Gavin Kerr
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Full name | Gavin Kerr | ||||||
Date of birth | 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 | ||||||
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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]
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Honours
- Powergen Cup/Anglo-Welsh Cup titles: 1
- 2005
References
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See also
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
- People from Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Leeds Carnegie players
- Jed-Forest RFC players
- Berwick RFC players
- Chartered Building Surveyors
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs