A few minutes before the kick-off of the semi-final of Champions Cup which opposes Bordeaux-Bègles and Toulouse this Sunday, Antoine Dupont spoke. The scrum half of the Toulouse stadium gave his news following his knee injury and delivered his feeling on this Franco-French shock.
A few minutes from the highly anticipated UBB-Toulouse in the semi-finals of Champions Cup, Antoine Dupont spoke at the microphone of France 2.. The scrum half of the Toulouse stadium and the XV of France gave his news. Victim of a break in the knee cross ligaments at the beginning of March during the 6 nations tournament against Ireland, Antoine Dupont was successfully operated a few weeks ago. The beginning of a long period of absence: “Wounds are not easy to live, there are never good times to injure yourself. I was still happy with be able to stay with the group until the end of the 6 nations tournament. It was an important step in our way to the 2027 World Cup. Then there was the operation and the postoperative process. Everything went well. This is the surely the most tedious and painful part of the injury but I had a lot of support. For the moment all the stages are going well. I was able to remove the crutches and so go back to everything is going well! “.
It’s hard to collect mentally and physically
An absence difficult to live that the melee half apprehends as it can: “It is hard to collect mentally and physically. I was lucky that everything is going well. I did not have any complications and I know that it is important to move forward properly. I spent the first four weeks in clinic and then I came back to the club. It is important for me to be in contact with the group. It did me a lot of good, to them I do not know but to me yes! To be able to accompany them in my own way. Can support them with a little more distance. “
For the time being, no recovery date has been mentioned. To date, Antoine Dupont says he wants to focus on his rehabilitation: “It’s too early to talk about a recovery today. We know that it will be around eight months but there will be a lot of things by then with a lot of steps to be taken that will be just as important as the recovery.” Regarding the semi-final of the day, Antoine Dupont assures: “We know this kind of meeting. We know that it is rare to be able to play final stages. We know that we are able to win titles but time passes, next season the group will still be different so we have to seize the opportunities when we have the opportunity. Today, I think everything will be played on the state of mind. Two teams of great qualities are opposed and in these very high level games.
