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Pourquoi Antoine Dupont portait-il le numéro 25 à Vancouver

Antoine Dupont #25 (France) avant son entrée en jeu contre les États-Unis lors de la première journée des HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Vancouver au BC Place le 23 février 2024 à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique. La France a gagné 24-12. (Photo par Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Lorsque Antoine Dupont pénètre sur la pelouse du BC Place à Vancouver avec le reste de l’équipe de France 7, le numéro 25 qu’il présente dans le dos interpelle. Même chose lorsqu’il entre en jeu contre les Etats-Unis à un peu plus de trois minutes de la fin du premier match de poule.

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Deux interprétations ont animé les débats et la première semblait logique. Le meilleur joueur du monde à XV, comptant 52 sélections internationales, aurait tout simplement inversé les deux chiffres pour personnaliser son maillot, comme le permet la tradition du Sevens.

Or, c’est la deuxième explication qui est l’officielle, comme l’a confirmé auprès de RugbyPass le staff de France 7.

Un hommage à sa famille

Rupert Cox, commentateur du tournoi sur RugbyPassTV avait avancé une explication beaucoup plus personnelle et profonde pour le natif de Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées).

En réalité, le « 2 » renvoie au mois de naissance de sa maman et son frère (février), tandis que le « 5 » renvoie au mois de naissance de son père (mai). Ainsi, par ce numéro « 25 »Antoine Dupont a souhaité rendre un hommage subtil et fort à sa famille.

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Pat Lam blasts 'archaic' process that lost the All Blacks Tony Brown

Now you are just being a woke, jealous fool. With the way things are run in NZ, no wonder he couldn't make a success there. Now that he is out shining any other New Zealanders, including their star players, now he is bitter and resentful and all sorts of hate speeches against him. That is what the fans like you do. Those in NZ who does have enough sense not to let pride cloud their vision, is all saying the same thing. NZ needs TB. Razor was made out to be a rugby coaching God by the fans, so much so that Foz was treated like the worst piece of shitte. Especially after the Twickenham disaster right before the WC. Ad then he nearly won the WC too with 14 players. As a Saffa the way he handled the media and the pressure leading up to the WC, was just extraordinary and I have gained a lot of respect for that man. Now your so called rugby coaching God managed to lose by an even bigger margin, IN NZ. All Razor does is overplay his players and he will never get the best out of those players, and let's face it, the current crop is good enough to be the best. However, they need an coach they can believe in completely. I don't think the players have bought into his coaching gig. TB was lucky to shake the dust of his boots when he left NZ, because only when he did that, did his career go from strength to strength. He got a WC medal to his name. Might get another if the Boks can keep up the good work. New exciting young talent is set to join soon after the WC as dangerous as SFM and Kolbe. Trust me, he doesn't want the AB's job. He is very happy in SA with the Boks. We score, you lose a great coach. We know quality when we see it, we don't chuck it in the bin like NZRU likes to do. Your coaching God is hanging on by a thread to keep his job🤣🤣🤣🤣

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