Without him, it’s still a little less easy. After three matches in this edition of the Six Nations tournament, the French XV has only one victory and conceded, this Sunday in Lille, a disappointing draw against Italy (13-13). Precisely 7,781 km away, in Vancouver in Canada, the usual number 9 of the Blues Antoine Dupont could only note the difficulties of his teammates, while he tried his new role in rugby sevens. .
“With the time difference, we get up early, so I was almost able to watch the whole match this morning,” he confided this Sunday, in comments relayed by RMC. I was very disappointed for them. Once again, we have the impression that we don’t want to do it, to take this card before half-time (Danty). We got off to a very good start to the match where maybe we didn’t score enough. »
“And afterward, we fall back a little into the pitfalls of the last matches where we have difficulty finding ourselves a little collectively even if we feel that we have a lot of desire, of enthusiasm,” he continues. The players are not giving up but it is difficult to do so. I still support them 200% and I hope they finish this tournament strong, with two great victories achieved. I know they can do it and I hope they do it. »
For its part, the French rugby sevens team won the bronze medal of the Vancouver tournament, losing by a short header in the semi-final against New Zealand (28-26), before largely winning. win against the United States in the small final (42-12).