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Jack Dixon
Jack Dixon in 2021.
Birth nameJack Dixon
Date of birth (1994-12-13) 13 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birthNewbridge, Caerphilly, Wales
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Dragons
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011– Dragons 172 (60)
Correct as of 11:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Wales U20 1 (0)
Correct as of 13:56, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

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

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  1. ^ Dixon breaks Dragons record
  2. ^ "Dixon breaks Amos record". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ wales 2012 Junior World Cup
  4. ^ Wales Under 20 Squad
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