Kyle Traynor

Kyle Traynor
Date of birth (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986
Place of birth Farnborough, London, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
School The John Fisher School
University The University of Oxford
Edinburgh Napier University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–2012
2012–2017
2017–2018		 Edinburgh
Bristol
Leicester Tigers		 87
97
9		 (20)
(20)
(0)
Correct as of 10 March 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–
2009–
2015		 Scotland
Scotland A
Barbarians		 4
12
2		 (0)
(5)
Correct as of 25 November 2012

Kyle Traynor (born 27 February 1986) is a Scottish rugby union prop who last played for Leicester Tigers and has represented Scotland internationally.

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 ahead of the 2012–13 season.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Scotland Debut" (PDF). The John Fisher School. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Kyle Traynor". Edinburgh Rugby. 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. ↑ "Tigers add to front row options" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 20 September 2017.



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