Full name Lee Dickson Role Rugby player Position Scrum-half Height 1.78 m | Current club Northampton Saints Weight 85 kg Name Lee Dickson Education Barnard Castle School | |
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Date of birth (1985-03-29) 29 March 1985 (age 30) Place of birth Verden, Lower Saxony, West Germany Profiles | ||
Lee dickson s head tap against saracens
Lee Dickson (born 29 March 1985 in Verden, Germany) is an English professional rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half. Dickson will leave his current club Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership at the conclusion of the 2016/17 season to link up with RFU Championship side Bedford Blues.
Contents
- Lee dickson s head tap against saracens
- Lee dickson gets a nasty surprise at a scrum hd
- Background
- Club career
- International career
- References
Lee dickson gets a nasty surprise at a scrum hd
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.
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. 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.
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.
International career
In 2008, Dickson played for England Saxons in the side that defeated Ireland A. He was also called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.
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.