France's team doctor Bruno Boussagol said they will take an 'intelligent' approach to captain Antoine Dupont's return to full training before this weekend's World Cup quarter-final.
France’s team doctor Bruno Boussagol said they will take an “intelligent” approach to captain Antoine Dupont’s return to full training before this weekend’s World Cup quarter-final.
“Everything went very quickly because he didn’t suffer any after-effects from his trauma,” Boussagol told reporters. “The pre-requisite of his being to return to contact training was the agreement of the surgeon.“He will train normally, but we will do it intelligently,” he added.“We’re working on it, he’s already tried that type of protection,” Boussagol said. “There are two aspects that are essential with wearing a scrum cap.“There’s a lot of noise in the stadium and Antoine communicates a lot.
He took over the role from flanker Charles Ollivon in November 2021 and led the side to the 2022 Six Nations Grand Slam as well as convincing Test wins over New Zealand and the Springboks. On a negative note for France is that first-choice hooker Julien Marchand remains unavailable due to a hamstring issue suffered in the tournament-opening win over New Zealand.“It’s unlikely we’ll see him in the squad for the game to come. He has to pass quite a few tests between now and the end of the week,” Boussagol said.
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