2023-10-11 14:34:10
Black helmet screwed to his skull, Antoine Dupont participated (almost) normally in the training of the French fifteen this Wednesday followingnoon in Rueil-Malmaison, four days before the World Cup quarter-final once morest South Africa . The scrum half and captain of the Blues, aligned with the very likely starters, was visibly in great shape three weeks following his maxillo-zygomatic fracture contracted once morest Namibia, even if the contacts were not very intense concerning him at the Parc stadium .
“Antoine is an intelligent and sensible person. If he says he can play once more, it’s because he is at full capacity.”
“Antoine is doing very well,” William Servat, co-coach of the forwards, said a few minutes later at a press conference at Roland-Garros. He was always involved even when he was on a rest period since obviously he needed to recover a little at home. And even over this period, he remained involved in the team’s strategic and technical choices with the small developments and things that we put in place in the game. He remained involved from start to finish even from a distance. And today, Antoine is even more concerned since he has returned with us and he participates very actively in all the training, all the videos and everything that simply makes up the game of the France team. »
Against the Boks, the fight promises to be immense physically. Even more for Dupont perhaps. But among the Blues, we will not change anything in the defensive system. “Antoine has been one of the team’s biggest defenders for a number of years,” continues Servat. He is at 100% capacity and there is no reason to change anything. »
Perhaps, however, it will be necessary to protect him a little more on the field if the South Africans ever decide to target him… And for that, Dupont will be able to count on his elements in the third line. Don’t touch my number 9! “His injury is to the head and in rugby if you touch the head, it’s a red card,” recalls Grégory Alldritt. They won’t do anything either. He saw his surgeon recently who gave him the green light. Antoine is an intelligent and sensible person. If he says he can play once more, it’s because he is at full capacity. »
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