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10:54 a.m., January 3, 2024
Antoine Dupont is expected this Wednesday in Marcoussis where he will discover his new sevens rugby teammates with a view to preparing for the next Olympic Games. An express but essential passage for the captain of the Toulouse stadium who will leave the Paris region at the end of the day.
Antoine Dupont takes his first steps in the French Rugby Sevens team. The captain of the Toulouse stadium is expected this Wednesday in Marcoussis where he will discover his new teammates with a view to preparing for the next Olympic Games in Paris. An express passage for the star of the oval ball who will leave the premises at the end of the day. The scrum half should participate at 10:30 a.m. for the first time in collective training with his new teammates from the French Rugby Sevens team.
After the session, the Toulouse player should attend a press briefing, but this meeting has not yet been confirmed. Even if he has the qualities required for Rugby Sevens, Antoine Dupont, who normally plays with 14 teammates, must get his bearings as quickly as possible to be able to perform well during the Olympics. “There is a collective with a different approach to the game from Rugby 15 so we have to adapt, our partners also have to adapt to their game. They will need several months to feel good and bring home the medal “, tells Europe 1 Richard Astre, a former international.
Several meetings to get used to it
Antoine Dupont, who will continue to defend the colors of the Toulouse stadium, will play several matches with the French 7s team, notably in Vancouver and Los Angeles next February and March in order to be perfectly operational in Paris during the Olympic Games.