Six Nations 2020: Cowan-Dickie reveals wife gave birth seven weeks early to baby son as England get set to face Ireland
LUKE COWAN-DICKIE is the COD-father gunning for Ireland.
The new dad and gaming addict missed England's first Six Nations win of the year in Scotland after his girlfriend gave birth to a son, Arlo, seven weeks early.
Cowan-Dickie Jr is still in hospital in Devon recovering from the drama of his rapid arrival landslide.
And when dad is not in touch with home or training, Cowan-Dickie Snr has been relaxing playing popular video game Call of Duty.
The Exeter Chiefs hooker, 26, was once ranked the 26th best COD player in the world.
He said: "It helps with my mental rest even though I’m probably swearing at the screen!
"I know he is in safe hands and it is the best place for him.
"Me and the Mrs have spoken and we are doing what we think is best at this time and if we are both happy with the decision then things will be all well and good.
"It is on my mind. I speak to her quite a bit about he is getting on and about how she is getting on.
"As soon as I am on the field training I put it to the back of my mind. We have so much time off the field that I can switch off then and catch up with her."
Cowan-Dickie brings all his gaming gears into camp - and is even tempted in trying to make it pro one day.
He said: "Streaming games on Twitch is now probably where it’s at.
"You don't have to be too good a gamer. Just have to be likeable as such. I watch people who have 25 to 30,000 people watching them.
"It could be an area maybe I’ll look at after rugby. I might get my boy into it too!"
Back to reality and with Triple Crown hopes still on the line for both sides on Sunday Wales have already done England a favour after they slammed Ireland's tighthead Tadhg Furlong as cheating at the scrum in their Dublin defeat.
But when asked if he thought Ireland were illegal at the scrum, Cowan-Dickie said: "I don't know.
"They have Lions in the front row and Tadhg Furlong is probably one of the best tightheads in the world at the moment.
"So you could call it dark arts or cheating, but you just want to go forward. The ref has it in his mind what he wants, sometimes it is a gamble, sometimes it isn't.
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"Some tightheads get away with certain things, some looseheads get away with things.
"The ref sometimes gambles a lot, running around the corner, rolling in - it is quite hard when you are involved when it is going on."
England boss Eddie Jones kept 27 players in camp last night, with fit-again centres Henry Slade and Manu Tuilagi set to feature against Ireland on Sunday.