Dupont to miss Six Nations for Olympics
France captain Antoine Dupont will sit out this season’s Six Nations to prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris less than a year after the disappointment of an early World Cup exit.
France captain Antoine Dupont will sit out this season’s Six Nations to prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris less than a year after the disappointment of an early World Cup exit.
France captain Antoine Dupont criticised the refereeing after the tournament hosts crashed out of the World Cup in a one-point defeat to South Africa in the quarter-finals.
France captain Antoine Dupont said on Friday the French coaching staff did not pressurise him to play in this weekend’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against defending champions South Africa.
Antoine Dupont will captain France in his first appearance since undergoing surgery on a fractured cheekbone in the World Cup quarter-final against the Springboks.
Assistant coach Felix Jones said it was up to the Springboks to limit the influence of France captain Antoine Dupont on the World Cup quarter-final in Paris on Sunday.
France’s talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is “100 percent” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said.
France’s hopes that captain Antoine Dupont will be fit to face South Africa in the World Cup quarter-final were boosted when the scrumhalf trained on Wednesday wearing a headguard.
Former All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina has backed the Springboks to “topple” tournament hosts France in the World Cup quarter-final clash on Sunday.
Shaun Edwards is confident that France skipper Antoine Dupont will feature in Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final between the hosts and South Africa, the defending champs.
Faf de Klerk says the Springboks won’t change their approach for the World Cup quarter-final against France based on whether or not Antoine Dupont plays.