Far from the French XV, Antoine Dupont shone with the 7-a-side team. The scrum half made his debut in the spectacular Olympic discipline perfectly.

The main question was whether the best player in the world at XV in 2021 would adapt to the demands of this unique discipline, Olympic since only 2016. “I don’t feel too legitimate to have an ovation” says the Toulouse native, who is in the learning phase at the moment.