After the Blues’ heavy defeat against Ireland (17-38), at the opening of the Six Nations tournament on Friday evening, Dave Apadu criticized Antoine Dupont’s choice to leave the French XV to devote himself to rugby sevens to prepare. Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Almost four months after its massive disappointment at the World Cup, the French XV returns to competition this Friday evening at the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille, with a shocking start to the VI Nations tournament against Ireland. A reunion with the masses of France was ill-advised for Fabian Galthy’s squad, characterized by the XV du Trefle (17-38).
The second consecutive defeat for the Blues did not feature French rugby star Antoine Dupont, who decided to skip the VI Nations to focus on his preparation with the French rugby sevens team in view of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Games. A totally unfathomable choice for Dave Appadu.
“L“Rugby is on another planet.”
“I think rugby is on another planet. He is the best player in the world (Antoine Dupont). He is the figure of French rugby and from afar, he is what carries it, what revives it, it is for him that people go to the stadium. And like a letter from the post, we say so precisely: “It’s a shame, it’s a pity”, we sacrifice it for a project in another discipline with the French team, including the VI Nations tournament. For the Olympic Games”L’Equipe condemned the journalist on the set of the channel.
And to continue his boast: “I transfer: it seems that you don’t have eleven-a-side football in the Olympics but seven-a-side football, it seems that Kylian Mbappé said: “Keep your Euros, I’m going to train with the team French mini football and I want to participate in the games”, what would we have said! It’s about the state! He is being murdered! In rugby, nobody said anything. Continue to accept that the best French player of all time is not participating in the VI Nations. Say in front of all of France that the Six Nations tournament is an exhibition, it doesn’t count. »
