Jack Dixon
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| Full name | Jack Dixon | ||||||
| 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) | ||||||
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| Current club | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||||||
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* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 13:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 13:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC). | |||||||
Jack Dixon (born 13 December 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons regional team having previously played for 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]