Phillips Confirms Bayonne Sacking

Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips is to take legal action after his contract was terminated by French club Bayonne. The 31-year-old, who started for the Lions in both of their Test wins in Australia this summer, allegedly arrived drunk for a video analysis session on 11 October. Bayonne are yet to officially confirm his sacking but their chairman Alain Afflelou told French newspaper Sud Ouest on Monday morning: "It was him or me. I could not have stayed in a club with such disagreement.