Antoine Dupont is ready to play within the southern hemisphere for the primary time in eight years when Toulouse tackle the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
The French scrumhalf’s solely outing beneath the equator was method again in 2017, when he got here off the Les Bleus bench within the 57th minute of the match in opposition to the Springboks at Kings Park to make his Check debut. France misplaced 37-15.
Dupont has since gone on to change into one of many world’s best gamers, and is even considered the GOAT by some pundits within the northern hemisphere regardless of the very fact he has didn’t enterprise south.
Toulouse rested a number of first-choice gamers, together with Dupont, for his or her Prime 14 match in opposition to La Rochelle, with the Champions Cup conflict in opposition to the Sharks in thoughts.
Toulouse are at present prime of Pool 1 after profitable their first two matches, whereas the Sharks are fourth following one win and one defeat.
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