Introduction
Kyle Traynor (born 27 February 1986) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at prop for Bristol and Scotland.
Early life
Traynor was born in Farnborough, London to Glaswegian parents and was educated at The John Fisher School.
Rugby career
After leaving school, 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. After completing his degree in 2008, Traynor signed a full-time contract with Edinburgh 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.
At the end of the 2011–12 season Traynor left Edinburgh Rugby, and signed a contract to play for Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2012–13 season, where he is currently plying his trade.
In addition, Kyle has worked and learnt from Scottish Rugby Scrum Doctor James 'Cakes' Robertson