Kyle Traynor
| Date of birth | 27 February 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Farnborough, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Early life
[edit]Traynor was born in Farnborough, London to Glaswegian parents and was educated at The John Fisher School.[1][2]
Career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
On 19 May 2019 Traynor announced his retirement.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scotland Debut" (PDF). The John Fisher School. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Kyle Traynor". Edinburgh Rugby. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Young Watsonians captain wants to challenge the best". The Herald. Glasgow. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ Lothian, Bill (11 July 2008). "Traynor has the degree, now he's looking for more honours". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Player archive: Kyle Traynor". Barbarian F.C. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Leicester Tigers: Afa Pakalani, Kyle Traynor & Jake Kerr join Premiership club". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Gloucester Rugby sign Scotland international to help ease prop injury crisis". Gloucestershire Live. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Meet the Gloucester Rugby prop with a masters degree from Oxford". Gloucestershire Live. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Kyle Traynor: Gloucester and ex-Scotland prop to retire from rugby union". BBC. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- profile at Bristol Rugby
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- Alumni of Kellogg College, Oxford
- Bristol Bears players
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- People from Farnborough, London
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