Facts: - ru clubcaps: 9 0 - birth name: phillip thiel - ru currentclub: life university - birth date: 29 october 1984 - weight: 113 kg lb stlb on - ru amateurclubs: life university traverse bay blues rfc - ru ntupdate: 23 august 2015 - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 5 -rrb- - height: 1.80 m ftin on - ru clubyears: 2014 - ru nationalcaps: 29 - name: phillip thiel - birth place: traverse city , michigan , u.s. - ru position: prop , hooker - ru nationalteam: united states - ru clubupdate: september 1 , 2014 - ru nationalyears: 2009-present - ru clubpoints: 10 -lrb- 0 -rrb- - ru proclubs: cinderford saracens Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phil thiel .
phillip thiel -lrb- born october 29 , 1984 -rrb- is an american rugby union player who currently plays for life university men 's senior rugby club in the american rugby premiership as a hooker and prop .he was selected to tour with the united states national rugby union team , the eagles , for the autumn 2010 tour of europe and most recently for the 2015 rugby world cup qualifiers against uruguay and the eagles ' 2014 end of year tour of europe .his debut with the eagles was in november 2009 against uruguay .he has 25 caps for the usa , including 3 in the 2011 rugby world cup .after taking nearly 18 months off , thiel returned to play for life university for the 2013 division 1 and elite cup series and was selected to represent life university rugby at the rugby showdown against the golden lions as a member of the north american all-stars before the event was canceled .thiel co-captained the usa eagles select team at the 2013 americas rugby championship where the eagles finished second .in august 2014 thiel signed a short-term deal with saracens .