Dimitri Yachvili
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| Birth name | Dimitri Yachvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980 in
. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scoring 373 points. With them he played in the final of the 2011 World Cup losing to New Zealand and won two Grand Slams in 2004 and 2010. In club rugby, he won a European Cup in 2012 and played in two European Cup finals in 2006 and 2010 with Biarritz. With this club, he also won two French championship titles in 2005 and 2006. With his previous club, Gloucester, he was champion of England in 2002. After the end of his playing career, he became a rugby consultant, a career he began while still a player.Early life
Of Georgian and Armenian descent, his father
Career
He began his club career at
Yachvili made his international debut in November 2002 in a 35–3 victory against Canada.[3]
After the retirement of Fabien Galthié, Yachvili was frequently part of the French starting 15.
During the
He was considered the number two scrum-half behind
He lost his second
Yachvili was a member of the French team that finished as the runner-up to hosts New Zealand in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final.[8]
Following an injury sustained in the World Cup, his club appearances were limited the subsequent season. Nevertheless his presence in the squad was then very important: over the Top 14 season, Biarritz won 71.5% of their matches when Yachvili was present, against 12.5% when he was absent. [9]
The 2013-2014 season was complicated for Olympic Biarritz, who with only five wins and a total of 30 points saw themselves demoted to Pro D2. On April 10, 2014, Dimitri Yachvili announced that he was ending his career, despite one year remaining on his contract. After twelve seasons spent with Olympic Biarritz, Yachvili expressed the mental and physical fatigue he had to face after the last trying years.
Following his retirement, he became a rugby consultant, also commentating on matches for French television. He later joined in the management of the amateur team at Biarritz. [10]
References
- ^ "Nouvelles d'Arménie en Ligne". March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Clockwatch: Bristol v Gloucester". BBC. 8 June 2002. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Pelous gets the nod to lead Les Bleus against Irish". WalesOnline. 2003-02-27. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Richardson, Charles (8 March 2023). "18 years on: Inside France's last Six Nations win at Twickenham". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Sport".
- ^ "France omit Castaignede for RWC". BBC News Online. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Toulouse win Heineken Cup final after tense finale against Biarritz". The Guardian. London. 2010-05-22.
- ^ Rees, Paul (2011-10-23). "Rugby World Cup final: Dimitri Yachvili points finger at the referee". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Biarritz sans ses cadres - Top 14 2011-2012 - Rugby - Rugbyrama". July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Biarritz Olympique : David Couzinet et les Galactiques confirmés à la tête de l'amateur". December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.