Nothing can happen to Antoine Dupont. The 27-year-old scrum-half played a major role in Stade Toulousain’s crushing victory over Union Bordeaux Bègles (59-3) in the Top 14 final on Friday, June 28. A 23rd Brennus for the club, the fourth personal for the captain of the French team who was also voted man of the match.
He is capable of “revolutionizing his sport”
The Frenchman notably scored two tries, the first in force in the 6th minute by resisting several opponents like a forward, the second a good quarter of an hour later made an impression. With a kick over his counterpart and usual understudy for the Blues Maxime Lucu, the one who had never scored in a final, finished disgusting the UBB by flattening the ball in the in-goal area.
“It’s incredible. We wanted to make history at this club with this generation.”commented Dupont after the meeting on Canal+, explaining that he “achieved much more than he could have imagined as a child”This season, he has won multiple titles, winning the final tournament of the rugby 7s season, the Champions Cup against Leinster and therefore the Top 14.
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Enough to arouse the admiration of his trainer Ugo Mola. “I remain convinced that few players have the capacity to change their sport […] and I think that Antoine, in the few years he has left, is capable of revolutionizing his sport. » The next step will be the Paris Olympic Games with the Blues of rugby 7s.
