”
Phillips came through his run-out against the Dragons largely unscathed, despite taking a minor knock.
“Personally for me, I’m delighted to be back on the field,” he said.
“It’s all about having time on the field and it’s going to be a bit of a process and I’m not putting too much pressure on myself.
“I took a bit of contact [on Friday], but the knee felt fine afterwards and I was initially pleased to come through it.”
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on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
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