meningitis W135. In 2017, Dawson joined forces with The Big Tick Project, which looks to raise awareness about the dangers of ticks and tick-borne disease in the UK after revealing he had contracted Lyme disease. He was bitten by a tick in a London park early the previous year. See also List of top English points scorers and try scorers References External links Premiership Profile Profile & Statistics on ESPN Scrum Sporting heroes 1 2 3 1972 births Living people British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England England international rugby sevens players England international rugby union players English rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Members of the Order of the British Empire Northampton Saints players People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Reality cooking competition winners Rugby union players from Birkenhead Rugby union scrum-halves Wasps RFC players English autobiographers