While Antoine Dupont is expected on Durban’s lawn this Saturday for a shock at the top against the Sharks, the tricolor half of melee could benefit from a new rule.
This is the first major meeting of the year for Antoine Dupont. Pending the kick-off of the Six Nations tournament at the end of the month, the Toulouse stadium has indeed meets with the Sharks this Saturday in Champions Cup. A poster that will give rise to hot reunions with some of the Blues’ executioners in the quarter -finals of the World Cup.
As usual, Antoine Dupont will be particularly expected. It’s going to be an interesting challenge. We cannot say that a player changes a whole team but he creates a lot of opportunities for Toulouse, “said him his vis-à-vis Jaden Hendrikse in remarks relayed by The team While the Ox Nché pillar affirmed: “All the teams playing against Antoine Dupont know that they must focus on him and anticipate what he will do. As soon as you are decentralizing, he takes advantage of it. »»
Antoine Dupont will have more time
And Antoine Dupont will be all the more dangerous since he should be advantaged by one of the new rules implemented by the EPCR and which come into force this weekend. She wants to protect the melee half more when he takes out the ball from a ruck, a maul or a fray by preventing the defenses from putting too much pressure, allowing him to have more time and space. A boon for the old Castres.
“We talked about it during the week, entrusted Ox Nché. This rule promotes a more fluid and fast game by giving more space to the melee half. We need a lot to talk to each other in defense, anticipate, do what we have to do. Even if he (Antoine Dupont) will have a little more time in the ruck, we will not let him take us off guard. We trained for this. »»
