Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Phillips ya fara buga wasan farko na kasa da kasa a Italiya a 2002 da Faransa, a ranar 2 ga Fabrairun 2002, a cikin rashin nasara 33<unk>12, a Paris, don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2002
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya zama na yau da kullun a cikin Test na Italiya, kuma a cikin 2003 an haɗa shi cikin tawagarsu ta Kofin Duniya don Ostiraliya. Ya buga wasan farko na Italiya da All Blacks a Melbourne, inda ya ci kwallo.