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Older brother of England hooker Cowan-Dickie re-ups with two year Championship contract
By Online Editors
The older brother of England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tom, is the latest Cornish Pirates squad member to have signed a two-year contract. A product of the Penzance & Newlyn RFC’s youth section, Tom first joined the Cornish Pirates in 2010, where in two seasons he made 21 appearances.
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Following that initial spell, the now 28-year-old gained further experience at Redruth and at Plymouth Albion, whilst he also played for England Counties and was proudly a member of Cornwall’s 2016 County Championship winning side.
Cowan-Dickie was attached to Exeter Chiefs along side his younger brother between seasons 2012 and 2014.
The club website state: “Returning to the Cornish Pirates in 2017, despite injury setbacks Tom has impressed as a mobile, powerful, and combative front rower who always gives his all. In the process he has taken his total games tally to 57, which back to full fitness is a figure he will be keen to extend.”
Pleased that Tom has signed a new contract, Cornish Pirates’ joint Head Coach Alan Paver said: “Again, we are excited to re-sign such a talented player as Tom. His fearless and ferocious style of play makes him a popular member of the squad, besides also being popular with our supporters.
Tom has resisted numerous opportunities to leave, therefore we are delighted that he had decided to stay as a gifted local lad who, of course, started his rugby career in the club’s youth section.
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What a load of nonsense. They tried to give him the job in August but Ellis Park and the backing of the senior players made it impossible.
Go to commentsHere's the thing. We have belt tightening conversations due to financial worries in both England & Wales. Most seem to be going to France which has the most stable domestic game. But France can't support everyone. I know that certain other unions & domestic leagues are worried that living within their means will lose them players. To an extent, they're right. But again, there are only 14 top flight clubs in France and plenty of good French players. At a certain point the market for professional domestic rugby can't support all the players who want to make more, which will ultimately allow for the necessary belt tightening. Who knows maybe a few more can go to Australia, make Super Rugby not so lopsided towards NZ (really just Blues & Crusaders). At the end of the day, if the revenue isn't there, in Wales or in England, it's not there. England can't support 14 clubs at the top, probably not even 12, should be at 10 with a better TV deal spread between fewer clubs. Who knows maybe Wales should be cut back to 2 like Scotland?
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