Kieran Dixon

Kieran Dixon (born 22 August 1992) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as winger or fullback for the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship and the England Knights at international level.

Kieran Dixon
Personal information
Full nameKieran Dixon
Born (1992-08-22) 22 August 1992
Hackney, London, England
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight13 st 8 lb (86 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 London Broncos 55 39 2 0 160
2014(DRTooltip Super League#Dual registration) → Hemel Stags 2 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Hull Kingston Rovers 39 29 16 0 148
2016(loan) → Newcastle Thunder 1 1 0 0 4
2017–20 London Broncos 81 58 188 0 608
2021 York City Knights 2 0 8 0 16
2022 Leigh Centurions 3 1 0 0 4
2022(loan) → Widnes Vikings 5 3 0 0 12
2022(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 0 0
2023– Widnes Vikings 0 11 0 0 0
Total 189 142 214 0 952
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–13 England Knights 3 2 0 0 8
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 8 January 2023

He has played for the London Broncos in the Super League and in the Championship, and on loan from the Broncos at the Hemel Stags in League 1. He also played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.[1][2]

Background

Dixon was born in Hackney, London, England. Dixon grew up in Hemel Hempstead and attended Cavendish school.

Playing career

London Broncos

Kieran Dixon made his début for the London Broncos in the 24-34 defeat by St Helens in the Super League match at Twickenham Stoop on 4 February 2012.[4]

He scored his first try against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at the Twickenham Stoop in a 36-0 win.

He suffered a career threatening injury whilst on international duty in 2013, and returned to first team action towards the end of the 2014 Super League season, with the Broncos relegation from the top flight long since confirmed.

Hemel Stags

Dixon was loaned to the Hemel Stags in a bid to regain fitness on his return to first team with the Broncos.

Hull Kingston Rovers

After a serious injury ruled him out for the most of the 2014 season, Dixon joined Hull Kingston Rovers in 2015. He appeared for Rovers in the 2015 Challenge Cup final, however his performance in the match was heavily criticised as the team suffered a record-breaking 50-0 defeat by Leeds.[5][6] The following week, Dixon bounced back to score two tries in a man-of-the-match display as Hull Kingston Rovers beat Wakefield Trinity.[7] And on 12th 09-15 went 2 better with yet another man of the match performance and 4 tries against Bradford Bulls in a match that made sure Rovers secured Super league status for the next season.[8]

Dixon playing for Hull Kingston Rovers in 2016

Newcastle Thunder

Dixon played one game on loan for the Newcastle Thunder in RFL League 1, scoring a try against the London Skolars in May 2016.

Return to London

Dixon re-signed for the London Broncos after Hull Kingston Rovers were relegated from the Super League, taking up the offer to return to his home club for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[9]

Dixon playing for the London Broncos in 2017

Dixon was the top try scorer for the club in 2018, with 26 tries to his name. The club was promoted back to Super League after victory in the "Million Pound game" away in Toronto.

In 2019 London were relegated from the Super League on points difference, with Dixon topping the goal and point scoring record for the Broncos for their 2019 season.

Dixon again topped the goal and point scoring record for London, in their shortened season that was affected by the global pandemic.

York City Knights

On 17 November 2020 it was announced that Dixon would join the York City Knights from the 2021 season.[10]

Widnes Vikings

On 23 June 2022 it was announced that both he and Luis Roberts would join the Widnes Vikings on loan for the remainder of the 2022 season.[11] In October 2022 Dixon made his move permanent with a two-year deal.[12]

International

Dixon played at representative level with the England Knights.

He sustained a career threatening injury in 2013 against Samoa.

Club statistics
YearClubCompetitionAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop goalsPoints
2012 London BroncosSuper League27161066
2013 London BroncosSuper League24211086
2014 London BroncosSuper League42008
2014 Hemel StagsChampionship 120000
2015 Hull Kingston RoversSuper League2721100104
2016 Hull Kingston RoversSuper League1286044
2016 Newcastle ThunderLeague 111004
2017 London BroncosChampionship2120450170
2018 London BroncosChampionship2826530210
2019 London BroncosChampionship2710750190
2020 London BroncosChampionship5215038
2021 York City KnightsChampionship208016
Club career total [13][14] 1801272140936

References
  1. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. London Official
  4. "Profile at londonbroncosrl.com". londonbroncosrl.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. Hull KR to rally around Kieran Dixon after Wembley disaster
  6. Hull KR: Kieran Dixon will bounce back from Wembley horror show – Craig Murdock
  7. Chris Chester praises Kieran Dixon for recovering from his Wembley nightmare
  8. "Hull KR v Bradford Bulls: Super 8s Qualifiers preview". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  9. "London Broncos Rugby League | #ProudToBeBroncos | » Kieran Dixon looking forward to returning home". www.londonbroncosrl.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
  10. "KIERAN DIXON JOINS YORK CITY KNIGHTS". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  11. "Widnes sign pair on loan from Leigh". www.loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  12. "Kieran Dixon makes permanent switch to the Vikings". Widnes Vikings. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  13. loverugbyleague
  14. Rugby League Project
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