Antoine Dupont

Biography

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.

Dupont has won the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and three Six Nations Player of the Championships, the most by a French player. He has won nine major competitions in his career, including 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 men's rugby sevens tournament in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Dupont was born in Lannemezan but grew up in the nearby village of Castelnau-Magnoac where he star...