Rugby World Cup

A serious-looking facial injury to captain Antoine Dupont took the gloss off France’s highest ever score, a 96-0 romp against hapless Namibia at the Rugby World Cup on Thursday. There were 14 tries, including a penalty try, and Thomas Ramos converted 12 of 13.

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France’s scrum-half and captain Antoine Dupont holds his head as he receives medical attention during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool A match between France and Namibia at the Stade de Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on September 21, 2023. © Christophe Simon, AFP

The Rugby World Cup’s seventh highest score was marred by his game-ending injury, after he was in a head-on-head