<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: UPhillips waqala ukuqeqeshwa neqembu lesizwe labesifazane lase-Australia le-basketball, i-Opals, ngo-2005. Wakhetha ukubamba iqhaza emakamu okuqeqesha kanye nohambo neqembu lesizwe esikhundleni sokujoyina iConnecticut Sun eWNBA, eyayimqokile ngoMeyi walowo nyaka. Udlale imidlalo eminingana eChina ngoJulayi, wabe esesiza ama-Opal ukuthi afanelekele i-World Championships ngonyaka olandelayo ngo-Agasti ngokunqoba kwabo ku-Oceania Qualifying Series ngokumelene nabanikazi beNew Zealand ngo-Agasti. Umqhudelwano wokuqala omkhulu wamazwe omhlaba kaPhillips kwaba  <response>: Imidlalo yeCommonwealth ngoMashi 2006, eyayisingathwe yiMelbourne futhi yayihlanganisa ibhola lomnqakiswano okokuqala ngqa. Ekhaya e-Australia, ama-Opal athola indondo yegolide emdlalweni wabesifazane webhasikidi, ehlula iNew Zealand emdlalweni wokugcina ngomehluko ongalingani. UPhillips waba nendima ebalulekile ekunqobeni iNgilandi emidlalweni yama-semifinal. Ngenyanga elandelayo, iqembu lesizwe labamba i-Opals World Challenge eCanberra, lapho banqoba khona iqembu lesizwe labesifazane lase-United States, elalingakaze lilahlekelwe ngumdlalo eminyakeni eyisikhombisa, okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1998. 