Alasdair Dickinson

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Alasdair Dickinson
Birth nameAlasdair Granville Dickinson
Date of birth (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb) [1]
School High School of Dundee
University Napier University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001–03
2003–05		 Dundee HSFP
Heriot's FP 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003–07
2007–11
2007
2011–13
2013–18		 Edinburgh
Gloucester
→Moseley(loan)
Sale Sharks
Edinburgh 		55
72
2
28
54		 (40)
(15)
(5)
(5)
(5)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–16 Scotland 58 (10)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–		 Scottish Rugby Academy (Scrum coach)
Scotland women (Scrum coach)
Bristol Bears (Scrum coach)
Glasgow Warriors (Scrum coach)

Alasdair Dickinson (born 11 September 1983) is a Scottish rugby union coach. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player; and played for the clubs Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester and Sale Sharks. He played as a prop.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Dickinson played for Dundee HSFP and Heriot's FP. He is a product of the Scottish Institute of Sport.

Professional career

Dickinson played professionally for Edinburgh Rugby from 2003.

Dickinson signed for Gloucester Rugby from Edinburgh for the 2007–08 season. [2] 2008–09 really saw him force his way into the Gloucester first team to a regular basis as he made 20 appearances in total.

Dickinson moved to Sale Sharks for the 2011–12 season, joining international teammates Fraser McKenzie and Richie Vernon.

Dickinson rejoined Edinburgh Rugby from the Sale Sharks for the 2013–14 season. [3]

In 2016 Dickinson had suffered a shoulder injury which prevented him from playing for the duration of the 2016–17 season. [4] On his return in 2017 he aggravated a foot injury. [5] He retired from playing in 2018. [6]

International career

Dickinson made his Scotland debut against New Zealand at the RWC 2007. He was a late replacement to the squad, made when Allan Jacobsen was injured. [5] He made 58 appearances for Scotland and played in three World Cups. [6]

Coaching career

On his playing retirement Dickinson became a scrum coach, [7] working with Scotland Women, [8] Scotland U20s and the Scottish Rugby Academies. [6]

Dickinson became a scrum coach for Bristol Bears in 2020. [6]

On 19 April 2021 it was announced that Dickinson would join Glasgow Warriors as scrum coach in the summer of 2021. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alasdair Dickinson". web page. Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Scottish pair make Gloucester switch". Gloucester Rugby. 9 March 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alasdair Dickinson to rejoin Edinburgh from Sale Sharks". BBC Sport. BBC News. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh forward Alasdair Dickinson sidelined after shoulder surgery". Sport.co.uk. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Alasdair Dickinson: A tribute". 19 September 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Alasdair Dickinson arrives as Scrum Coach". Bristol Bears.
  7. ↑ "Retiring Dickinson joins Fosroc Scottish Rugby Academy". Scottish Rugby Union.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Women's coach Philip Doyle focused on World Cup qualification". The Herald. Glasgow.
  9. ↑ "Scrum Coach Dickinson to join Glasgow". Glasgow Warriors.


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