Warren Gatland to talk to Mike Phillips over Wales scrum-half's 'drink' incident at Bayonne Phillips's contract at Bayonne is up at the end of the season and he is due to spend almost three months of his final seven months with the club away on Wales duty. The 31-year-old was suspended by the club last year for off-field misconduct and in July 2011 he was suspended by Wales after an incident in Cardiff when he was involved in a confrontation with a doorman. However, Gatland has been impressed with Phillips's behaviour on international duty since, particularly on the successful British and Irish Lions Tour to Australia in the summer. "There will be no sanctions for him here in this set-up," Gatland said. That is a Bayonne decision. All I can say is that over the last few campaigns with us he has been great. He conducted himself extremely well with the Lions, both on and off the field. I am expecting that same sort of attitude from him when he is involved in this campaign. Obviously, there are slight concerns about making sure that this is something that is not to be repeated. We will just have a quiet chat about where his head is at and what he is doing. Gatland did not seem so generous in support of James Hook, despite naming the Perpignan utility back in the 35-man squad for the four-game series which begins against South Africa a week on Saturday. Hook has not started against another Test-playing country for two years. "I spoke to James this morning," Gatland said. He hasn't featured a lot in the last couple of seasons and he's desperate to show he is as keen as ever to play for Wales. I was honest with him, though. "One of the frustrating things with James was that in making the decision to move to France [in 2011] he I and sat down and told him: "Make sure you negotiate full release." We were disappointed that wasn't done properly with his agent [the former Wales lock Derwyn Jones]. So with James not being fully available for all the training and missing the fourth game in the autumn it puts him at a disadvantage. Gatland listed only Hook and Bath prop Paul James as squad members who do not have the "full release" clause, pointing to George North, who moved to Northampton in the summer, as an example of how it should be done. "When George signed he wasn't going anywhere unless he had the same release as the players at the Welsh regions," Gatland said. Three uncapped players were named in the squad - Ospreys wing Eli Walker, Cardiff Blues centre Cory Allen and Scarlets scrum-half Rhodri Williams - but there was no place for either Jamie Roberts or Alex Cuthbert. Racing Métro centre Roberts is recovering from an ankle injury, while Blues wing Cuthbert suffered his own ankle problem during his club's famous Heineken Cup win against Toulon last weekend. Both of these British and Irish Lions could yet make an appearance in the series, which climaxes with Australia on Nov 30. Gatland is understandably keen for Wales to improve their record against the three southern hemisphere giants. They have only won once in 21 attempts in his five-year reign, but with so many of the Lions he led to victory against Australia in his squad, Gatland is confident Wales "can make an impact." Matthew Rees is another absentee. The Blues announced on Tuesday that the veteran hooker would undergo immediate testicular surgery. "It is a tough time for Matthew," Gatland said. He has our full support, and fingers crossed things will work out in the best possible way for him.