Scrum coach William Servat was speaking after 26-year-old trained for the second day wearing a headguard.
FRANCE’S TALISMANIC captain Antoine Dupont is “100%” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said.The scrum-half was given the green light to return to full contact training earlier this week after undergoing surgery on a fractured cheekbone.Advertisement Due to Dupont’s injury, the Springboks could target him defensively but Servat poured cold water on the idea of changing the half-back’s role in that part of the game.
Dupont’s teammate Gregory Aldritt said the 2021 World Player of the Year is not the type to pretend he has recovered so that he can play.“If he says he can play again, it means that he’s fully able to do so,” he added. Dupont’s importance to France is underlined by the fact he has yet to lose on home soil as skipper and often acts as a ninth forward on the field.
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