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Sunday evening, at the Toulouse Stadium against Stade Français, the captain of Stade Toulousain and the XV of France will put an end to his year 2024. Will the one who has never lost as a starter start the match?
X Factor. Voted best rugby sevens player in the world in 2024, Antoine Dupont was the big favorite to win this XV title. But since it is impossible for the scrum half from Stade Toulousain and the XV of France to combine the two, he was then rewarded with his gold medal won in Paris, the first in the history of the team. France rugby sevens.
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“Every time he touches something, he turns it into gold,” his teammate Stephen Parez said about him. A major player in the Top 14-Champions Cup double won with Stade Toulousain during the 2023/2024 season, the Haut-Pyrénées is about to end an absolutely crazy 2024.
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An incredible year 2024
As proof, 48 hours before hosting Stade Français at the Toulouse Stadium for his last match of the year, Antoine Dupont posted a 100% victory rate when he was started (22 victories). Its only defeat in 2024 was recorded on March 24 during the trip to Bordeaux-Bègles (31-28).
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The scrum half then started as a substitute, he who was returning from a meeting with the French team at 7, precisely, but came into play after five minutes to replace the injury of Thomas Ramos. As Le Figaro reports, Antoine Dupont in 2024, it's above all 5 trophies, 7 individual distinctions, or even 16 tries, 31 assists, 61 offloads, 21 scratches… In short, it will be difficult to do better in 2025.
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