If retirement time is far from having come for Antoine Dupont, his teammate Cyril Baille has ideas for his post-career.
At 28 years old, Antoine Dupont is at the top of his art. The French scrum half proved it throughout the year. Whether by leading Stade Toulousain to a resounding Champions Cup-Top 14 double, by guiding the French Rugby sevens team to Olympic gold in Paris or by leading the French XV to a perfect three on three during fall testing.
Antoine Dupont is now focused on the 2027 World Cup, his main objective for the years to come, and does not rule out also being at the World Cup in the United States in 2031.
“I don’t know, I didn’t plan at all. I will see what state my body is in by then and how my head is too,” he confided in the heart of autumn.
Antoine Dupont president!
For after rugby, Antoine Dupont should have no shortage of proposals. His good friend Cyril Baille already has an idea for him, as do the other members of their gang. “ I just hope one thing is that at the end of our careers we try to coach together. It would be cool to be in a project where we are all together with Grégory Alldritt, Julien Marchand, Anthony Jelonch, Antoine Dupont, Dorian Aldegheri…”, he confided in Crunch, the L’Equipe podcast.
-And the pillar already knows what role Antoine Dupont could play.
“Toto (Dupont) would be president. Today, he is so much on another planet that we have to make him president. Afterwards, we will work things out between us. One will go to the sidelines, one to the scrum, one manager…”, explained the Toulouse forward. It remains to be seen where. “At Stade Toulousain? Or elsewhere, we cannot know. But at the Stadium, it would be fantastic (laughs). I would love to, he whispered. I would like to stay in the rugby world. Perhaps with the Hopes to be with them, this duty of transmission. »
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