The night of rugby notably rewarded Antoine Dupont, Stade Toulousain and Vannes during his 20th edition, which was held this Monday at Olympia.
The gratin of French rugby met at the Olympia this Monday evening, for the traditional night of rugby, of which it was the 20th edition and of which Serge Blanco was the godfather. A 2024 edition – necessarily – placed under the sign of Olympism, with the presence of the French male rugby team at 7 Olympic champion (which offered the public its now legendary choreography on Miami Will Smith), and several medalists to put the trophies (Althéa Laurin, Titouan Castryck, Angèle Hug, Romane Dicko, Sara Balzer, Lisa Barbelin, Dany Dann, Alexis Hanquinquit).
Lancer of this triumph of July 27 at the Stade de France, Antoine Dupont was the great man of this evening at Olympia. He received two trophies : that of best player in the top 14 (for the third time after 2021 and 2023) and that of the best French international (trophy received from the hands of his idol when he was a child, Fréderic Michalak). Sacred French champion and European champion, his team from the Toulouse stadium was also honored, since Ugo Mola and his assistants received, without any surprise, the trophy for the best staff, as last year.
The quadruple for Raynal
On the pro D2 side, the RC Vannes, crowned champion of France and who has discovered the top 14 for a few weeks, has been rewarded, through his staff led Jean-Noël Spitzer. The Portuguese melee half of Béziers Samuel Marques received the trophy for best player. Among the other lucky elected officials of the evening, we will remember that the Vannetais Thibault Debaes was elected best player in the EXTENSO SUPERSEVENS (in the midst of the 2024 Olympic champions, he said that arguing the next Olympic Games was “not necessarily” a goal, before leaving the scene a little precipitous), that the Palois Théo Attissogbé succeeded to his Emilian teammate Gailleton as the revelation of the season that Provence Rugby received the prize for societal engagement for his “XV school”, which Mathieu Raynal, now retired, received the trophy for the best referee for the fourth time, the third in a row, and that Séraphine Okemba (currently in Canada with the XV of France) was elected best French international.
The Fijian winger of the Stade Français Peniasi Dakuwaqa received, with 15,000 public votes, the trophy of the most beautiful test of the season (among 1039 marked trials!), After his feat against Racing, where he had crossed the field in all its length to go and score. Finally, 20th edition obliges, Thierry Dusautoir, the former captain of the XV of France and five -time winner of the Brennus shield received the “Prix des 20 years” from Serge Blanco and Max Guazzini.
