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7:19 p.m., November 15, 2023
The French Rugby Federation indicated on Wednesday that the captain and scrum half of the French XV Antoine Dupont would “join”, in January, “the group which will prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games” in rugby sevens. This integration will be made official next Monday on the sidelines of an FFR event.
The captain and scrum half of the French XV Antoine Dupont will “join”, in January, “the group which will prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games” in rugby sevens, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) told AFP on Wednesday . The integration of Dupont (27 years old, 52 caps) will be formalized next Monday on the sidelines of a D-250 event organized by the FFR at the headquarters of France Télévisions, broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
As a result, Fabien Galthié’s XV of France will have to do without its starting scrum half for the next VI Nations Tournament, which will begin on February 2, 2024 in Marseille against Ireland.
All stakeholders have agreed
All stakeholders (club, player, Federation, XV and VII selections) agreed, after the World Cup ended in the quarter-finals against South Africa (29-28), that the French rugby superstar can try his luck at the Olympics. But Dupont will still have to convince the general manager of the French sevens rugby team, Christophe Reigt, and the coach, Jérôme Daret.
With this in mind, the Toulouse player will participate in the world circuit, starting with the two tournaments in Vancouver (February 23-25) and Los Angeles (March 2-3), with the Blues, currently fourth in the world rankings, it is say in the middle of the VI Nations Tournament.