{"id":297219,"date":"2023-11-15T23:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297219"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:25:08","slug":"dupont-to-skip-six-nations-as-he-wants-to-play-sevens-at-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/dupont-to-skip-six-nations-as-he-wants-to-play-sevens-at-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>France captain Antoine Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at Paris Olympics&#8230; and scrum-half could be joined by several other players from Fabien Galthie&#8217;s side<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Antoine Dupont set to confirm his switch at a press conference on Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He is expected to play in World Sevens Series, which clashes with Six Nations\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The scrum-half could be joined by other members of France\u2019s 15-man set-up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Antoine Dupont, the darling of French rugby, will miss the Six Nations so that he can prepare to play sevens at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Dupont, who played his first match since the World Cup for Toulouse at the weekend, has long spoken of his wish to play sevens at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The scrum-half could be joined by other members of France\u2019s 15-man set-up: Arthur Vincent, Sekou Macalou and one of Damian Penaud or Louis Bielle-Biarrey. Dupont, 27, is expected to play in the World Sevens Series which clashes with the Six Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Dupont may confirm his switch to sevens at a press conference on Monday to mark 250 days until the Games, having told French media last year: \u2018It\u2019s really something that motivates me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Just doing the Olympics, it\u2019s so incredible, when you\u2019re in front of your TV and you see all the events that follow one another, with this patriotic fervour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/22\/77852825-0-image-a-86_1700087008464.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Antoine Dupont to miss Six Nations so that he can prepare to play sevens at Paris Olympics<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not just me who has to agree, my club has to agree too. We have to talk about it with everyone at the table, but my will is there, that\u2019s for sure.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Flanker Charles Ollivon is the leading candidate to take over the French captaincy in Dupont\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England\u2019s imminent coaching reshuffle is leading to uncertainty and potential upheaval, as Steve Borthwick puts plans in place for the next four-year World Cup cycle.<\/p>\n<p>After an honourable third-place finish at the World Cup, head coach Borthwick is plotting the path ahead, amid rumours of tension behind the scenes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Irishman Felix Jones set to be integrated into the set-up in January, there is a possibility that not one but two assistants may be moving on.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport has heard from well-placed sources that Leicester are concerned that new head coach Dan McKellar may yet be coaxed back to Australia to take charge of the Wallabies in place of Eddie Jones, who quit earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>That would reopen a vacancy at Tigers and it is understood that Richard Wigglesworth may be tempted to go back, having acted as England\u2019s attack coach.<\/p>\n<p>The impending arrival of Felix Jones \u2014 fresh from his second global success with the Springboks \u2014 is thought to be causing confusion and doubt about demarcation lines between coaches, as his role has not been defined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It had been assumed that Jones would replace Kevin Sinfield as defence guru, but his attack credentials are understood to have left Wigglesworth unsure of whether the scope of his job could be altered.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12754899\/France-captain-Antoine-Dupont-skip-Six-Nations-wants-play-sevens-Paris-Olympics-scrum-half-joined-players-Fabien-Galthies-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France captain Antoine Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at Paris Olympics&#8230; and scrum-half could be joined by several other players from Fabien Galthie&#8217;s side Antoine Dupont set to confirm his switch at a press conference on Monday He is expected to play in World Sevens Series, which clashes with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at the Olympics - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/dupont-to-skip-six-nations-as-he-wants-to-play-sevens-at-the-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at the Olympics - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"France captain Antoine Dupont to skip Six Nations as he wants to play sevens at Paris Olympics&#8230; 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