It was Philpott's first time as head coach of the Baby Blacks at the tourney although he was the assistant in the previous stint.
"It was obviously very satisfying to be able to come away with a title," he said, revealing he still has a year to go in his NZ U20 contract.
"If I don't get the sack I'll be back for next year," said a jovial Philpott but, on a serious note, said his priority was to have the Magpies ready for the Mitre 10 Cup in August.
While the Baby Blacks juggernaut rolled everyone with relative ease Philpott said his players were tested.
New Zealand beat Scotland 42-20, Italy 68-26, Ireland 69-3, France 39-26 in the semifinals and England 64-17 in the final at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.
"We came up against packs that were bigger than us. I guess with the style of rugby we wanted to play, we weren't prepared to compromise that entertaining style," he said.
The mantra of focusing on what was pertinent for the New Zealanders took precedence over worrying about what the oppositions were likely to bring to the park.
While the points accrued to an enviable level, Philpott said it was imperative to heap praise where it was due, especially to the collective for stifling oppositions to miserly returns.
"We aimed to be at 90 per cent-plus in our defence so, I think, we only dropped in one game below that.
"If you defend at 90 per cent you're going to win games of footy so we built a lot of our attack around defensive pressure."
Most of the Baby Blacks are contracted to Mitre 10 teams so after some premier club rugby they will ease into the country's marquee two-tier provincial competition.
Some of the players, he said, were already in the equation to enter the higher echelons of Super Rugby next year.
Philpott emphasised the U20s were a two-pronged venture involving performance and development, so the latter was equally important in helping them realise their Super Rugby and All Blacks potential.
He was loath to single out individual performances as a coach but felt it was best left to fans to draw their own conclusions.
However, to put some contributions in perspective, he said it was hard to go past the work of Wellington hooker Asafo Aumua, who crossed the line for a hattrick of tries in the final.
Fullback Will Jordan was still a year young while winger Caleb Clarke, son of former All Black Eroni Clarke, had two years left in the programme, Philpott said.
"There's some talent there but I also think there's some smart players up front who have done the grunt work," he said, stressing the front rowers in the tourney had stood their ground with excellence.
Ezekiel Lindenmuth, of Auckland, and Napier Pirate Rugby and Sport tighthead prop and hooker Pouri Rakete-Stones also played a pivotal role.
"It was very sad for Tim Farrell to come home after the second game due to injury so it's very unfortunate that at a short tournament you only get four or five days between games where the injury might take longer so it puts you out of the tournament.
"It was very tough for him because he performed really well and was putting his hand up for a starting spot," he said of the tighthead prop who was the deputy headboy at Napier Boys High School last year.
Rakete-Stones, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, an on-off Hasting Rugby and Sports Club premier No 8, and Clive utility back Tiaan Falcon were consistent with the latter two starting in games.
Falcon finishing as the top points scorer at the tourney.
"Tiaan was the player of the tournament and didn't play the last game because of concussion so they all carried themselves with credit."
Philpott yesterday embraced the crisp Bay winter after weathering the 30C Tbilisi climes.
