Captain Antoine Dupont says he is “happy to be back” as France seek to deny Ireland an unprecedented third successive Six Nations title. The star scrumhalf missed last year’s tournament to focus on rugby sevens in the build-up to the Paris Games and his decision paid off in style with a gold medal at the
France skipper Antoine Dupont believes that Toulouse’s thrashing of Leicester Tigers in the Investec Champions Cup was the perfect warm-up for the Six Nations. Dupont scored two of the 12 tries on Sunday as the six-time champions hammered Michael Cheika’s Tigers 80-12 in their final pool game of the European tournament that also includes South
Toulouse fullback Thomas Ramos has added his voice to the concerns about the toll of a South African leg on European-based players in the Investec Champions Cup. This after the reigning champions returned home from the Republic on Monday, having spent two days travelling to Durban and back on six flights to face the Sharks
