{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Phillip Shead |fullname = |image = |image_size = |caption = |position = {{rlp|SR}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|15|df=y}} |birth_place = New Zealand |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = |club1 = Paris Saint-Germain |year1start = 1996 |year1end = |appearances1 = |tries1 = |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = |club2 = Villeneuve Leopards |year2start = |year2end = |appearances2 = |tries2 = |goals2 = |fieldgoals2 = |points2 = |teamA = New Zealand Māori |yearAstart = 1999 |yearAend = 03 |appearancesA = |triesA = |goalsA = |fieldgoalsA = |pointsA = |updated = |source = <ref name=rlp>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/phil-shead/summary.html Phil Shead] ''rugbyleagueproject.org''</ref> |new = yes | module = {{infobox person | embed = yes | father = | mother = | spouse = | education = | alma_mater = | relatives = Artie Shead (brother) }} }}
'''Phillip Shead''' is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for Paris Saint-Germain and represented both New Zealand Māori and France.
==Playing career== Shead was a Northcote Tigers junior along with his younger brother; Artie. In 1992 he represented the New Zealand under-15 side. He went on to represent both Auckland and Taranaki alongside his brother.<ref name=nzm100>{{cite book |last =John Coffey, Bernie Wood |title = 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008 |publisher =Huia Publishers |date = 2008 |pages = 326|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC |isbn =9781869693312}}</ref> In 1996 he played in the Super League for the French club Paris Saint-Germain.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He represented New Zealand Māori in three "tests" in 1999 and on a tour of France in 2003. On the French tour he played against his brother, who by then had gained French residency. While playing for the Villeneuve Leopards, Shead himself qualified for France and played at the 2004 Victory Cup.<ref name=nzm100/>
In 2005, while playing for Mount Albert, he was part of a New Zealand Rugby League's President selection that played a pre-season trial match against the New Zealand Warriors.<ref>[http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=6598 NZ Presidents Selection / 2005 Tag International Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713193058/http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=6598 |date=2011-07-13 }} ''leagueunlimited'', 24 February 2005</ref>
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