If he shines on the ground, Antoine Dupont also multiplies projects outside rugby with a certain happiness. A mixture of the genres to which the captain of the XV of France returned.
Antoine Dupont may be on the side since his terrible injury suffered during the shock against Ireland during the Six Nations tournament, the scrum half is not unemployed. Operated last month, the Toulouse captain is tightening up with his rehabilitation and still hopes to be on the fall tests and in particular for reunion with South Africa.
But the former Castres also has enough to take care of rugby. He recently launched with his brother a new restaurant, at Jean, right next to the family farm relaunched two years ago to make it a cottage. And last year, the native of Lannemezan also opened a restaurant in the heart of Toulouse, Gaia, this time with his teammate Pierre-Louis Barassi as well as two friends restaurateurs, Thomas Affre and Julien Mas.
And Antoine Dupont multiplies projects without it seems to harm his performance on the ground. He explained it to Fiducial, historic sponsor of the Toulouse stadium, on LinkedIn.
Antoine Dupont has “a lot of career years”
“I think we have to do things that interest us and that we do with passion, He explained. I have also invested in startups where I take care of it less for the moment because obviously I am busy with my career. But I try to take an interest in other subjects. It also made me put a foothold in the after -career and in my retraining. »»
At 28, the captain of the XV of France also also mentioned his retraining. “It’s hard for me to project myself since I have a lot of years of career,
he said to start. It is also hard to convert because finding an area that fascinates us as much as sport is never easy. But in any case, I think I will do several things. I am still quite curious and then I get tired quickly. So in my opinion, I will need several activities. »»
