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Top 14: Dupont extends to Stade Toulousain until 2027, Marchand until 2028

2021-12-24T11:55:34.414Z


Toulouse announced this Friday that the international number 9, best player in the world, will wear the colors red-and-black 2027. The hooker of the Blues is also committed over time.


It's official, the club announced it this Friday on social networks.

Antoine Dupont continues at Stade Toulousain until 2027. Elected best player in the world in 2021, the scrum half will continue the Toulouse adventure under the colors of red and black.

Hooker Julien Marchand has also extended until 2028. An early Christmas present for Toulouse supporters.

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Last season, Stade Toulousain achieved a historic double by winning the Champions Cup and then lifting the shield of Brennus, in the wake of a remarkable Antoine Dupont.

In the process, the number 9 of the XV of France was elected best player in the world by World Rugby, the international federation, becoming the third French to receive this distinction after Fabien Galthié (2002) and Thierry Dusautoir (2011).

Golden generation

Arrived in Haute-Garonne in 2017, Antoine Dupont was trained in the Gers at FC Auch (2011-2014) before wearing the colors of Castres Olympique (2014-2017).

He was elected best player of the Six Nations Tournament in 2020 and best player of the European Cup in 2021. For his part, Julien Marchand, number 1 hooker for the Blues, started rugby at US Montréjeau before joining Stade Toulousain at the age of 14 and to spend his entire career there.

Source: lefigaro

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