Patrick Phibbs
 Patrick Phibbs playing for the Brumbies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Phibbs (born 16 October 1981)[1] is an Australian Professional Rugby Union player currently based in Reading with London Irish.
Career
[edit]Phibbs played his junior Rugby with Randwick DRUFC in the Sydney club competition. He represented Australia in the Under 19s squad and the National Sevens squad between 2001 and 2004.[2] In 2005 he debuted against the Reds for the ACT Brumbies. Phibbs went on to play over 70 Super Rugby games while there. While in Canberra Phibbs also played for the Canberra Vikings in the ARC. In 2008 Phibbs was selected to represent Australia in the Australia A Pacific Nations Cup.
After seven years with Super Rugby side ACT Brumbies, Phibbs joined the Exeter Chiefs on a short term contract at the end of the 2011 Super Rugby Season. After impressing Head Coach Rob Baxter he was offered an extended contract for the remainder of the season [3] For the 2012/2013 Season Phibbs joined Heineken Cup Winning side the Leicester Tigers [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Patrick Phibbs player profile[permanent dead link] Scrum.com
- ^ "Phibbs stays with Brumbes". Sportsentral. Sportsentral. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014.
- ^ "Phibbs Extends Exeter Stay". Sky Sports. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Leicester Bolster Squad with Brett Deacon and Pat Phibbs Signings". The Guardian. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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