Vasily Artemyev
Vasily Grigorievich Artemyev is a Russian rugby union footballer for CSKA Moscow. He plays as Wing or Full Back.Career
Artemyev's representative honours include Leinster Schools, U19s and U20s, Irish Schools & Irish U19s. Vasily came to Blackrock College school from Russia and won schools Junior Cup and Senior Cup medals there. He played for the successful Irish Universities side in 2007.
Vasily played for a number of years in University College Dublin for their rugby team whilst studying law under the stewardship of John McClean and Bobby Byrne. Vasily won the league and Metro Cup with UCD, and was also part of the Intervarsity Team which won the Conroy Cup in 2006 and 2007.
Returning to his native Moscow in 2008, he joined professional club VVA and began representing Russia.
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, before scoring two tries in his Premiership debut against Newcastle Falcons.
He has 83 caps for Russia, since 2009, with 30 tries scored, 150 points on aggregate. He played four games at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, scoring a try against Ireland in a pool game.
