Pieter Dixon Explained

Pieter Dixon
Birth Name:Pieter Jeremy Dixon
Birth Date:17 October 1977
Birth Place:Harare, Zimbabwe
Weight:106kg (234lb)
School:Maritzburg College
Ru Position:Hooker
Years1:2005–2012
Clubs1:Bath
Apps1:156
Points1:30
Ru Clubupdate:28 October 2012
Superyears1:2001–2005
Super1:Stormers
Superapps1:26
Superpoints1:5
Super14update:28 October 2012
Provinceyears1:1999–2005
Provinceyears2:2012
Provinceapps2:4
Provincepoints2:0
Ru Provinceupdate:28 October 2012

Pieter Dixon (born 17 October 1977 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union footballer, who plays hooker for Bath. He was educated at Maritzburg College, and was captain of the South African Schools' rugby team in 1995. He is the nephew of Vintcent van der Bijl, who represented South Africa at cricket in the 1980s.

After previously playing provincial and Super 12 rugby in South Africa, Dixon signed for Bath for the 2005–2006 season. He made an immediate impact when scoring a try in a Powergen Cup game against Bristol.[1] Dixon is said to be a mobile hooker with good set-piece skills. His scrummaging is renowned and his lineout work garnered him praise whilst in South Africa and now in the Aviva Premiership. Dixon signed a two-year extension to his contract during January 2008, taking him through to end of the 2009/10 season. Bath Rugby announced in December 2009 that Dixon had signed a further two-year extension to his contract, along with extensions for Matt Banahan and David Barnes,[2] taking him to the end of the 2011/12 season.

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  1. Web site: Bath Squad profile . Bath Rugby . 2009-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080917205128/http://www.bathrugby.com/rugby/1st_squad.php?player=8694&includeref=dynamic . September 17, 2008 .
  2. Web site: Bath bolstered by Christmas contract renewals. Bath Rugby. 2010-02-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110615182948/http://www.bathrugby.com/news/8387.php. 2011-06-15.