The Blues still have it in their throats. The defeat against South Africa in the quarter-final of the World Cup (28-29) is a wound that will take time to heal for Fabien Galthié’s men. In a joint interview with Thierry Henry for Bros media, the captain of the XV of France Antoine Dupont returned to the immense disillusionment with the Springboks. While “Titi” says he never rewatched the defeat of the French team in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy on penalties, the Stade Toulouse scrum half engaged in a confidence.
“I watched it the next morning (the South Africa match) because I couldn’t sleep. I slept for a few hours, then I couldn’t do it anymore. I said to myself, “Okay, I’ll watch it now, so afterward I won’t watch it anymore,” admitted Dupont. “It was especially the refereeing stuff that I wanted to see again. In 2019 we lost the quarter-final by one point, and I never watched it afterwards. But this one (from 2023), I wanted to see again. I had to, I think I needed it. You always have this impression on the pitch, which is not necessarily the same afterwards. It was to see if this feeling of injustice that we had was real… In the end it’s useless, it has no use, except perhaps to accept more easily , or understand certain things…”, added the best player in the Top 14.
A few minutes after the setback of the French stake”. This time, it seems that the native of Lannemezan, who will participate in the Paris Olympics with the French rugby sevens team, has finally turned the page. It remains to be seen if this is the case for his teammates in the XV of France…
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