Gavin Kerr

Gavin Kerr
Personal information
Full name Gavin Kerr
Date of birth (1977-03-04) 4 March 1977
Place of birth Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 17 st 11 lb (113 kg)
School Berwick County High School
Youth clubs
YearsClub
Berwick RFC
Jed-Forest RFC
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
–2001
2001–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010		Caldy
Leeds Tykes
Border Reivers
Edinburgh Rugby
Sale Sharks
103 (5)


17 (1)
Representative teams**
2002–2010Scotland50 (5)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 23 February 2008.

Gavin Kerr is a retired rugby union footballer who played prop, he played international rugby for Scotland. He played club rugby for Leeds Tykes (now Leeds Carnegie), the defunct Border Reivers, Edinburgh and Sale Sharks. He played both sides of the scrum. During his time at Leeds he helped them win the 2004–05 Powergen Cup, the final of which he started.[1]

He debuted for Scotland in the February 2003 game against Ireland but became a regular starter for Scotland after his solid performance against New Zealand in the Autumn Test series, replacing Tom Smith after his retirement.

In April 2009 it was announced that Kerr will play for English club Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He signed a two-year deal keeping him at the Stockport based club for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. On 18 August 2010, Kerr announced he would retire from rugby due to a neck injury.[2] Kerr currently works as a Chartered Building Surveyor.[3]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Bath 12-20 Leeds". BBC. 16 April 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3823_6322830,00.html
  3. ↑ Dunton, Jim (23 May 2013). "Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying". Building. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

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