Alasdair Dickinson’s guilty secret: his cake habit

ALASDAIR Dickinson grew up watching the tournament now known as the RBS Six Nations Championship, but there were still a few shocks awaiting him when he made the jump from Scotland supporter to player. There is the attitude of the Parisian constabulary to visiting teams on the drive to the Stade de France, for example – so deferential that they even try to kick cars out of the way as they speed through the streets to the stadium. And, more generally, there is simply the sheer excitement of being out in the middle of the pitch, with the chance to influence events, rather than sitting in t…