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 Bears ahead of the 2012–13 season. On 20 September 2017 it was announced Traynor had joined
Leicester Tigers. 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. 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. 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. On 19 May 2019 Traynor announced his retirement. ==References==