“France rugby yes, your values no. No recovery. THANKS. » A few words from Jean Dujardin, reshared without the slightest comment by Antoine Dupont on his Instagram account Friday evening. For the actor, star and at the helm of the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, and for the captain of the French XV, the same objective: to dissociate himself from the front page of the far-right weekly “ Valeurs Actuelles” which puts the two men on the cover of its latest issue dedicated to “La France rugby”.
According to our information, the scrum half of the Blues and Stade Toulouse was more than annoyed by this coverage mixing him with the values put forward by the title, he who called to block the National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen during between the two rounds of the 2022 presidential election. According to information from The teamhis family circle did not respond to the request of a journalist from the weekly to produce a report on the best player in the world 2021.
Respond in a calm, but determined manner
And if he quickly expressed his desire to react, Antoine Dupont did not want to interfere with the tricolors’ meeting against Uruguay (27-12) on Thursday evening in Lille. A match that the 26-year-old scrum half did not play, put to rest after starting against the All Blacks on Friday September 8.
After discussing with those around him on the best way to go about it, Antoine Dupont ended up deciding to go through Instagram and reshare the publication of Jean Dujardin, whom he had the opportunity to meet in Marcoussis when the actor came to talk with Fabien Galthié’s men in the fall of 2021 before a test match against New Zealand. The idea was to respond in a calm, but determined manner.
The captain of the Blues, who will leave Rueil-Malmaison on Sunday to join Aix-en-Provence for the matches in Marseille against Namibia on Thursday and in Lyon against Italy on October 6, should not communicate further for the moment on the subject. For example, there is currently no question of responding to the long “letter from a rejected lover” published on Saturday on X, formerly Twitter, by the editorial director of Valeurs Actuelles, Tugdual Denis, to evoke the reaction on Instagram of Dujardin and Dupont.
If he is named captain to face the Namibians on Thursday evening at the Vélodrome, Antoine Dupont could make his return on Tuesday at a press conference when the composition of the XV of France is announced alongside Fabien Galthié. He could then potentially be led to develop his position. In the meantime, the leader of the Blues said what he had to say. And firmly.
