Mike Phillips and five other players who came out of retirement for their local club

Welsh rugby legend Mike Phillips returned to grassroots rugby on Saturday afternoon, representing his former club Whitland RFC.

Phillips donned the green and white jersey as Aberystwyth visited Parc Llwyn Ty Gwyn in the WRU Plate competition.

Amazing to have one final last game for @whitlandrfc. Emotional week. Fantastic turn out. Great game of rugby. Grass roots rugby bangs. pic.twitter.com/ELKkYGQvd9

— Mike Phillips (@mikephillips009) October 24, 2021

RUGBY PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR THEIR LOCAL CLUB

#1. Dan Carter – Southbridge

The All Black legend played a match for his childhood club Southbridge last month, scoring 12 points for his boyhood side. He played the full 80 minutes and scored six of his seven kicks at goal as his side beat West Melton 54-14. Following the game, Carter revealed he intends to play a bigger part at his local club moving forward.

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Loves his footy 😄. Great day today playing with @southbridgerugby_footballclub thanks for having me 👊 #rugby #givingbacktograssroots #southbridge 📸 @kai_schwoerer @gettysport

A post shared by Dan Carter (@dancarter_) on Jul 4, 2020 at 2:12am PDT

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