Full name | Ashley Lyonal Dixon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 September 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Christchurch Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashley Lyonal Dixon (born 1 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the hooker position for the Super Rugby franchise the Highlanders and Hawke's Bay[1] in the ITM Cup. Dixon has formerly played for the Blues[2] and Auckland.[3]
Dixon was a 2006 New Zealand Secondary Schools representative and Canterbury age-group rep through to Under-19 level and has also won the World Cup with both the New Zealand Under-19s and Under-20s.
Dixon started his career with Hawke's Bay playing 21 matches for the province from 2008 to 2009 before shifting north to further his career with Auckland. The move paid off after he was awarded a wider training group contract with the Blues for the 2010 Super 14 competition.
After being a part of the Blues Wider Training Group in 2010, Dixon was the promoted to the senior side for the 2011 Super Rugby season.
In 2012 Dixon moved back to Hawke's Bay ahead of the 2012 season, and some solid displays for the Magpies saw him named in the Hurricanes Wider Training Group for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[4]
On 25 October 2016 Dixon was named Captain of the New Zealand M?ori for their Northern hemisphere tour.[5] Ahead of their game against Munster in Thomond Park in Limerick, he presented a M?ori jersey with the initials of the recently deceased Anthony Foley to Foley's sons.
In 2020, Dixon was awarded the Tom French Cup for M?ori rugby player of the year.[6]
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Preceded by Sarah Hirini |
Tom French Memorial M?ori rugby union player of the year 2020 |
Incumbent |