Mike Phillips is aiming to regain his place in the Wales team after recovering from a knee injury.

The Ospreys scrum-half, 26, came on for the last 30 minutes of the region's 30-24 loss to the Dragons on Friday.

He has been out since damaging cruciate knee ligaments in the EDF Energy Cup win over Saracens in March.

"It's a goal of mine to get back into the [Wales] squad and do what I did last year and hopefully repeat the performance I put in," said Phillips.

The former Scarlet played a key role in the Grand Slam campaign and was short-listed as one of the six best players in the Six Nations.

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"One week I was beating France and winning the Grand Slam and the following week was the injury," said Phillips, who has won 33 caps.

"Going from such a high to a low was very hard to take on board and it's been a very slow process.

"It's been a tough road but I'm at the end now and I'm really looking forward to being back playing."

Phillips came through his run-out against the Dragons largely unscathed, despite taking a minor knock.

"Personally for me, I'm delighted to be back on the field," he told BBC Sport Wales.

"It's all about having time on the field and it's going to be a bit of a process and I'm not putting too much pressure on myself.

"I took a bit of contact [on Friday], but the knee felt fine afterwards and I was initially pleased to come through it."

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