Michel Yachvili

Michel Yachvili
Date of birth (1946-09-25) September 25, 1946
Place of birth Tulle, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg
Notable relative(s) Dimitri Yachvili (son)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker, flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1964-1970
1975–1977
SC Tulle
CA Brive
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1968–1975 France 47 (0)

Michel Yachvili (born 25 September 1946) is a former French rugby union footballer.

His father was a Georgian POW during the WWII in France, and his son Grégoire chose to play for the Georgian national team. He began his career playing as Hooker for SC Tulle. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations. In 1970 he moved to CA Brive where he played flanker.

Yachvili's son, Dimitri Yachvili, is also a France rugby union international.

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