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Daniel Gallan finds how coming to Irish has changed Nick Phipps’ perceptions

Driven: Nick Phipps is determined to push London Irish up the table
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When Nick Phipps signed with the Melbourne Rebels as a 21-year-old in July 2010, he entered professional rugby with an innate bias. Like so many young players and fans from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, he believed without question that teams and athletes from the southern hemisphere were of a better calibre than their northern counterparts.
Phipps’ views had been shaped by witnessing five of six Webb...

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