Since the return of the World Cup, Antoine Dupont still seems to be looking for his best level and has suffered some criticism in the Stade Toulousain jersey. In this more complicated period, the French scrum-half can nevertheless count on the support of his manager in Toulouse, Ugo Mola. Questioned by the Team on Tuesday, the technician defended his captain.
“Antoine has been thrown out to pasture! We constantly heard: “It’s Antoine who decides!” He decides to have surgery, he decides to come back to the game, he decides to train, he decides to play, he decides to talk about refereeing, he decides to go to the Olympics, he decides… OK. Antoine decides on many things. But there are people who surround him and who are also there to make certain decisions,” he declared, regarding Dupont’s decision to miss the Six Nations Tournament to favor rugby sevens and Paris Olympic Games.
“As he is the icon that everyone dreamed of and he is very strong, we make him make all the decisions. Besides, I think that one of the reasons for the failure of the Blues at the World Cup is that the moral authority of Bernard Laporte (the former president of the FFR), which we like it or not, was missed by the entire ecosystem of French rugby, added Mola. At the end of the journey, I have the feeling that Antoine was alone. It should not be the only standard.”
At the beginning of December, before Toulouse’s victory against Cardiff (52-7) in the Champions Cup, Antoine Dupont had come to terms with his current difficulties. “We can’t survive every meeting, even if I’m the first to get frustrated when things don’t go so well. I am aware of my current level and the level at which I claim to be.
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