Dupont is not the best player of all time, a former international balances

For Brian O'Driscoll, Antoine Dupont is not yet the best player of all time. The former Irish international spoke during the broadcast of a documentary on Jonah Lomu, the colossus of the All Blacks who died at the age of 40 in 2015. While Lomu revolutionized Rugby in the 1990s, his mark in the world of oval ball is immense and Brian O'Driscoll spoke about it, with strong words. He felt that Jonah Lomu remained the best of all time, even today, even if he had important words for Dupont, whom he esteems enormously.

Dupont below Lomu for O'Driscoll

“I was lucky – or rather unlucky – to be able to play against him three times. The first time, New Zealand launched an action that I had seen coming: the 10 for the 12, then behind 13 for Jonah. I knew this was going to happen. And I did my best, I really did. But I was nothing more than a speed bump in his path. He was unlike anything we had seen before 1995 and I don't know if we will ever see anyone make such a difference in the sport. Antoine Dupont is probably trying to break all of this. For me, Jonah Lomu was just a different level. Someone who was a god in sports. It brought something totally different that the game had never seen before“, said O'Driscoll, in comments transcribed by Sports. Although he recognizes Dupont's immense talent with his own words, the former Irish international believes that Jonah Lomu remains the greatest of all time, through his strength, his technique or even his vision of the game. But by the end of his career, Antoine Dupont will perhaps have changed the mind of the former player of the XV du Trèfle.

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