Kyle Traynor

Kyle Traynor (born 27 February 1986) is a retired Scottish rugby union prop who played four times for Scotland between 2009 and 2012, he played club rugby for Edinburgh, Bristol Bears, Leicester Tigers and Gloucester.

Kyle Traynor

Date of birth	27 February 1986
Place of birth	Farnborough
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School	The John Fisher School
University	University of Oxford Edinburgh Napier University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Gloucester Rugby Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2012 2012–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 Edinburgh Bristol Bears Leicester Tigers Gloucester 87 97 15 8 (20) (20) (0) (0) Correct as of 10 March 2018 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2012 2009 2015 Scotland Scotland A Barbarians 4 12 2 (0) (5) Correct as of 25 November 2012

Early life

Traynor was born in Farnborough, London to Glaswegian parents and was educated at The John Fisher School.[1][2]

Career

Traynor signed a development contract with the Scottish Rugby Union's National Academy, which allowed him to divide his time between training with Edinburgh, playing for Watsonians and studying for a degree in quantity surveying at Edinburgh Napier University.[3] After completing his degree in 2008, Traynor signed a full-time contract with Edinburgh[4] and has gone on to represent Scotland A, debuting against Italy A in February 2009 and Scotland, coming on as a replacement against Fiji in 2009 Autumn internationals. He has twice played for the Barbarians, first appearing for them in August 2015 against Samoa in a match played at the Olympic Stadium in London.[5]

At the end of the 2011–12 season Traynor left Edinburgh Rugby, and signed a contract to play for Bristol Bears ahead of the 2012–13 season.

On 20 September 2017 it was announced Traynor had joined Leicester Tigers.[6]

On 26 October 2018, after departing from Leicester, Traynor has signed a short-term contract with Gloucester amidst an injury crisis within their front-row.[7] He made his debut, on the bench, as a replacement against Wasps in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 27 October 2018.

On 2 March 2019 Traynor graduated from the University of Oxford (Kellogg College) with a master's degree.[8] Although he studied at the university, he never played in the Varsity Match against Cambridge as he was not eligible due to playing in the Premiership.

On 19 May 2019 Traynor announced his retirement.[9]

References

1. "Scotland Debut" (PDF). The John Fisher School. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
2. "Kyle Traynor". Edinburgh Rugby. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
3. "Young Watsonians captain wants to challenge the best". The Herald. Glasgow. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
4. Lothian, Bill (11 July 2008). "Traynor has the degree, now he's looking for more honours". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
5. "Player archive: Kyle Traynor". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
6. "Leicester Tigers: Afa Pakalani, Kyle Traynor & Jake Kerr join Premiership club". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
7. "Gloucester Rugby sign Scotland international to help ease prop injury crisis". Gloucestershire Live. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
8. "Meet the Gloucester Rugby prop with a masters degree from Oxford". Gloucestershire Live. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
9. "Kyle Traynor: Gloucester and ex-Scotland prop to retire from rugby union". BBC. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

External links

• profile at Bristol Rugby