France captain sustained injury in head-to-head clash with Johan Deysel of Namibia
“Antoine Dupont has suffered a maxillo-zygomatic fracture. A specialist surgical opinion has been requested to determine the exact length of the player’s unavailability. Antoine Dupont remains with the France squad,” the FFR said in a statement.
Dupont sustained the injury in the 46th minute at the Stade de Marseille on Thursday in a head-to-head clash with Johan Deysel, whose initial yellow card was upgraded to a red. The mercurial scrumhalf looks set to at least miss France’s last Pool A game against Italy on October 6th and is a big doubt for their potential quarter-final clash against world number one Ireland or defending champions South Africa.
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