Sevens Series: With Antoine Dupont, the Blues win their first game in Vancouver

For the great premiere of Antoine Dupont with the French team of rugby sevensThe Blues beat the United States (24-12) in the first match of the Vancouver tournament of the World Rugby Sevens Series this Friday afternoon (kick-off was at 2:37 p.m. local time, 11:37 p.m. Paris time).

The Stade Toulousain scrum half and the 15-man French team did not start the game and did not play a single second during the first half. But number 25, with his black tights under his pants, returned at minute 3:40 of the second half. He obviously had few opportunities to touch the ball, but he made a forward attempt while trying to serve Aaron Grandidier Nkanang.

The Americans were the first to score in this match, after 1’47 of play (0-7). Jordan Sepho then equalized (7-7, 5’35) and even gave the ‘bleus’ an advantage in the last seconds of the first half (14-7). Varian Pasquet and Esteban Capillo scored the third and fourth French tries (19-7, then 24-7) to widen the gap.

The Blues will face Samoa overnight from Friday to Saturday (around 4:40am) and then Australia on Saturday at 10:45pm to close out the group stage. For its part, the French women’s team beat Canada 26-14 to enter the competition. Séraphine Okemba scored a double.