Luke Cowan-Dickie

Luke Cowan-Dickie is an English rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership. He can play at both prop and hooker and made his debut for the club against Cavalieri Prato in the Amlin Challenge Cup on 19 November 2011.[1]

Luke Cowan-Dickie
Birth nameLuke Anthony Cowan-Dickie
Date of birth (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993
Place of birthTruro, England
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb)
Notable relative(s)Tom Cowan-Dickie
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2014 Plymouth Albion 21 (25)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010– Exeter Chiefs 116 (100)
Correct as of 24 June 2019
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011-2012
2012–2013
2015–		 England U18
England U20
England		 10
9
20		 (5)
(5)
(25)
Correct as of 26 October 2019

Cowan-Dickie has previously been dual-registered with both the Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion to aid his player development.

Club career

Luke Cowan-Dickie has played 116 times for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership including starting in the 2016 Aviva Premiership final. In addition Cowan-Dickie has also featured in the LV Cup for the Chiefs, the Premiership A-league, Amlin Challenge Cup and European Champions Cup.

Cowan-Dickie debuted in 2011 for the Chiefs at just 18 years of age. He made his Premiership debut in 2014 and has since scored 8 tries in the competition including a hat-trick against Harlequins in 2016.[2] He started the final as Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership.[3]

International career

Cowan-Dickie has represented England under-18 and England under-20s.[4] He has featured for England's A side, the England Saxons, and on 20 May 2015, he was named in the 50-man training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[5] On 15 August 2015, Cowan-Dickie made his full international debut against France in a warm-up match for the 2015 World Cup at Twickenham.

In 2016, Luke was part of the England team that won the RBS Six Nations Grand Slam over France in Paris, whilst he was also a member of their tour party for the hugely successful summer tour to Australia. Later that year, he was ruled out of the November internationals with an ankle injury. A knee injury sustained in early 2017 meant Cowan-Dickie missed out on touring Argentina in the Summer, but he returned to International Rugby in 2018 as he was called up by Eddie Jones to join the Six Nations training squad. Luke was later selected for the three-Test tour of South Africa where he made three appearances as a replacement as England lost the series 2-1.

International tries

As of 5 October 2019

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1 WalesLondon, EnglandTwickenham Stadium2019 rugby world cup warm up match11 August 2019 Win 33-19
2 IrelandLondon, EnglandTwickenham Stadium2019 rugby world cup warm up match24 August 2019 Win 57-15
3 TongaSapporo, JapanSapporo Dome2019 Rugby World Cup11 September 2019 Win 35-3
4 United StatesKobe, JapanKobe Misaki Stadium2019 Rugby World Cup26 September 2019 Win45 – 7[6]
5 ArgentinaChōfu JapanTokyo Stadium2019 Rugby World Cup5 October 2019 Win39 – 10[7]

References
  1. "Player Profile Exeter Chiefs". web page. Exeter Chiefs. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. "Premiership: Exeter 36-25 Harlequins". BBC. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. "Premiership final: Wasps 20-23 Exeter Chiefs (aet)". BBC. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. "Luke Cowan-Dickie - Official RFU England Profile". web page. RFU. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  5. England announce Rugby World Cup training group
  6. "England 45-7 United States". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. "England 39-10 Argentina". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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