In recent months, Antoine Dupont has become a true icon. His status goes far beyond being a simple rugby player. He knew how to seduce the public well beyond the green rectangle where it has shined brightly for many years. Considered by many specialists as the best player in the world, the Blues scrum-half has incredible aura and charisma.
Like Zinédine Zidane in his time, he has a very discreet personality. A discretion that is made of observation before gradually revealing itself without ever departing from its simplicity. The captain of the Blues has, through this character and charisma, become the face of the LVMH group and a true darling of sport in France. His title of Olympic champion serves as the icing on the cake.
Antoine Dupont, luxury rugby ambassador
Antoine Dupont has become over time the standard bearer of French rugby. He does not, moreover, have not hesitated to take very strong positions when it was necessary to combat homophobia in his sport. He thus delivered a very important message in the magazine Stubborn. “The goal is for all players to feel good about their sexuality and accepted by others. And this should be the case for all team sports…”.
Very attached to the values of his sport, he is its ambassador throughout the world. Present during his few days off in the United States, he was seen meeting players from the Los Angeles Chargers NFL club. He also took the time to see Blaise Matuidi on the Miami side. The latter also posted a message on his Instagram account to celebrate the arrival of the captain of the Blues. « Welcome to Miami golden boy ». The two tricolors also shared training which seemed quite physically demanding.
His choice to stop rugby sevens
There will undoubtedly be a before and after Olympic Games in the life of the Toulouse resident. For almost a year, he dedicated himself body and soul to winning Olympic gold with the French 7s rugby team. A challenge that he took on not without difficulty, he who at the same time had to perform well with his Stade Toulousain club in 15s rugby. But as the adage goes : Impossible is not French.
After having succeeded in tackling this double challenge, Antoine Dupont finally announced that he was going to return to a less busy schedule. “It’s still very hard to do both, we’re not going to lie, so I’m going to return to XV wisely, but it was an incredible experience.” In any case, it is with the feeling of duty accomplished that the Toulouse scrum half will be able to return to terrorize the defenses of the Top 14 and the VI Nations Tournament.
