The Frenchman has was named, on Friday, best player of the Six Nations Tournament for the second time in his career after 2020.
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He had become the first Frenchman to be voted best player of the tournament in 2020, Antoine Dupont did it again, Friday March 25, after a public vote on social networks. In competition with his teammate and training comrade in Auch (Gers) Grégory Alldritt and the IIrish Josh Van der Flier, the native of Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées) received the popular blessing.
Antoine Dupont is the 2022 #GuinnessSixNations Player of the Championship pic.twitter.com/NAoBZfpSoS
— Guinness Six Nations (@SixNationsRugby) March 25, 2022
A second title that brings him a little more into the history of rugby. Only Brian O’Driscoll (2006, 2007 and 2009) and Stuart Hogg (2016 and 2017) had already won this individual trophy several times, awarded since 2004. Ehe best player in the world in 2021, the captain of the France team confirms his status with this honorary title and this Grand Slam 2022.
A favorite of the French public, he is the image of this new generation of players who have won back the hearts of the public in France. One year from the 2023 World Cup at home, the 25-year-old man with 40 caps should still be talked about in the world of Ovalie.