Rugby sevens was first played at the 2016 Olympics, and the French team finished seventh, going 3-3. On Saturday, Dupont had a game-high 10 points on two tries, turning a tight 14-7 game into a rout.

France's Antoine Dupont runs the ball to score a try against Australia during a Vancouver Sevens rugby game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Antoine Dupont, Olympian.

Antoine Dupont of France bites his gold medal as he looks at his mobile phone as he celebrates after France won the men's Rugby Sevens gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de ...

The French, who have looked like genuine title contenders since Dupont made the switch to Sevens after last year's Rugby World Cup, had been expected to make light work of Pool C but were held 12 ...

The same is true of Dupont. Sport does not deal in “shoulds” but any rational rugby thinker would struggle to argue that France were not in the best four teams in the world in 2023.

French rugby star Antoine Dupont has been causing stir with his recent switch from rugby union to rugby sevens. Many in the rugby community, including Wallabies team member Olympian Corey Toole ...

Dupont previously won the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 202. He is the first French born player to win the Men's Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year award.

On Antoine Dupont’s involvement ahead of the quarter-final versus South Africa, he gave a frank explanation. “Antoine had a visit with the surgeon this morning (Monday). He got the green light.

Rugby Sevens: Dupont's "Project Paris" pays off magnificently By Mitch Phillips July 28, 20249:03 AM PDTUpdated July 28, 2024 ...

PARIS (AP) — Antoine Dupont, Olympian. One of the world’s best rugby players will get to use the new epithet after being included in the French sevens squad for the Olympics in Paris starting ...

In a seven-minute clinic, Antoine Dupont scored two tries and created another to deliver a coveted gold medal for France on Saturday and end two-time champion Fiji's Olympic dominance in rugby sevens.