ANTOINE DUPONT. Stade Toulousain player, scrum half Antoine Dupont was voted best player on the planet by World Rugby
Fabien Galthié, Thierry Dusautoir and now Antoine Dupont! The Frenchman was crowned best player in the world by World Rugby this Friday, December 10. A historic consecration, but above all deserved for the Toulouse Stadium player who cannot get over it as he explains to The team. “I have been playing rugby since I was little. I can’t say how many times I watched these players on TV, got their posters in my room and today my name is on a awards with them. It makes me super proud. Ares, I also look at what they have done and, for the moment, they have won more trophies than me, especially those who play in black, with two World Cups (2011, 2015). It’s just unthinkable. These are things that make you dream and that gives me ideas for the future. “
“Honestly, it never crossed my mind that one day I could be voted the best player in the world. (…) At 18, when I was starting out with the pros, it was something utopian. The appetite came while eating. I was looking at the others and I was like, ‘He did that, why not me?’ It might have crossed my mind in 2020, when I won the trophy for best player of the Tournament of Six Nations. We’re having a big season with the France team. There hadn’t been a World Rugby award that season, but people were starting to talk about me more internationally. Without having prepared myself for it, nor having made it a goal, I told myself that I was in the race … “
Who is Antoine Dupont?
Born in Lannemezan in the Hautes-Pyrénées, Antoine Dupont started rugby at the age of 4. In 2011, he joined the FC Auch training center before launching his professional career with Castres Olympique where he would play for 3 seasons.
In 2014, he joined the Pôle espoir de Marcoussis, this is where Fabien Pelous selected him to compete in the Six Nations Under-20 Tournament. Very good with Castres, Antoine Dupont is spotted by the recruiters of the Stade Toulousain and is committed for the 2017/2018 season where he scoops up playing time against the international Sébastien Bézy. It was on March 8, 2017 that Antoine Dupont was selected for the first time in the French team. In 2019, the French won the Brennus Shield for the first time in his career. During the 2020-2021 season, Antoine Dupont achieves the double in the French championship and the European Cup. Among the Blues, the scrum half has a series of performances and is considered by some experts as one of the best scrum backs in the world. In October 2021 he was even promoted to captain during the victory of the Blues against New Zealand.
What is Antoine Dupont’s salary?
Scrum half at Stade Toulousain, Antoine Dupont has one of the highest salaries in the club. According to the Midi Olympique newspaper, the Frenchman’s salary would be estimated at 600,000 euros gross per year after his contract extension until 2023.
How tall is Antoine Dupont?
Positioned as a scrum half, Antoine Dupont has a small build for the world of rugby since he measures 1m74 for 85 kilos according to the latest data provided by the Top 14.