France’s star scrum-half Antoine Dupont was pressured out of his workforce’s essential Six Nations recreation in opposition to Eire after sustaining an damage within the first half on the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Dupont appeared to harm his knee in a collision with Eire lock Tadhg Beirne and was helped off the sector by medical employees as his workforce led 5-0. France survived with out their talisman, romping to a complete win to take cost of the Six Nations championship.
His absence is of explicit notice as France coach Fabien Galthié solely named one again in his record of replacements. Maxime Lucu changed his ailing compatriot within the twenty ninth minute.
Dupont is taken into account by many to be one of the best participant in world rugby. He did not participate in final yr’s Six Nations — gained by Eire — as he joined up with the France Sevens setup and helped them declare gold on the Paris Olympics in August.
Saturday’s match between France and Eire has been billed as a possible event decider, with Simon Easterby’s workforce as but unbeaten on this yr’s event.
France have been felled by England of their second recreation and wish to assert a uncommon away win on the Aviva to maintain their hopes of a title alive.
