Antoine Dupont: against New Zealand, “the gap could have been wider”… The star player takes stock of the fall tour of the XV of France

After a year of absence, Antoine Dupont returned to the XV of France in November. Not without success, since the Blues achieved a flawless performance with three victories in three matches.

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“A very positive result, obviously,” said the Toulouse player at a press conference after the match won against Argentina this Friday evening (37-23). “But I think what is even more positive is our margin for improvement. We beat the All Blacks by a single point (30-29, Editor's note), but I think that with a little more rigor, the gap could have been wider and today we are at 30 to 9 at the break, after which there was a moment of relaxation. We will have things to work on to be even more ready for the Tournament one day. of the Six Nations, which will begin on January 31 against Wales at the Stade de France, Editor's note).

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Relaunched to find out what the Blues' areas of progress were, the French captain continued: “We were talking about our offensive game, I think we can have more consistency. We were able to be pragmatic, score with very little time to game, but our game cells and everything we work on during the week, we have difficulty finding it at the weekend. It's a bit of a shame when we see the qualities we have, the offensive weapons we have. we have, that we doesn't have more cartridges to exploit them. Generally speaking, our defense was still positive, but we defended a lot in the three matches. We need to be able to have more attacking balls. .”

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And to conclude, finally, on his happiness at returning to XV with the Blues: “I think we were all happy to see each other again, obviously. Me perhaps a little more since I left them a year ago. So there was a lot of enthusiasm, joy at being reunited with the group, my friends from the France team and impatience to play these matches. But I think that like the team, I. I also have quite a few things that I I could improve in the next matches.”