Grapevine

By Standard Media
Jul 24, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024: Fiji seek to outshine Dupont and defend Olympic Games 'legacy'

France's scrum-half Antoine Dupont during a training session at the Stade du Hameau in Pau on July 11. [AFP]

Iconic French rugby star Antoine Dupont kicks off Olympic action at the Paris Games today in a move that could not have been better scripted.

Rugby sevens will be held from July 24-30, with three days apiece for the men and women’s tournaments at the Stade de France.

Dupont, the captain of Toulouse and France in the 15-a-side format, has become one of the faces of the Games after his successful switch to the abbreviated game.

His absence from last season’s Six Nations did not sit right with many France fans, still in shock at the team’s quarter-final exit from the Rugby World Cup on French soil.