Kyle Traynor
Scotland international rugby union player (born 1986)
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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.
| Born | 27 February 1986 Farnborough, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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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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.[citation needed]
On 19 May 2019 Traynor announced his retirement.[9]
