France pick ‘icon’ Dupont at flyhalf against South Africa

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France coach Fabien Galthie announced on Wednesday that iconic captain Antoine Dupont would play at flyhalf against South Africa in their Nations Championship match. Les Bleus are missing their four first-choice number 10s in Romain Ntamack, Matthieu Jalibert, Antoine Hastoy and Thomas Ramos, who usually plays at fullback but is also a top-class flyhalf. Dupont and Maxime Lucu had been widely expected to line up in the half-back positions, but with the captain retaining his usual scrumhalf spot. Lucu had come on at flyhalf outside Dupont against Fiji last week to replace Ntamack, who suffered a shoulder injury just past