At the end of his team’s demonstration against UBB in the final on Friday evening, Antoine Dupont, without hiding the fact that he would never have thought he would one day be able to boast of such a record, was above all delighted to see his generation write even more the legend of Stade Toulousain.
When giving his first impression after this new successful double with Stade Toulousain, Friday evening in Marseille after an almost historic thrashing (59-3) inflicted in the Top 14 final on a totally powerless UBB, Antoine Dupont had only one desire: to rush off to join his other heroic teammates to share with them this new Brennus Shield and this new double. At the microphone of Canal Plusthe star scrum-half of the Red and Blacks, still dazzling and logically elected man of the match (and not only because he was one of the Toulousains to have scored twice in this final) nevertheless took a few minutes to share his happiness, intense and beautiful to see, as well as the score of his team in this final without appeal.
“It’s incredible for the history of this club and for the history of these guys. We’ve really wanted for several seasons now to leave our mark on the club with this generation. And that’s what we’re doing by doing this double. And it shows the extent of this club.” Dupont’s list of achievements, meanwhile, has grown by another line. He almost has a hard time believing it. “I’ve achieved much more than I could have imagined as a child. You have to achieve, but not too much, to keep the motivation to continue training and winning.”
Dupont: “We’re starting to get a bit of experience, and some of us are getting grey hair.”
And the former captain of the French XV, who decided to take a break at 7, knows it: victory is even sweeter when it is achieved like on Friday. Like many, he was nevertheless far from imagining that his opponent would sink to this point. The magical number 9 nevertheless has his own idea about the reasons for this slap inflicted on the Girondins.
“We still have a young group but we are starting to have a bit of experience, and a few grey hairs for some (he smiles). And the experience of this kind of match. That’s what guided us and carried us today (Friday) (…) We showed enormous desire and enthusiasm, but also a coolness and calm that allow us to win matches at this level, we know that, and we showed it at the start of the match, which was almost perfect.” Because more than ever in France, there is Toulouse and the others. Just like there is Dupont and the others.
