{"id":259070,"date":"2025-07-12T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259070\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:48:09","slug":"luke-cowan-dickie-injury-update-everyone-saying-the-same-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259070\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Cowan-Dickie injury update: Everyone saying the same thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luke Cowan-Dickie injury update: The hooker suffered a devastating injury during the Lions clash with the AUNZ XV, leaving fans and teammates concerned as he was stretchered off following a nasty head knock.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hooker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/dangerous-lions-star-slammed-for-ridiculous-tackling-technique\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who has come under fire in the past for his low tackling style<\/a>, appeared to be knocked out instantly after a poorly executed chop tackle went horribly wrong.<\/p>\n<p>RUCK\u2019s Lions content is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/44HBUQP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">powered by\u00a0ISUZU.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Medical staff rushed to his aid and play was halted for several minutes as Cowan-Dickie received treatment before being carried off on a stretcher. <\/p>\n<p>Andy Farrell and several of the Lions coaches rushed over to check on Cowan-Dickie as he was taken off on a stretcher, and the Sale Sharks hooker managed to give a thumbs-up.<\/p>\n<p>Social media was quick to react, with concern and criticism in equal measure.<\/p>\n<p>One fan posted:\u00a0\u201cHope Cowan-Dickie is alright, he really needs a better tackle technique though. So, so dangerous the positions he gets in. For him and the ball carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added:\u00a0\u201cCowan-Dickie is out cold!!! Does not look good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third wrote:\u00a0\u201cNasty one for Cowan-Dickie but that awful technique was always going to catch up with him. Hope he\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further reactions included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cReally hope Cowan-Dickie is alright. That\u2019s the risk he runs doing those chop tackles so much.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUgh, that\u2019s horrible for Cowan-Dickie. Hope he\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHope Cowan-Dickie is alright. But that\u2019s what can happen when you\u2019ve been tackling like a dick for years.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LUKE COWAN-DICKIE INJURY UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the break, Cowan-Dickie was seen walking and rejoining his Lions teammates, prompting a collective sigh of relief from rugby fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five potential Lions replacements for Luke Cowan-Dickie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0<strong>five hookers<\/strong>\u00a0who could get the call-up:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe5 Dewi Lake (Wales)<\/p>\n<p>A bruising ball-carrier and set-piece enforcer,\u00a0<strong>Dewi Lake<\/strong>\u00a0captained Wales to their first win in 18 months with a victory over Japan earlier today. The 25-year-old Ospreys hooker has been a consistent presence for Wales under Warren Gatland and brings leadership, physicality, and a warrior mentality.<\/p>\n<p>A product of the Welsh U20s system, Lake has earned a reputation as a player who thrives in high-intensity battles\u2014ideal Lions material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08.39.30-scaled.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"218054\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/wales-player-ratings-vs-japan-losing-run-is-over\/screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08-39-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08.39.30-scaled.png\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1441\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-07-12 at 08.39.30\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08.39.30-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08.39.30-1024x576.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218054\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-12-at-08.39.30-1024x576.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/luke-cowan-dickie-injury-update-everyone-saying-the-same-thing\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CONTINUES ON PAGE TWO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Cowan-Dickie injury update: The hooker suffered a devastating injury during the Lions clash with the AUNZ XV,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-259070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114840581767473572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}