Pieter Dixon

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Pieter Dixon
Personal information
Full name Pieter Dixon
Date of birth 17 October 1977 (1977-10-17) (age 30)
Place of birth Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 16 st 3 lbs (103 kg)
Club information
Position(s) Hooker
Current club Bath
Number 16
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2005 ‐ Bath 48 (10)
Super Rugby
Provincial sides
____ ‐ 05 Western Province
Super Rugby
2000 ‐ 05 Stormers 26

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Pieter Dixon (born 17 October 1977 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a South African rugby union footballer, who plays hooker for Bath.

After previously playing provincial and Super 12 rugby in South Africa, Dixon signed for Bath for the 2005-06 season. He made an immediate impact when scoring a try in a Powergen Cup game against Bristol. Pieter 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 Guinness Premiership. Dixon signed a two year extension to his contract during January 2008, taking him through to end of the 2009/10 season.

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