When Ireland host France in the Six Nations, take the chance to watch this once-in-a-century creator
Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th-century Germain philosopher born in 1788, 35 years before a naughty boy named Billy Ellis picked up the ball during a game of soccer and sprinted away into rugby mythology.
Last Sunday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Dupont personified Schopenhauer’s description of genius as he created multiple opportunities that no other player on the planet is capable of seeing.‘I have lived the dream’: Conor Murray reflects on Ireland career after announcing retirementPaul O’Connell pays tribute to departing Ireland trio of former team-mates
The crescendo of an astonishing 45-metre drive through the heart of the Italian defence came when Dupont saw Italian centre Tommaso Menoncello step less than a metre out of the defensive alignment. Dupont’s genius was about to hit a target no one else could see. Speed multiplied by strength equals power, and possessing exceptional acceleration allows Dupont to create the power to punch through defenders' tackles to offload to support players seemingly at will. With this pace, he is a peerless support player, which is how he scored two tries against Italy from receiving inside passes on either side of the field from both of his wingers.He is the greatest scrumhalf I have witnessed.
At that time, rugby’s “grim-faced Stakhanovites” were the Kiwis who were fanatically dedicated to playing a brutal forwards-based brand of rugby. The Barbarians, and Edwards in particular, were “the light on the hill”. They held the hope that the game could be an enchanting process, played with “all its simple, unashamed brilliance”.
And when that genius creates something that only he could possibly see, soak in the pleasure of being privileged to witness a true great express his extraordinary abilities.
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