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Rugby ‘Robust’ Cowan-Dickie set for his 50th England cap
Bristol Post
|October 29, 2025
LUKE Cowan-Dickie is poised to join England's 50-cap club admitting injury and an encounter with tugby’s judiciary left him fearing the day would never come.
Luke Cowan-Dickie during England training
(Picture: David Rogers/Getty)
Cowan-Dickie is poised to reach the milestone as a replacement against Australia in Saturday's autumn opener at Allianz Stadium in what will be a triumph of resilience having made his Test debut in 2015. Two years ago, he suffered nerve damage in his right arm when a routine decompression surgery to his neck went wrong and it was 16 months before he could play at a reasonable level.
An episode of the heart condition atrial fibrillation when playing for Sale also caused alarm, while last week he faced a disciplinary hearing after receiving a 20-minute red card for a dangerous tackle on Saracens’ Tom Willis.
The charges against the 32-yearold British and Irish Lions hooker were dropped.
This story is from the October 29, 2025 edition of Bristol Post.
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