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 dimitri yachvili
dimitri yachvili

dimitri yachvili -lrb- born 19 september 1980 in brive-la-gaillarde , corrèze -rrb- 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 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 .
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 .
he lost his second heineken cup final to stade toulousain in may 2010 .
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 the runner-up to hosts new zealand in the 2011 rugby world cup final .
yachvili has 2 children with his wife , maider yachvili etcheverry
