Like I said at the start of the thread next year there are too many players ahead of dixon. I'm all for growing our own, but sometimes the quality ahead is too much for them to break through in which case we need to move them on. Manu, Sia, TP, Wilkin, Flanaghan. It's too much for Dixon to break through that line up, only TP will drop out that line up any time soon. Dixon would have to wait some 3 to 4 years to become a starting 2nd rower and that's assuming we would not get anyone else coming through the ranks or buy someone else in.
He's not bad, just not good enough to replace the standard of player we will have next year in the back row.
In a way it raises the question of how long you have as an academy player to make the breaks through. I would argue that once you hit 22/23 if you are not making the team then you will not get another contract.