Antoine Dupont’s recital on Sunday against La Rochelle, just one month after his return from injury, impressed his teammates.
Stade Toulousain offered a new show of force on Sunday. A week after their great victory on the LOU pitch, the French champions crushed La Rochelle at Ernest-Wallon. And already to his advantage in the Rhône, Antoine Dupont was dazzling on Sunday, delivering a real recital.
With two tries and two assists, the Haut-Garonne scrum-half was the main architect of the Toulouse festival, the former Castres adding sharp accelerations and devastating kicks. Just one month after his return to the field after eight months of absence due to a serious knee injury, Antoine Dupont seems to have already regained his best level, which the person concerned confirms.
“I feel like before honestly, I have no embarrassment. I found my rugby again quite quickly, he confided at the end of his festival against the Maritimes. I had some apprehensions at the beginning, that’s normal after an injury like that. But honestly I regained all my faculties quite quickly. I have no more excuses for what comes next. Well, if it continues like this, I hope my knee leaves me alone. »
“He made the Martian”
This return with fanfare amazed his teammates. “He played Martian: left foot, right foot,” he said. Thomas Ramos also made a nice pass with his foot. When ‘Toto’ is like that, you can’t say anything, he’s the engine of the team. When you play with a guy like that, it’s extraordinary. »
“Of course he still impresses, especially since it’s been a month since I last saw him up close,” he continued. It’s not Antoine Dupont for nothing. It’s an honor to play with guys like that and especially to have him on the team, it’s something pretty incredible. To be able to evolve alongside him and for the public to come and see him too… What he still does today is crazy. »
Backline coach, Clément Poitrenaud was equally impressed. “Antoine took a little time to regain sensations and that’s normal after almost a season without playing,” he underlined. But this evening, he led the game in a remarkable way, he took initiatives as he is capable of doing. We have the feeling of having found a ‘Toto’ almost 100%. »
