Antoine Dupont is still far from returning to the field. Currently in Japan with the French delegation during the Universal Exhibition, in the shoes of the Ambassador of the LVMH brand, the captain of the XV of France said he did not want to precipitate his return after his serious right knee injury during the tournament. His goal? A resumption at the end of November, more than eight months after its breakdown of the crossed ligament.
Since its rupture of the crossed ligament of the right knee On March 8 against IrelandAntoine Dupont began his long convalescence. Four months after his serious injury, the captain of the XV of France continues his rehabilitation. He spent two weeks in Switzerland, at the Tour hospital based in Meyrin, a Center for Sports Medicine, where he followed “a structured and intensive program, designed to accompany him to optimal return to the field”as we learned through a press release.
Now the scrum half of the Toulouse stadium is in Japan, more precisely in Osaka, where the Universal Exhibition is held. Antoine Dupont This is one of the sponsors, as well as the Ambassador of the LVMH brand, which inaugurates an exhibition in the Japanese metropolis. To our colleagues from The teampresent on site, the French international said that he hoped to come back to French lawns by the end of November, more than eight months after his serious right knee injury. “I tell myself that this is already a reasonable delay, he explains. I hope everything will go well by then. “
No November tour
By choosing not to rush his return, Antoine Dupont does not want to take any risks. This means that he does not intend to participate in the fall tour of the XV of France, where three games are scheduled for November 8, 15 and 22 against South Africa, Fiji and Australia. “I’m not sure it would be very intelligent to hurry, even if it’s always hard to miss international appointments, he confides. I still have a few years of career (he is 28 years old, editor’s note), and knees, I only have two, including one (Law) which is already well damaged. So I have to take care of it. ” Indeed, the Toulousain had already been the victim of a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the same knee in February 2018.
In its absence, the French team is not lacking in talent as a melee half, with a substantial reservoir of brilliant players (Lucu, Le Garrec, Serin, Couilloud, Yellow). The selection as well as the Toulouse stadium will therefore have to wait a little more before you can enjoy the genius of Antoine Dupont again.
