Jack Dixon
 Jack Dixon in 2021. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Jack Dixon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 December 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Dixon (born 13 December 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons regional team having previously played for Bedwas RFC and Newport RFC. A centre, he made his debut for Newport Gwent Dragons in October 2011 versus Wasps in the Anglo-Welsh Cup as a second-half replacement aged 16 years and 313 days.[1] In doing so, Dixon broke the record for the youngest player to play Welsh regional rugby held by Hallam Amos who set the record earlier in the same match.[2]
Dixon made his debut for the Wales Under-20 team on 9 March 2012 versus Italy. In April 2012 he was named in the Wales Under-20 squad for the Junior World Cup in South Africa.[3]
In January 2013 he was selected in the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six Nations Championship.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Dixon breaks Dragons record
- ^ "Dixon breaks Amos record". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ wales 2012 Junior World Cup
- ^ Wales Under 20 Squad
External links
[edit]- Jack Dixon at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Dragons profile
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