Dickinson ready to let loose

A PROP is a prop as far as most rugby fans are concerned – but Alasdair Dickinson will aim this weekend to demonstrate the vast difference between playing loosehead and tighthead in the Six Nations.

The Gloucester forward will don the Scotland number one jersey for the first time since his debut almost a year and a half ago when Grand Slam-chasing Ireland arrive at Murrayfield tomorrow.

Seventeen-stone Dickinson has spent the first three games of the Six Nations filling in at tighthead, coming off the bench against Wales and Italy, and starting in the position against France.