While a decision had not yet been made on Friday afternoon regarding surgical intervention, Antoine Dupont was finally operated on during the night from Friday to Saturday according to our information. The scrum half from Stade Toulouse had a plaque placed on him. “Within a few days”, the scrum half “will be able to return to the French team in a process of progressive sporting resumption and under medical supervision”, specified the French Rugby Federation, without giving further details. directions.
Operated in Toulouse
The star captain of the French a maxillozygomatic fracture.
He returned to Toulouse on Friday to consult specialists, including Frédéric Lauwers, specialist in maxillofacial and facial plastic surgery, and decide in particular whether to have an operation or not. “A specialist surgical opinion was requested to precisely define the duration of unavailability,” the FFR specified.
Back at best for the semi-final
“Within a few days”, the scrum half “will be able to return to the French team in a process of gradual sporting resumption and under medical supervision”, specified the FFR, without giving further indications. The return of the superstar of the Blues, hosts and favorites for the 2023 World Cup, is good news for the French XV, even if its exact resumption date is not yet known.
Doctor Bernard Dusfour, former president of the medical commission of the National Rugby League (LNR), explained to AFP on the eve of this operation that, in the event of surgery, the minimum unavailability for a high-level athlete is “four weeks”. Which would only allow a return to the semi-final at best.
“I have always said that the problem in rugby is playing injured players. It is not a good idea. And the question we will have to ask ourselves is the question that Fabien Galthié will have to ask himself with all his staff: is Lucu at 100% or Couilloud at 100% inferior to Antoine Dupont, who was operated on, who received a blow to the head?” he added .