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LYON : France will undoubtedly miss captain Antoine Dupont for as along as he is sidelined by a facial fracture but, centre Arthur Vincent said, have other players who can take up his leadership role at the World Cup.
France were sweating on the condition of captain Antoine Dupont after the mercurial scrum-half suffered a suspected jaw fracture during the hosts' record 96-0 victory against Namibia at the Rugby World Cup on Thursday.
The Rugby World Cup's seventh highest score was marred by his game-ending injury, after he was in a head-on-head collision with Namibia captain Johan Deysel in the 45th minute. Deysel was yellow-carded for the dangerous upright hit while Dupont walked off in distress. He left Stade Velodrome immediately for hospital scans.
MARSEILLE, France: Magnificent France romped to their biggest-ever rugby victory when they ran in 14 tries, including a hat-trick for Damian Penaud, to crush Namibia 96-0 in a raucous Marseille Velodrome on Thursday (Sep 21) to keep their World Cup adventure rolling on.
An injury to talisman Antoine Dupont marred France's biggest-ever rugby victory when they ran in 14 tries, including a hat-trick for Damian Penaud, to crush Namibia 96-0 in Marseille.
Last week’s rip-roaring victory over three-time winners New Zealand was always going to be a hard act to follow for the hosts, but few had expected them to struggle against Uruguay, one of the lowest-ranked teams at the tournament, who put on a defiant spectacle at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille.
Les Bleus opened the tournament with a rip-roaring victory over three-time winners New Zealand last week, and are now favourites to secure a quarter-final berth by topping Pool A.
All matches at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France will include a water break in each half, World Rugby has confirmed.