Lee Dickson

Lee Dickson
Birth name Lee Alwyne Walter Dickson
Date of birth (1985-03-29) 29 March 1985
Place of birth Verden, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1]
School Barnard Castle School
Notable relative(s) Karl Dickson
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Bedford Blues
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004-2008
2008-2017
2017-		 Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints
Bedford Blues		 49
256		 (10)
(165)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007
2012-2014		 England Saxons
England
18
(0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
  England

Lee Dickson (born 29 March 1985 in Verden, Germany) is an English professional rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for Bedford Blues in the RFU Championship. Dickson played 49 times for Newcastle Falcons between 2004–2008 and 256 games for Northampton Saints between 2008–17. He played for the England national side 18 times between 2012–14.

Background

Dickson was educated at Barnard Castle School where he learnt his rugby. His first club was Newcastle Falcons where he made his debut for first team in the 2004-05 Zurich Premiership season.

Born in Germany to an English mother and Scottish father, Dickson represented Scotland at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup before switching his international allegiance to England and being part of their Under-21 World Cup campaign a year later.

Dickon's older brother Karl Dickson is also a former professional rugby union player for Harlequins and England.

Dickson lives in Spratton, Northamptonshire]].[2]

Club career

Dickson spent four seasons at Newcastle Falcons and made 41 appearance for the north east club before moving to newly promoted Northampton Saints ahead of the 2008-09 Guinness Premiership season.[3] He was a try scorer as Northampton Saints won the LV= Cup for the first time in 2010, and showed his hunger for the big games by going over the whitewash in the 2013 Aviva Premiership final. The scrum half was named as the club captain for the 2015-16 season, replacing Dylan Hartley. Tom Wood took over the captaincy for the 2016-17 campaign, however.[4]

On April 6, 2017, it was announced that Dickson would join Bedford Blues as player-coach for the 2017-18 Greene King IPA Championship season.[5]

International career

In 2008, Dickson played for England Saxons in the side that defeated Ireland A.[6][7] He was also called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.[8][9]

In 2012, Dickson made his debut for the full national team off the bench in England's 6 Nations match with Scotland, in which England won 13-6 and retained the Calcutta Cup. Subsequently, the England scrum half played four of the five games on the South African tour in June 2012. His last appearance in the England jersey is when he played against the All Blacks during the 3-test series in summer 2014. Dickson has since earned 18 caps for England.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Northampton Saints". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Sport - Village History - Spratton Local History Society Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Falcons Confirm Dickson Departure". Newcastle Falcons. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36541888
  5. ↑ "Bedford Blues sign England international Lee Dickson for upcoming season". BEDFORDSHIRE ON SUNDAY. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  6. ↑ "England Saxons squad for Ireland A match". RFU. 2008-01-23. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Varndell shines in Saxons victory". BBC. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  8. ↑ "Injury-hit England call up trio". BBC. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  9. ↑ "England call up trio". Sportinglife. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  10. ↑ https://rugby.statbunker.com/players/getPlayerStats?player_id=16605
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