Antoine Dupont was on everyone’s lips before this meeting between Toulouse and Clermont, the one of his return. The scrum half wasted no time in justifying this enthusiasm with, first a try, only four minutes after his entry, then two new achievements. History of leaving his mark on this meeting and showing that he is back.
There is no longer any doubt, Antoine Dupont is back on the rugby fields. To the great happiness of the Red and Black and the great misfortune of his adversaries. The scrum-half scored a hat-trick, just to be sure. A performance obviously highlighted by his friend Anthony Jelonch at the microphone of Canal + after this recital. “He came back, in 10 minutes he scored a hat-trick, it’s only him who knows how to do it. I’m very happy for him, the public was behind him and it’s great, smiled the third row before continuing. Since he came back he has been in good shape. Afterwards he didn’t cut too much, he continued to train so this evening he made a very good comeback and he did us a lot of good.”
Toulouse celebrated Antoine Dupont’s first steps this season by improving against Clermont, ending a series of two consecutive defeats. The scrum half scored a hat-trick in twelve minutes for his comeback.
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“These are not the hardest tries I have scored in my career”
Eight weeks of vacation which did the greatest good for the Toulouse resident who returned in a form that he undoubtedly never really abandoned during this break. He who always keeps the oval ball in the corner of his head. “I took advantage of the holidays but each time I came back to training it made me want to be on the field with my friends again on the weekend. I knew that I had a good period to recover and that ‘Afterwards I could get back to it fully so I arrived with enthusiasm for training’ confided the best player in the world 2021 to the broadcaster’s microphone.
This return, Toulouse did not ask for more to regain its game which had sometimes escaped it during its last two losses. So from the start of the match, while Dupont was still on the bench, the Rouge et Noir were able to find their way to lead 20-0 at the break. Obviously not enough for the prince of the city, who therefore scored three new tries, just to definitively seal the deal and sign his return with a capital “D”. “To start again with a match like that with a lot of desire, a lot of movements is a pleasure. The guys who are in this locker room I have known them for years so the automatisms come back straight away and even if I was not there during several months I feel like I left yesterday” admitted the Olympic champion. Regarding his incredible hat-trick“Toto” preferred not to pull the plug.“It’s anecdotal, in my position I always try to be in the right place at the right time. Sometimes it smiles more than others, these are not the hardest tries that I have scored in my career. ” he concluded at the end of the game.
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