Antoine Dupont: World’s greatest determined to make every play count

Top 14 sides, Castres and Biarritz, for example, will confirm that it takes just a second’s mental slip, and Antoine Dupont - and the game — has gone.

CALLING THE SHOTS: The rugby-watching world knows Toulouse’s Antoine Dupont is hugely talented, but he understands that talent demands hard work, discipline, and self-control. Picture: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

It may be a heresy, but Antoine Dupont is human after all.

He had an ordinary game by any top-flight player’s standards, let alone his own, as Toulouse lost 17-7 at Bordeaux on Saturday.