Praise rains down on Antoine Dupont from England after the historic victory of the XV of France against the XV of the Rose, Saturday at Twickenham (10-53). Each English consultant goes there from his comparison to say all the good he thinks of the French jewel, as spotted by RMC Sport.
"It's Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Zinedine Zidane at the same time," former scrum-half Matt Dawnson told Radio 5 Live, before comparing him to... Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator. "He was coming out of the ruck, he turned around and he scanned the field in a phenomenal way. It was almost digital," he said.
"The French TGV"
For Paul Grayson, former opener of the XV de la Rose at the microphone of the BBC, "it is as if we had compressed a Chevrolet to make it a little scrum-half. He is extremely strong", emphasizing his "footwork" and his "production".
Former England scrum-half Natasha Hunt sums up what everyone in rugby saw on Saturday. "He's at the top of his game right now," she told BBC Two. And in its wake, the "French TGV that crushed everything in its path", as the Guardian wrote on Sunday.
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