New Zealand's Anton Lienert-Brown has described France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont as a 'freakish player' ahead of the teams' clash on Saturday.
New Zealand’s Anton Lienert-Brown has described France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont as a “freakish player” ahead of the teams’ clash on Saturday.Olympic sevens champion Dupont, who turns 28 on Friday, returned to Les Bleus’ 15-a-side team for the first time in more than a year in last weekend’s win over Japan.
“A freakish player but if we can dominate collisions, then Antoine Dupont won’t have as much time on the ball. The victories have silenced the doubters after Scott Robertson started his tenure as coach with an unconvincing June series and Rugby Championship campaign.“The reality is in high performance sport, and when you’re playing for the All Blacks, you’ve got to win and you expect to win.
“The special thing about rugby and in this environment and all the professional environments is if you’re not a hardworking, good person, you probably won’t be around for long,” he added. Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Mickael Guillard, 21 Charles Ollivon, 22 Nolann Le Garrec, 23 Emilien Gailleton15 Will Jordan, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Reiko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Wallace Sititi, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Samipeni Finau, 5 Tupou Vaa’i, 4 Scott Barrett , 3 Tyral Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Tamaiti...
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