Name Ash Dixon Career start 2008 Weight 103 kg | Height 1.80 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Ash Lyonal Dixon (born 1 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the hooker position for the Super Rugby franchise the Highlanders and Hawke's Bay in the ITM Cup. Dixon has formerly played for the Blues and Auckland.
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- On the couch with onosa i ash dixon
- Geddon ash dixon
- Early career
- Domestic career
- New Zealand Maori
- References
Geddon ash dixon
Early career
Dixon was a 2006 New Zealand Secondary Schools representative and Canterbury age-group rep through to Under-19 level and has also won the World Cup with both the New Zealand Under-19s and Under-20s.
Domestic career
Dixon started his career with Hawke's Bay playing 21 matches for the province from 2008 to 2009 before shifting north to further his career with Auckland. The move paid off after he was awarded a wider training group contract with the Blues for the 2010 Super 14 competition.
After being a part of the Blues Wider Training Group in 2010, Dixon was the promoted to the senior side for the 2011 Super Rugby season.
In 2012 Dixon moved back to Hawke's Bay ahead of the 2012 season, and some solid displays for the Magpies saw him named in the Hurricanes Wider Training Group for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
New Zealand Maori
On 25 October 2016 Dixon was named Captain of the New Zealand Maori for their Northern hemisphere tour. Ahead of their game against Munster in Thomond Park in Limerick, he presented a Maori Jersey with the initials of the recently deceased Anthony Foley to Anthony's sons.