Join our subscriber-only Six Nations phone-in with Sir Ian McGeechan and Mick Cleary London Irish were expected to be Gallagher Premiership relegation candidates once again this season. But despite the Saracens issues, with the champions now doomed to the drop, Irish, like Sale, Exeter and Bristol before them, have upset the apple cart of English rugby’s elite. Persuading four Australians to ply their trade in the Premiership has been a telling factor in a campaign which has already seen London Irish overtake the three wins they achieved on their last foray into the Premiership two years ago. Three of the Aussies signed were from New South Wales Waratahs – prop Sekope Kepu, capped 106 times, scrum-half Nick Phipps, with 70 Wallabies appearances, and 27-year-old centre Curtis Rona, who has three Tests to his name....