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Dupont, et maintenant le foot ?

Antoine Dupont joue au football pour s'échauffer pendant le captain's run du Stade Toulousain avant la finale de l'Investec Champions Cup contre le Leinster au Tottenham Hotspur Stadium le 24 mai 2024 à Londres, Angleterre. (Photo Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images)

Antoine Dupont aurait-il tous les talents ? Le demi de mêlée toulousain est « le meilleur à son poste, il n’y a plus de débats », comme le soulignait son coach Ugo Mola la semaine dernière.

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Il l’a prouvé à maintes reprises, il se débrouille plus que bien en demi d’ouverture. On a appris il y a quelques jours qu’il pourrait tenter sa chance au poste de trois-quarts centre cette saison.

Il a éclaboussé le tournoi olympique de sa classe et de son talent, décrochant la médaille d’or avec ses copains du Sevens.

Et si le meilleur joueur du monde 2021 passait au football ? Dans une courte séquence de l’entraînement du Stade Toulousain partagée sur les réseaux sociaux, on peut constater que Dupont et consorts ne sont pas maladroits avec un ballon rond.

Au cours d’un petit jeu d’adresse opposant notamment Thomas Ramos, Paul Costes, Dimitri Delibes et Naoto Saito d’un côté, Ange Capuozzo, Mathis Lebel, Blair Kinghorn et Antoine Dupont de l’autre, les joueurs se passent le ballon de la tête, avec comme objectif final de le placer dans un chariot métallique.

La première équipe échoue d’un rien, le demi de mêlée japonais butant sur le rebord du chariot.

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La deuxième réussit, l’action étant conclue par… Dupont évidemment.

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Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

The way they are defending is sometime pathetic to be honest. Itoje is usually on the inside of the rush and he is paired with a slower tight forward. Unable to keep up with the rush we have seen the line become disconnected on the inside where the big boys are. How many times have we seen Earl rush past the first receiver almost into no mans land covering no attacker. It looks like a system without any guidance. Tome Wright, Ikitau and a number of Wallabies went back to this soft centre as did Williams, Jordan and several others. Also when the line is broken the multiple lines of defence seems to be missing. The rush is predicated on a cover and recovery system with multiple lines of defence but with England you dont see it any more. Fitness and conditioning seems to be off as well as players are struggling to keep up with the intensity of the rush. Felix Jones has left a huge hole. The whole situation was and is a mess. Why they insist on not letting him go and having him work remotely is beyond me. Its leading to massive negative press and is a hot button issue thats distracting from the squad. Also the communication around Jones and his role has been absolute rubbish and is totally disjointed. While some say he is working remotely and playing a role others are saying theres been no contact. His role has not been defined and so people keep asking and keep getting different answers. England need a clean break from him and need to start over. Whatever reason for his leaving its time to cut the rope before the saga drags the whole Borthwick regime down. As for Joe El Abd well good luck to him. He is being made to look like an amateur by the whole saga and he is being asked to coach a system thats not his and which has been perfected and honed since 2017 by Nienaber, Jones, Erasmus and Co and which was first started by White in 2004. He is literally trying to figure out a system pioneered by double world cup winning coaches at the highest level and coach it at the same time. Talk about being on a hiding to nothing.

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