Gavin Kerr

Personal information

Full name

Gavin Kerr

Date of birth

4 March 1977 (age 39)

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

Years	Club
	Berwick RFC Jed-Forest RFC

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (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**

2002–2010

Scotland

50 (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.

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 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. Kerr currently works as a Chartered Building Surveyor.

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