Antoine Dupont to Skip Six Nations for Paris Olympics

France's rugby captain to join sevens squad, leaving head coach to find new leadership for upcoming matches.

France's rugby captain, Antoine Dupont, will miss the 2024 Six Nations to focus on the Paris Olympics.
Dupont will join France's sevens squad in January and participate in SVNS events in Vancouver and Los Angeles, ruling him out of the 15-a-side championship.
Dupont's last appearance in the 15-a-side game was in France's defeat to South Africa in the World Cup quarter-finals.
If Dupont is selected for the 2024 Olympics, he would have been absent from the international rugby scene for over 12 months.
France's head coach, Fabien Galthie, will need to find a new captain and scrum-half for the Six Nations and the summer tour to Argentina.