Antoine Dupont

Antoine Dupont
Dupont representing France during the 2023 Six Nations Championship
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthLannemezan, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
UniversityPaul Sabatier University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half, Fly-half
Current team Toulouse
Youth career
2000–2011 Magnoac
2011–2014 Auch
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2017 Castres 61 (44)
2017– Toulouse 129 (295)
Correct as of 9 December 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 France U20 11 (36)
2017– France 55 (65)
Correct as of 22 November 2024
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2024 France 16 (40)
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team competition

Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team.[1][2]

Dupont has won the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year in 2024. He is the first French player to win the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year award. He is also the first and only rugby player ever to have won both the Men’s 15s and the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year awards in one's career. He has also won a shared record of three Six Nations Player of the Championships, the most by a French player.

Dupont has won nine major competitions in his career: four Top 14 titles, two European Rugby Champions Cup, the Grand Slam of the Six Nations Championship, the 2023–24 SVNS and the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens tournament in Paris.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Antoine Dupont Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Stade Toulousain". www.stadetoulousain.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Awards 2021: Men's and Women's 15s Player of the Year unveiled | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens – Men's Gold Medal Match Match M34 – France vs Fiji Results". Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

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