Sam Dickinson

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Sam Dickinson
Birth nameSamuel Mark Dickinson
Date of birth (1985-01-28) 28 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School Calday Grange Grammar School
University Liverpool John Moores University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000–2009
2009–2012
2012–2018
2013
2018–		 Caldy
Rotherham Titans
Northampton Saints
→ Moseley
Ealing Trailfinders 		?
63
89
8
0		 (?)
(20)
(20)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 11 March 2018
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 England Saxons 2 (0)
Correct as of 11 March 2018

Samuel Mark Dickinson (born 28 January 1985) is an English rugby union player who left Premiership side Northampton Saints at the end of the 2016/17 season. He began his career at hometown club Caldy before moving to Rotherham Titans in 2009. He plays in the back row but has also spent time at lock. At international level he has represented the England Saxons.

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Club career

Dickinson was born in Manchester and began his career at Caldy. [1] He joined Rotherham Titans in 2009 and played 63 times before moving to Northampton Saints three years later. [2] He broke his arm days after agreeing to move to Saints and eventually made his debut against Exeter Chiefs in September 2013, over 18 months after signing. [3] In April the following year he scored his first points for the Saints with a try in their 28–14 European Challenge Cup quarter-final victory over Sale Sharks. [4] In 2014 Dickson started as Northampton beat Saracens to win the Premiership final. [5]

After making 89 appearances for Saints and captaining Northampton's second side the Wanderers to the Aviva 'A' League title in the 2016/17 season, it was announced that Dickinson would part company with Saints at the conclusion of the current season. [6] [7]

On 13 February 2018, Dickinson signs for RFU Championship club Ealing Trailfinders on long-term deal with immediate effect, leaving Northampton. [8]

International career

In October 2013 Dickinson was called up to the England Saxons squad as a replacement for Tom Johnson who had been called into the senior squad. [9] The following January he was named in the Saxons Elite Player Squad and he made his debut that month as a replacement against the Ireland Wolfhounds. [10] [11] He made his first start a week later against Scotland A in a 16–16 draw. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sam Dickinson". Northampton Saints. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Northampton Saints capture Sam Dickinson from Rotherham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sam Dickinson relishes delayed debut for Northampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ben Nutley scores two tries as Northampton ease to cup win over Sale". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Premiership final: Saracens 20-24 Northampton Saints". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "WANDERERS 36 GLOUCESTER 15 the Wandies clinch the Aviva 'A' League title".
  7. ↑ "Northampton Saints confirms departing players".
  8. ↑ "Sam Dickinson signs for Ealing Trailfinders". Ealing Trailfinders. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dickinson rested as Saints coach Mallinder rotates his squad for Ospreys clash". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Wholesale changes to the Saxons EPS". Rugby Football Union. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "England Saxons 8–14 Ireland Wolfhounds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "England Saxons and Scotland A play out draw in Glasgow". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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