Kyle Traynor

Kyle Traynor
Date of birth	27 February 1986 (age 38)
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)
Position(s)	Prop
Senior career
Years	Team
2005–2012 ; 2012–2017 ; 2017–2018	Edinburgh ; Bristol ; Leicester Tigers
	Correct as of 10 March 2018
International career
Years	Team
2009– ; 2009– ; 2015	Scotland ; Scotland A ; Barbarians
	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 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]

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

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