France’s talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is “100 percent” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said. Servat was speaking after 26-year-old Dupont trained for the second day wearing a headguard. The scrumhalf was given the green light to return to full contact training earlier this week...
France captain Antoine Dupont sustained a facial fracture in the record victory over Namibia, but has not yet been ruled out of the World Cup, the French federation announced Friday. “Specialised surgical advice was requested to assess how long he will be unavailable for,” added the federation. France, who ran in 14 tries in a...
Flanker Anthony Jelonch was named in host nation France’s Rugby World Cup squad by head coach Fabien Galthie on Monday despite suffering from a serious knee injury. Jelonch, 27, made the last of his 25 Test appearances in February when he ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in the Six Nations victory over Scotland. Les Bleus...
France fly-half Romain Ntamack left the field with a suspected knee problem and Scotland winger Duhan van der Merwe also suffered an injury as the World Cup hosts won 30-27 in a warm-up match in Saint-Etienne on Saturday. Ntamack, 24, was helped off the field after 55 minutes less than a month before the start...