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 The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

, where he was the vice captain. He played in three games. He was the oldest player of the competition, aged 38 years old.Viacheslav Grachev International Statistics
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grachev, Viacheslav 1973 births Living people Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Russian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Russian expatriate sportspeople in France Rugby union number eights Russian rugby union coaches