Lee Dickson is not shy of the dirty work
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Will Greenwood hails Northampton's forgotten man, scrum-half Lee Dickson, following their Anglo-Welsh Cup triumph in The Daily Telegraph.
"Danny Care and Paul Hodgson were the first of his contemporaries to steal a march on him. Then, when their form dipped, Joe Simpson of Wasps scored tries of the season. When he was hit by injury, Ben Youngs played magnificently for Leicester and stole an England bench spot from under Dickson's nose. Better men have crumbled over less, but not Dickson.
"Not once has his enthusiasm on the field or off it diminished, and he has certainly done his best to be noticed. If there is a television camera, then Dickson will be lurking somewhere near it.
"In the lead-up to the England v France game, the television channels looked for the low-down on Chris Ashton, sensing he was about to win his first cap, and the three stooges of Hartley, Foden and Dickson were only too happy to dish the dirt on Ashton's ears, tanning habits, lack of friends and a girlfriend who prefers to watch the Cobblers, the local football team, rather than her man."
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