Dupont Named France Captain For November Tests
Muhammad Rameez Published October 25, 2021 | 07:03 PM
Toulouse scrum-half Antoine Dupont will captain France during next month's Test series with Charles Ollivon injured, the French Rugby Federation announced on Monday
Paris, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Oct, 2021 ) :Toulouse scrum-half Antoine Dupont will captain France during next month's Test series with Charles Ollivon injured, the French Rugby Federation announced on Monday.
Dupont, 24, is considered one of the world's leading players and stands in for Ollivon, who is out until next year with a serious knee injury.
The half-back pipped domestic team-mate and childhood friend Anthony Jelonch, Toulouse captain Julien Marchand as well as Racing 92 centre Gael Fickou and La Rochelle's No. 8 Gregory Alldritt to the role.
This season Dupont has scored twice and made four assists in eight club appearances as the champions sit top of the Top 14 table.
At Test level, he has crossed 10 times in 32 internationals since making his Les Bleus debut in 2017 as a 20-year-old.
He captained Toulouse during May's European Champions Cup final victory with hooker Marchand banned and was named French rugby's club and international player of the year in September.
In February, New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith said Dupont was the best player on the planet.
"This guy is on another level! No one is near him," Smith said on Twitter.
"He's the point of difference for both his club and country," he added.
Les Bleus host Argentina on November 6, Georgia eight days later and the All Blacks, which will also be the 2023 Rugby World Cup's opening fixture, on November 20 over the coming four weeks.
Earlier, Toulouse tight-head prop Dorian Aldegheri replaced La Rochelle's Uini Atonio in the squad.
Atonio, 31, has a muscle injury and was replaced after an hour in his club's Top 14 victory over Toulon on Sunday.
Aldegheri, 28, will compete with Lyon's Demba Bamba and Castres' Wilfrid Hounkpatin for a starting berth.
Fabien Galthie's squad met up at their training base on Sunday, and will miss their club games next weekend.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
More Stories From Sports
-
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
7 hours ago -
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
7 hours ago -
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
7 hours ago -
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
7 hours ago -
Bagnaia hits back with record Jerez practice lap
7 hours ago -
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
7 hours ago
-
Shahzaib Rind calls on Deputy Speaker Balochistan
9 hours ago -
Inter-university weightlifting championship kicks off at SAU
9 hours ago -
T20 World Cup 2024 Trophy unveiling ceremony held
9 hours ago -
Football: Italian Serie A table
10 hours ago -
Football: French Ligue 1 table
11 hours ago -
New Zealand cricket CEO visits PSCA, expresses satisfaction over security arrangements
11 hours ago