PARIS (AP) — France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont will be the team’s captain for the autumn tests, the French rugby federation said on Monday.
Fresh from winning the Olympic rugby sevens title this summer on home soil, Dupont was included last week in a group of players selected to prepare for matches against Japan, New Zealand and Argentina next month.
Dupont has not played for the France XV since the World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa in October last year. The mercurial playmaker skipped the Six Nations and switched his attention from the traditional 15s format to rugby sevens in March to chase his once-in-a-lifetime chance to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil.
Grégory Alldritt and Baptiste Serin had captained France in Dupont’s absence.
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