Introduction
Ash Lyonal Dixon (born 1 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the hooker position for the Super Rugby franchise theHighlanders and Hawke's Bay in the ITM Cup. Dixon has formerly played for the Blues and Auckland.
Early career
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.
Domestic career
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 theBlues Wider Training Group in 2010, Dixon was the promoted to the senior side for the 2011 Super Rugby season.
In 2012 Dixon moved back toHawke's Bay ahead of the 2012 season, and some solid displays for the Magpies saw him named in theHurricanes Wider Training Group for the 2013 Super Rugby season.
New Zealand Maori
On 25 October 2016 Dixon was named Captain of the New Zealand Maori for their Northern hemisphere tour. Ahead of their game against Munster in Thomond Park in Limerick, he presented a Maori Jersey with the initials of the recently deceased Anthony Foley to Anthony's sons.