Antoine Dupont’s Olympic sevens adventure begins in Vancouver

Scrum-half eschews Six Nations and sets out on quest for Olympic gold after World Cup heartache.

7s CIRCUIT: France's Antoine Dupont. Pic: Adam Davy, PA Wire.

“It’s the holy grail of sport,” Antoine Dupont declared on the Team France social media channels last week. 

As he sets out on his quest for Olympic gold, the Toulouse scrum-half has swapped this year’s Six Nations for the World Sevens Series, a competition he has been gearing up for since the turn of the year.