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.