It is 22:07 Thursday evening at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. The France XV played their rugby in front of 63,000 people and led 54-0 against Namibia. In the 45th minute of play, Antoine Dupont, untenable from the beginning, launched a new offensive. Launched headlong, Namibian captain Johan Deysel struck the right cheekbone of his French counterpart with his skull. Dupont is electrified, paralyzed, nailed to the ground. He gets up with difficulty, puts a knee on the ground. He understands that this is serious.
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