Fabien Galthie furious over Antoine Dupont injury as France demolish Ireland

France head coach Fabien Galthie branded the incident which injured Antoine Dupont “reprehensible” following a 42-27 demolition of Guinness Six Nations title rivals Ireland in Dublin.

Les Bleus captain Dupont – widely-regarded as the world’s best player – is suspected to have suffered serious knee damage after being hurt during a ruck clearout involving Ireland pair Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter.

Galthie said France had cited both Beirne and Porter in their post-match report.

The visitors emphatically overcame the major first-half setback to blow open the championship title race by extinguishing Ireland’s Grand Slam dream with a devastating five-try victory.

“There is a suspicion of a quite serious knee injury to Antoine,” said Galthie. “He is suffering – let’s say it how it is.

“I don’t want to go into details, mainly due to medical confidentiality. We have cited two players – Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter – in our post-match report.”

Speaking to France 2 TV, he added: “In terms of the action, in my opinion it was reprehensible, and there are ways to study and analyse it.

“We feel for him today. He is suffering and we are suffering with him.”