Lee Dickson

Lee Dickson

Personal information
Full name	Lee Dickson
Date of birth	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
Club information
Position	Scrum-half
Current club	Northampton Saints
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) 2004 2005 Scotland U-19 England U-21
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2004-08 2008- Newcastle Falcons Northampton Saints 49 (10) 75 (35)
Representative teams
2007 - 2012 - England Saxons England 18 (0)
Sevens National teams
England
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 4 November 2009.

Lee Dickson (born 29 March 1985 in Verden, Germany) is a rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.

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 2004/5 season. In 2008, he joined newly promoted Northampton Saints for the 2008/9 season.^[2]

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.

In 2008, Dickson played for England Saxons in the side that defeated Ireland A.^[3][4] He was also called up to the England squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.^[5][6]

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. He played great for the remaining six nations games in particular against France. After the 6 nations, Stuart Lancaster was rewarded with the manager job on full-time basis.

Dickson was named as the captain for the 2015-16 season at Northampton Saints, replacing Dylan Hartley.

References

1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Northampton Saints". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
2. "Falcons Confirm Dickson Departure". Newcastle Falcons. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
3. "England Saxons squad for Ireland A match". RFU. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
4. "Varndell shines in Saxons victory". BBC. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
5. "Injury-hit England call up trio". BBC. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
6. "England call up trio". Sportinglife. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

External links

• Newcastle profile
• England profile