ALLY DICKINSON was finally due to get a Six Nations start at Murrayfield today, gaining his 12th cap for Scotland against Grand Slam-chasing Ireland.
But if Dickinson has had to be patient before graduating off the bench –no fewer than nine of his international appearances have been from there – scrapping for a place is all part of the territory so far as the ex-Heriot's prop, now with Gloucester is concerned.
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