- Dimitri Yachvili
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Dimitri Yachvili 
Date of birth September 19, 1980 Place of birth 
Brive-la-Gaillarde, FranceHeight 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Weight 84 kg (12 st 8 lb) Rugby union career Playing career Position Scrum-half Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 2001–2002
2002–present
Gloucester
correct as of October, 2006. National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2002–present France58 (357) correct as of 21 October 2010. Dimitri Yachvili (born 19 September 1980 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French rugby union footballer who currently plays scrum-half for Biarritz and France.
Of Georgian descent, his father Michel was a French international before him. His paternal grandfather was a Georgian POW during the 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.[1]
Since the retirement of Fabien Galthié, Yachvili has been in and out of the French starting 15.
During the 2005 Six Nations Championship he regained 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.
He was considered the number two scrum-half behind Jean-Baptiste Élissalde in the French team who retired in May 2010.[2] He is now second to Morgan Parra in the national selection as of the 2009 Six Nations . He was omitted from the squad for the 2007 World Cup.[3]
He lost his second Heineken Cup final to Stade Toulousain in May 2010.[4] He was also part of the losing side in the 2006 final to Munster at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Yachvili was a member of the French team that finished as runner-up to hosts New Zealand in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final. [5]
Yachvili has 2 children whom he shares with his wife, Maider Yachvili Etcheverry
References
- ^ "Pelous gets the nod to lead Les Bleus against Irish". WalesOnline. 2003-02-27. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/page.cfm?objectid=12681271&method=full&siteid=50082. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?c=rugby&e=examiner&jp=kfcwaugbaucw
- ^ "France omit Castaignede for RWC". BBC News Online. 2007-06-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6752409.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Toulouse win Heineken Cup final after tense finale against Biarritz". The Guardian (London). 2010-05-22. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/22/heineken-cup-final-toulouse-biarritz.
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/23/rugby-world-cup-final-referee-france
France squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup Fourth Place Forwards Backs Coach France squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup Runners-up Forwards Barcella · Bonnaire · Ducalcon · Dusautoir (c) · Guirado · Harinordoquy · Lakafia · Mas · Millo-Chluski · Nallet (vc) · Ouedraogo · Papé · Picamoles · Pierre · Poux · Servat · SzarzewskiBacks Coach Biarritz Olympique squad Forwards Backs Coach Isaac, GonzalezCategories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Brive-la-Gaillarde
- French people of Georgian descent
- French rugby union players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Biarritz Olympique players
- France international rugby union players
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