Wales halfback Mike Phillips to take legal action after being sacked by Bayonne James O'Connor is set confirm London Irish as his new club on Tuesday. Mike Phillips in action for the Lions earlier this year. WALES scrum-half Mike Phillips said he would be taking legal action against Bayonne after confirming he'd been sacked by the French Top 14 rugby club. Bayonnne have still to confirm the reason for Phillips' sacking amid reports he turned up drunk at a team video analysis session on October 11. Phillips said he found out about his dismissal from reading an interview in a French newspaper. In a statement carried on the website of the Western Mail, Wales's national newspaper, and other British media, the 31-year-old Phillips said: "I am extremely disappointed and frustrated by the decision taken by Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Club to terminate my employment. I was also disappointed by the fact that I officially heard about my dismissal through an interview given in a French newspaper. "As a result of discussions with my legal team in France I have now instructed them to issue proceedings against Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Club through the French judicial system," Phillips added. Twice a British and Irish Lions tourist, Phillips said he was looking forward to focusing on the forthcoming Tests with Wales. "I wish to thank my teammates and the many friends I have made in the Basque Country for their help and kindness over the past two seasons," he said. I will now wholeheartedly concentrate all my energy and efforts on training with Wales and try to earn a place in the match day squad to help Wales have a successful autumn campaign against South Africa, Australia, Argentina and Tonga. November internationals: Full Fox Sports TV guide In a telephone interview given to Saturday's edition of French newspaper Sud Ouest, Bayonne chairman Alain Afflelou said: "I decided to sack him on the spot once I heard the news, there was never a shadow of a doubt in my mind, there was though, a legal procedure to follow." Asked if the decision to dispense with the services of the 77-times capped Phillips had been agreed by all the club's directors, Afflelou added: "Yes and if it had not been I would have left. It was a case of either him or me. I couldn't have stayed. Phillips was fined and suspended by Bayonne for an off-field incident last year and was briefly banned from the Wales squad in 2011 following a confrontation with a doorman in Cardiff.