Dazzling Dupont brings France cheer heading into new year

AFP Mon, 29 December 2025 at 11:17 am UTC·3 min read France were worthy Six Nations champions in 2025 but the awful knee injury suffered by their captain and scrum-half Antoine Dupont in Dublin in March cast a long shadow over the celebrations. The French huffed and puffed during the Autumn internationals, seeing off Fiji and Australia but slumping to a 32-17 loss to South Africa, the benchmark of world rugby. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement One man doesn't make a team but the spark that Dupont brings to any side was missing. It took eight months for his anterior cruciate...