Dimitri Yachvili
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| Full name | Dimitri Yachvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Scrum-half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001-2002 2002-2014 |
Gloucester Biarritz |
289 |
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Correct as of 30 April 2014
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2002-2012 | France | 60 | ((373)) |
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Correct as of 30 April 2012
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Dimitri Yachvili (born 19 September 1980 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France.
Of Georgian descent, his father Michel Yachvili was a French international before him. His paternal grandfather was a Georgian POW during WWII in France who escaped and subsequently participated in the French Resistance in the province of Limousin. Dimitri's brother Grégoire chose to play for the Georgian national team.
Yachvili made his international debut in November 2002 in a 35–3 victory against Canada.
Since the retirement of Fabien Galthié, Yachvili was frequently part of the French starting 15.
During the 2005 Six Nations Championship he gained his position as the first choice scrum-half for the French national team, cementing his position with a virtuoso goal-kicking performance against England at Twickenham. He also captained the French national team, surrendering the captaincy permanently for the 2005 summer tour to South Africa, which he missed through injury.
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