Career
He played for Bath Rugby, Sale Sharks, Plymouth Albion and Launceston Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Dawe earned 5 caps for England, from 1987 to 1995. He made his debut in the Five Nations in 1987. He was selected for the Rugby World Cup finals in 1987, playing a single match, and again in 1995 when he played against Manu Samoa.
That was his last England cap, earned at the age of 36, his international career being limited by the presence in the England team of Brian Moore.
Dawe became player-coach of Plymouth Albion in 1999, making his debut for his hometown team on his 40th birthday. He is believed to be the first 50-year-old to play professional rugby, turning out for Plymouth Albion in the Championship and British & Irish Cup.
He guided Plymouth from the bottom of National League Three South to National League One (now known as the Championship). On 21 November 2011 Graham was relieved of his duties as Director of Rugby at Plymouth Albion due to lack of finance.
