Tom Cowan-Dickie

Tom Cowan-Dickie (born 26 May 1991)[1] is a Cornish[2] rugby union player currently playing for Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship. His primary position is hooker. He previously played for Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship, the second division and has also played for Exeter Chiefs and Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, Plymouth Albion, in both the RFU Championship and National League 1, and for Redruth in National League 2 South.

Tom Cowan-Dickie
Birth nameTom Cowan-Dickie
Date of birth (1991-05-26) 26 May 1991
Place of birthTruro, Cornwall, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
SchoolMounts Bay School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Ospreys
Youth career
— Penzance & Newlyn
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2014 Exeter Chiefs 3 (0)
2009–2010 →Redruth (loan) 8 (10)
2010–2012 →Cornish Pirates (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2014 →Plymouth Albion (loan) 21 (5)
2014–2015 Plymouth Albion 15 (5)
2015–2016 Redruth 34 (60)
2016–2017 Plymouth Albion 29 (30)
2017–2021 Cornish Pirates 35 (40)
2021–2022 Leicester Tigers 10 (5)
2023- Ospreys 0 (0)
2009– Total 167 (155)
Correct as of 19 November 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 England Under 20s 1 (0)
2016 Cornwall
Correct as of 5 November 2021

Career

Cowan-Dickie came through the academy at Exeter Chiefs and went on loan to Cornish Pirates for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 season.[3] He then signed a new contract with Exeter and went on loan to Plymouth Albion,[4] before joining them permanently in 2014.[5]

In 2016 Cowan-Dickie played a season for Redruth in National League 2 and represented Cornwall as they won the County Championship. He re-joined Plymouth for a single season in National League 1 before moving upwards again in 2017 to Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship.[6]

Injuries limited Cowan-Dickie's appearances for the Pirates but he signed a new contract in the summer of 2021,[7] before joining Leicester Tigers on loan in September 2021.[8] He made his Tigers debut on 18 September 2021 as a replacement in a win against his former club Exeter, and then scored his first try on 5 November 2021 securing the four-try bonus point with a last minute score against Bath.[9] On 13 December 2021, his move to Leicester became a permanent transfer as he signed a contract until the end of the 2021-22 season.[10] He left Leicester with immediate effect on 31 December 2022.[11]

On 24 January 2023, Cowan-Dickie signed for Welsh region Ospreys as injury cover for the rest of the 2022-23 season in the United Rugby Championship.[12]

References
  1. "Tom Cowan-Dickie Itsrugby profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Cornish Pirates profile". Cornish Pirates. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. "Exeter confirm loan deals". Sky Sports. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. "Baxter joy as three commit". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Here we go again". ESPN. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. "Pirates re-sign front row prop for next season". Falmouth Packet. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. "Tom Cowan-Dickie: Cornish Pirates hooker signs new one-year deal". BBC Sport. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. "Tom Cowan-Dickie: Leicester Tigers sign Cornish Pirates hooker on loan". BBC Sport. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. "Premiership: Leicester Tigers 40-23 Bath - Leaders make it eight wins from eight". BBC Sport. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. Bobby Bridge (13 December 2021). "Leicester Tigers extend deal of hooker until end of season". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  11. "Squad Announcement: Tom Cowan-Dickie & Gabriel Oghre". Leicester Tigers. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  12. "Ospreys announce signing of Tom Cowan-Dickie as injury replacement". Ospreys Rugby. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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