Published the 04/05/2025 17:09
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At the microphone of Hélène Macardy, Antoine Dupont shares her long journey to return after her serious knee injury suffered during the VI Nations tournament against Ireland last March. The captain of the French team and the Toulouse stadium shares his joy at returning to the group’s contact before thinking about a recovery date.
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The scrum half of the Toulouse stadium is forced to follow the matches of his club from the stands after his rupture of the crossed ligament of the right knee on March 8. No recovery date is yet fixed.
Same package, there was no question for Antoine Dupont to miss the semi-final of Champions Cup between the Union Bordeaux-Bègles and his Toulouse club, Sunday May 4. The melee half, victim of a rupture of the crossed law of the right knee during the Six Nations tournament, on March 8, took the opportunity to give his news after his operation, at the microphone of France 2.
“I did the post-operation in Toulouse, where everything went well. All the steps go well, I was able to remove the crutches and renew”reassured Antoine Dupont. Well sustained morally, while the injury was “Hard to collect”the rugby star found his teammates recently. “”I did the first four weeks in the clinic, in rehabilitation, and I have returned to the club for two weeks. It was important for me to be in contact with the group, it did me good, I needed that, to find the friends, the atmosphere of the locker room “he says. And if an unavailability of eight months has been mentioned, “It’s too premature to talk about a recovery date, I still have a lot of steps to take”he assured.
