XV of France: “He really plays on instinct, which is difficult to manage”… Great in number 9, what is Antoine Dupont worth in 10?

Antoine Dupont knows how to do everything. He has regularly demonstrated this throughout his career, like his brilliant time with the French 7s team, crowned Olympic champion at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This Friday evening, against the Springboks, double reigning world champions, he will help out at the opening due to the cascade of injuries at the number 10 position (Ntamack, Jalibert, Ramos and Hastoy are out). The French staff preferred him to Maxime Lucu, another versatile scrum half who made an impeccable entry last Saturday in Lyon, after the injury to Romain Ntamack against Fiji.

When justifying this tactical choice, Fabien Galthié explained, Wednesday at a press conference, that the Blues “worked in this organization. This is an immense challenge to take on. It’s a challenge in which we took a lot of pleasure in trying to design something that could give us the most... the most support, the most balance in our handling of the game...