Viacheslav Grachev

Viacheslav Grachev

Date of birth	(1973-04-22) 22 April 1973
Place of birth	Tashkent, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	238 lb (108 kg; 17.0 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987–1991 1992–1993 1994–1995 1996–2000 2000–2005 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2011 Zvezda Tashkent Empils Rostov on Don Zvezda Kaliningrad Enisei-STM US Montauban Bayonnais Pau Bizanos 39 46 33 36 25 25 15 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–2011 Russia 73 (90)

Viacheslav Ivanovich Grachev (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Грачёв) (born 22 April 1973 in Tashkent, Soviet Union) is a former Russian rugby union player and a current coach. He played 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.