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Mike Phillips has been called up to the Wales squad after the scrum-half Rhys Webb was officially ruled out of the Rugby World Cup.
Webb,last season’s Welsh player of the year, suffered a foot injury during the 23-19 World Cup warm-up victory over Italy in Cardiff on Saturday and the Welsh Rugby Union confirmed: “Rhys Webb has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup with foot injury. Further examination on foot and knee to approach.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com