Antoine Dupont: “The most complicated thing is getting him back on the bus”… “Dupontmania”, a headache to manage for Stade Toulousain

He’s back. Replacing this Saturday evening against Clermont, Antoine Dupont is preparing to play again with his club Toulouse this Saturday October 12, more than three months after the triumph in the Top 14 final against Union Bordeaux-Bègles.

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Crowned with the title of Olympic champion in rugby 7 during the Paris Games where he was more than decisive in the final against Fiji, the scrum half has taken on a whole new dimension, in the media, in recent weeks. And this while the cursor of his fame was already very high.

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The expectation is therefore enormous around the player, and his Toulouse club measures it perfectly, like manager Jérôme Cazalbou, who declares to our colleagues at The Team : “The impact is likely to be greater than it already was for our supporters and the public who come to the stadium.”

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And he also added, referring to away matches where everyone wants to approach the star: “He’s one of the rare players for whom we are obliged to find subterfuges to extract him from the locker room. The hard part is getting him back on the bus.”

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It is not uncommon to see up to 2000 people waiting for Antoine Dupont after a meeting to try to get a photo, a signature on a jersey…