France eager to have their scrumhalf available but World Rugby regulations could cause complications
France captain Antoine Dupont receives treatment following head contact with Namibia's Johan Deysel during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match at the Stade Velodrome in Marseilles. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty ImagesAntoine Dupont is to explore the possibility of having a custom-made mask fitted this week in an effort to return to spearheadcampaign.
According to reports in France, Dupont will see a specialist, who will attempt to design a protective mask in line with World Rugby regulations. The sport’s governing body allows players to wear thin face coverings but says that there must be no hard materials and that a player must not wear any item of which any part is thicker than 5mm when uncompressed or is denser than 60kg per cubic metre.
The former France No 8 Imanol Harinordoquy wore a mask while on club duty for Biarritz in 2010 but Dupont would not be permitted to wear a similarly elaborate bandage given World Rugby’s regulations and it remains to be seen what the specialist can design. It demonstrates how eager France are to have Dupont, who is due to join up with the squad again on Thursday, back at their disposal. He is the poster boy for the competition and although their final pool match against Italy on October 6th will come too soon, there is hope he can appear in the knock-out stages.
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