2023-09-23 11:00:44
The stakes are immense and the French team reacted as quickly as possible. Antoine Dupont suffers from a maxillo-zygomatic fracture following this brutal clash with Namibian captain Johan Deysel on Thursday evening. Since leaving the field, everything has been put in place for the captain of the Blues to return as quickly as possible, obviously by the end of the World Cup, on October 28.
To maximize the chances of this return, the management of the French team and the player chose to undergo surgery on Friday night in Toulouse, the day after the injury. According to sources close to the Blues, the intervention at CHU Purpan went well. Dupont underwent osteosynthesis: two plates were placed on the face of the 26-year-old Frenchman.
According to François Morel, maxillofacial surgeon, “operating the day after the shock” can be defended so that the post-operation period (before a possible semi-final, on October 20 or 21) is as long as possible. The operation is just more technical, because it will take place in the most acute phase.”
Resumption of training in 10 days
If medical experts prefer not to comment on a precise date for Dupont’s comeback, sources close to the French XV suggest a resumption of training in ten days. And the captain of the Blues could even return to competition within three or four weeks, according to these sources. If all goes well, of course.
A hell of a race against time
Three weeks, for the most optimistic scenario, that would set the quarter-final date for Dupont’s return to his Blues. Depending on the ranking of the Tricolores, the quarter will take place on October 14 or 15. More reasonably, the Toulouse player could hope to be ready for the semi-finals, in the event of qualification obviously, on October 20 or 21.
Friday, before the operation, François Morel told us that a delay of at least four weeks would be necessary before seeing the scrum half again on a rugby field. The Blues and Dupont are launched into a hell of a race against time.
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