 Dickson at the Northampton Saints vs Sale Sharks match, October 24, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Lee Alwyne Walter Dickson (1985-03-29)29 March 1985 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Barnard Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Karl Dickson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Dickson (born 29 March 1985 inVerden,Germany) is a retired English professionalrugby union player who played atscrum-half forNewcastle Falcons,Northampton Saints, andBedford Blues. He played for theEngland national side 18 times between 2012 and 2014. He is now the Skills Coach at theNewcastle Red Bulls and Master in Charge of Rugby atBarnard Castle School.[2]
Dickson is 1/4 owners of OUTOFTHESCRUM with brother Karl and Harlequins player Ross Chisholm. OUTOFTHESCRUM was launched on 19 June 2019.[citation needed]
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Dickson was educated atBarnard Castle School where he learnt his rugby. His first club wasNewcastle Falcons where he made his debut for first team in the2004-05 Zurich Premiership season.
Born in Germany to an English mother and Scottish father, Dickson representedScotland at the 2004Under-19 World Cup before switching his international allegiance to England and being part of theirUnder-21 World Cup campaign a year later.
Dickon's older brotherKarl Dickson is also a former professional rugby union player forHarlequins andEngland.
Dickson lives in County Durham.and works as the head of rugby at Barnard castle school
Dickson spent four seasons atNewcastle Falcons and made 41 appearances for the north east club before moving to newly promotedNorthampton Saints ahead of the2008-09 Guinness Premiership season.[3] He was a try scorer asNorthampton Saints won theLV= Cup for the first time in 2010, and showed his hunger for the big games by going over the whitewash in the 2013Aviva Premiership final. In 2014 Dickson played as a replacement as Northampton beat Saracens to win thePremiership.[4] The scrum half was named as the club captain for the2015-16 season, replacingDylan Hartley.Tom Wood took over the captaincy for the2016-17 campaign, however.[5] On 6 April 2017 it was announced that Dickson would joinBedford Blues as player-coach for the 2017-18Greene King IPA Championship season.[6] Lee retired from professional rugby at the end of the 2018-19 season, following a colourful 15-year career.
In 2008, Dickson played forEngland Saxons in the side that defeatedIreland A.[7][8] He was also called up to theEngland squad for the2008 Six Nations Championship.[9][10]
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. Subsequently, the England scrum half played four of the five games on the South African tour in June 2012. His last appearance in the England jersey is when he played against theAll Blacks during the 3-test series in summer 2014. Dickson has since earned 18 caps for England.[11]
Upon retiring from playing, in August 2019 Dickson returned to his former school -Barnard Castle School - as the Master in Charge of Rugby.[12] In September 2024, Dickson returned to his first club,Newcastle Falcons, as Skills Coach, combining this role with his duties at Barnard Castle.[13]