France give no timeline for Dupont’s return after surgery on facial injury
- Scrum-half has surgery in Toulouse after World Cup blow
- Baptiste Couilloud and Maxime Lucu in line to take role
The France captain Antoine Dupont has undergone surgery on a facial injury and will return to their Rugby World Cup squad to recover, the French federation (FFR) said on Saturday, though it gave no timeline for when the scrum-half might return to the field.
The 26-year-old sustained the injury in Thursday’s 96-0 record win against Namibia in a head-to-head clash with opposing captain Johan Deysel, whose initial yellow card was upgraded to a red.
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