At the Vélodrome stadium,
A historic victory, and a big worry. The scrum half of the XV of France Antoine Dupont was taken to hospital Thursday evening to carry out examinations for a “suspected crack or fracture in the jaw”, informed Fabien Galthié at the final whistle. The scrum half went out on concussion protocol in the 46th minute of the Blues’ match against Namibia (96-0) for the 3rd day of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, after being hit in the head by Namibian captain Johan Deysel.
The captain of the Blues remained on the pitch for several minutes to be treated by the doctors of the XV of France, before leaving, holding his jaw and grimacing. Matthew Carley, the referee of the match, sent a yellow card to Deysel, which was then transformed into a red by the “bunker”.