Vasily Artemyev

Date of birth	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Moscow
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) [1]
School	Blackrock College
University	University College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing, fullback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2007 Irish Universities () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006−2007 2008−2011 2011−2013 2014−2019 2020−2022 UCD VVA Northampton Saints Krasny Yar CSKA Moscow 33 (45) Correct as of 24 May 2020 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006 2009−2022 Ireland u19s Russia 98 (170) Correct as of 1 November 2022

Vasily Grigorievich Artemyev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Артемьев) (born 24 July 1987) is a Russian rugby union player for CSKA Moscow. He plays as wing or fullback.

Career

Returning to his native Moscow (Zelenograd) in 2008, he joined professional club VVA and began representing Russia.^{[citation needed]}

Vasily signed for Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints for the 2011-2012 season, joining them after the conclusion of the 2011 World Cup. On his début for the club he scored a hat-trick in the LV= Cup victory over Saracens,^[2] before scoring two tries in his Premiership debut against Newcastle Falcons.^[3]

He was a player for Russia, since 2009 to 2022, with 30 tries scored, 170 points on aggregate. He played four games at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, scoring a try against Ireland in a pool game.^[4]