Viacheslav Ivanovitch Grachev (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Грачёв) (born 22 April 1973 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.
| Date of birth | 22 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tashkent (Uzbekistan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 238 lb (108 kg; 17.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, where he was the vice captain. He played in three games. He was the oldest player of the competition, aged 38 years old.[1]