2023-09-28 22:41:31
After days of anxiety, waiting and speculation since his injury against Namibia precisely seven days ago, news continues to pour in about the highly anticipated return to competition, and perhaps sooner than imagined, of Antoine Dupont with the XV of France.
At a press conference, the health manager of the XV of France Bruno Boussagol gave recent news from number 9 of the Blues. “He called several times a week to give news and get advice,” he explained. Yesterday he called me for advice on his follow-up. He is doing as well as possible. We are six days from his operation, his edema has resolved. He has pain related to his shock but not postoperatively. He is in good spirits, he is rather confident”
On his return to competition, and therefore his possible participation in the quarter-final against South Africa, he was clearly more cautious than William Servat, the forward coach of the France team, for whom she had “very few doubts”. “Programming involves a fairly quick visit to the surgeon to give the first instructions,” describes Boussagol. We are waiting for his return with the surgeon. We’re going to support him, because he obviously has secondary lesions. There will be specific work on the jaw joint. Philippe (Turblin, the Blues doctor) requested a neurological check. We hope for his return fairly quickly. We do everything to give you the information on time, but it’s difficult because we have a process to give you the most accurate information possible. »
“Have it from next week with us”
He continues: “His return is subject to the green light from the surgeon. This recovery will be conditioned by its HIA 3 protocol (concussion). It will be done gradually, on a bike. This progression will be conditioned by his feelings. He will have a re-athleticization phase, and an interview with a psychological part to accompany him. His return to rugby will be conditional on the green light from the surgeon. He’ll see it by the end of the week. The projection is to have him with us from next week. »
Relaunched with the hope of seeing him on the field in the quarter-final (October 14-15), Boussagol cuts: “We don’t ask ourselves that question,” he said. There is so much to validate. We plan on his return to the group, seeing how he will react. Many elements will condition its recovery. We hope as soon as possible. I don’t think we can see it against Italy, I’m even convinced of it. »
Boussagol also ruled out, for the moment, the idea that Dupont could wear a mask for his return to competition. “For us today, the question does not arise. This is not good timing. Some are advocating it, but it has not yet been addressed. We need to talk to him about it. It’s not easy with him, it can be blunt. I’m not in favor of that, but if he asks us about it, why not. These are secondary questions. »
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