Antoine Dupont and Stade Toulousain shone for their Champions Cup debut on Sunday against Ulster. At home, the Rouge et Noir won 61-21 to launch the defense of their title, they who want to seek a seventh star. And the captain of Stade Toulousain and the XV of France had another big game, notably scoring a try. His 24th in the competition since he made his debut. And this try allows the Stade Toulousain scrum half to get a little closer to the mark of James Lowe, current top active scorer in the competition. He has just become second best scorer in the active competition, with one try more than Teddy Thomas.
Dupont soon the biggest?
James Lowe currently has 27 goals, he who was not on the pitch this weekend during Leinster's victory against Bristol. The gap is therefore reduced considerably between Dupont and Lowe and the 28-year-old from Toulouse could well take advantage of being younger to quickly overtake Lowe, aged 32. And while Dupont hopes to quickly overtake Lowe, he could then attack the very best scorers, namely catching up with Tommy Bowe, who has 29 tries, then Brian O'Driscoll and Juan Imhoff, authors of 33 tries. But he could struggle to surpass Chris Ashton's all-time record, a crazy scorer with 41 tries.
However, with Antoine Dupont, nothing is impossible. The Toulouse player will also be keen to overtake his compatriot Vincent Clerc, author of 36 tries and top French try scorer in the competition. The president of Stade Toulousain, Didier Lacroix, is in any case certain that Dupont will surpass everyone and become the best scorer in history in the Champions Cup, as he made known during his appearance on Sud Radio. “I let you imagine that he will most certainly be the record holder, in any case, we all wish him well, and that he will set the bar high enough“, confided the president of the Rouge et Noir, referring to his captain as a player”fresh, sparkling, judicious, daring.“Beautiful words that will touch Dupont.
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Antoine Dupont and Stade Toulousain shone for their Champions Cup debut on Sunday against Ulster. At home, the Rouge et Noir won 61-21 to launch the defense of their title, they who want to seek a seventh star.
