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Following the affairs which shook the summer of French Rugby, the captain of the XV of France and Stade Toulousain spoke about the new living environment imposed on the Blues by the French Federation.
He will be the leader of a French XV whose love rating needs to rise. Antoine Dupont has been named captain of the French rugby team for the 2024 fall tour. Three matches are on the program, all at the Stade de France: Japan (November 9), New Zealand (16) and Argentina (23).
In recent weeks, the “XV of France” institution has, however, been undermined by several cases: the indictment for rape of Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, but also the racist remarks made by Melvyn Jaminet in a video .
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These facts occurred in July, during the summer tour in Argentina. The players who then made up the team were different from those selected for the November meetings. However, a new living environment, applying to everyone, was established by the French Rugby Federation following these serious cases.
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Antoine Dupont and his teammates on the fall tour will therefore be left to endure the effects of these new disciplinary rules: “I was outside of everything that happened,” he explained during an interview on Sud Radio this Friday, November 1. “I experienced this from afar. There was a real consideration of past events, and there are things that will be put in place. It will be part of the new features of this tour.”
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For the moment, the return of Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou is not on the agenda: they have resumed club competition but remain under investigation pending a non-compliance hearing. place. Melvyn Jaminet was heavily suspended.
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