Viacheslav Grachev

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Viacheslav Grachev
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1973-04-22) 22 April 1973
Place of birth	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	238 lb (108 kg; 17.0 st)
Playing career
Position	Number 8
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Avenir de Bizanos	36
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1993-2011	Russia	72	(85)

Viacheslav Grachev (Russian: Вячеслав Грачёв) (born Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 22 April 1973) is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.

Grachev played in France for US Montauban, Bayonne and Pau, until a severe injury who almost put an end to his career in 2008. He recovered to play for Aviron de Bizanos for the season of 2011/12.

He had 72 caps for Russia, from 1993 to 2011, scoring 17 tries, 85 points on aggregate. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where he was the vice captain. He played in three games. He was the oldest player of the competition, aged 38 years old.^[1]

References

↑ Viacheslav Grachev International Statistics

v t e Russia squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Antonov Byrnes Fatakhov Garbuzov Grachev Gresev Khrokin Korshunov (c) Matveev Ostrikov Popov Prishchepenko Sidorov Travkin Tsnobiladze Voytov

Backs	Artemiev Babaev Bykanov Klyuchnikov Kushnarev Kuzin Makovetskiy Ostroushko Rachkov Shakirov Simplikevich Trishin Yanyushkin

Coach	Nerush

Persondata
Name	Grachev, Viacheslav
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth	22 April 1973
Place of birth	Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Date of death
Place of death

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