Kammala wannan jumla: Phillips ya fara buga wa Italiya kwallo a 2002 a kan Faransa, a ranar 2 ga Fabrairun 2002, a cikin rashin nasara 33<unk>12, a Paris, don
2002 Gasar Kasashe Shida. 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.