Al Dickinson believes loose-head prop Jamie Bhatti can push his way past fan favourite Pierre Schoeman and 2021 British and Irish Lion Rory Sutherland into the Scotland team this Six Nations.
Bhatti has been in fine form for Warriors with Dickinson – his scrum coach at club level who played 58 games at prop for Scotland – full of praise for the 29-year-old’s attitude and work ethic.
“Jamie is one of those guys who hasn’t come the normal route,” said Dickinson of the former slaughterhouse worker who signed his first academy contract with Warriors aged 23. “He was at Glasgow, then went to Edinburgh and things didn’t work out, so went down south for a bit, then came back.
