European Challenge Cup: Edinburgh v Gloucester

Edinburgh prop Alasdair Dickinson has called his side’s European Challenge Cup final against Gloucester “huge”, with the Scottish capital outfit 15/8 to run out winners.

“It’s up there with probably one of the most exciting games I’ve played in,” said Dickinson, who is 14/1 to score anytime. “It’s massive for the club and us as a group of boys.”

Dickinson returned to Edinburgh two season ago after leaving for Gloucester in 2007, where he spent four seasons. He knows what to expect from the favourites, but is adamant Edinburgh’s recent good form shows they are in a good place going into the game.

“We’re pretty confident,” said the 31-year-old. “The last three games have been good and now it’s just about fine-tuning a few things.

“We know what lies ahead of us, it’s a massive test, obviously Gloucester are on form as well so it’s going to be a challenge.

“I think from what the season’s been like, I don’t think anybody really expected us to get here at the start of the year. It’s a huge game.”

After a tricky start to the campaign, Dickinson revealed that the reason for their turnaround was quite simple, saying it was down to: “Just hard work. I don’t have any magic answers for you.

“There’s a lot of times this season where we’ve been pretty low, especially at the start of the year. But it was just about coming together and not listening to what people outside the organisation were saying and just concentrate on getting better.

“Doing the little things. Little things make a big difference in rugby.”

Dougie Fife and Tim Visser on either wing are both expected to make their 50th European appearance, and are 10/3 and 7/4 respectively to cross anytime.