{"id":295583,"date":"2023-10-08T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295583"},"modified":"2023-10-08T14:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:39:45","slug":"exclusive-antoine-dupont-set-to-undergo-medical-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/exclusive-antoine-dupont-set-to-undergo-medical-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Dupont set to undergo medical on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Dupont is set to undergo a medical in Paris on Monday to determine whether or not he can feature in hosts France&#8217;s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against South Africa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Antoine Dupont will have tests on Monday to see if he can make France return<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Scrum-half underwent surgery for a fractured cheekbone 18 days ago<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Manu Tuilagi and Jamie George given all clear for England after Samoa win\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>France superstar Antoine Dupont will undergo a medical on Monday to determine whether or not he can play the World Cup quarter-final against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The scrum-half fractured his cheekbone against Namibia 18 days ago and has undergone surgery in a bid to return for the knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>Dupont has already returned to partial training but has not taken part in full-contact exercises as the bruising eases beneath his eye.<\/p>\n<p><span>Mail Sport<\/span> understands he will undergo decisive medical examinations at the team\u2019s base in Paris today to judge if he will be back in contention for selection.<\/p>\n<p>His injury has become one of the biggest stories of the competition, with the injured No 9 receiving huge cheers every time his face has appeared on big screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/14\/76302597-0-image-a-40_1696772588506.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>France will find out on Monday if scrum-half Antoine Dupont can return to action for the remainder of their World Cup campaign<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/14\/76302593-0-image-a-41_1696772626419.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dupont underwent surgery on a fractured cheekbone suffered in the Pool A win against Namibia<\/p>\n<p>France initially feared that he could have been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament but are now hopeful Dupont can make a remarkable recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England also received positive injury news as hooker Jamie George and centre Manu Tuilagi were given the all clear after\u00a0Saturday\u2019s victory over Samoa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/15\/76303089-12607605-image-a-56_1696773771293.jpg\" height=\"322\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/15\/76303079-12607605-image-m-57_1696773776911.jpg\" height=\"322\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>England received a boost after both Jamie George and Manu Tuilagi came through the win against Samoa without serious injury<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/08\/15\/76303143-12607605-image-a-58_1696773903042.jpg\" height=\"813\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sam Underhill has joined up with the England squad to replace injured flanker Jack Willis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are now in contention for Sunday\u2019s quarter final against Fiji, with flanker Sam Underhill also in the mix haven flown out to Marseille to replace injured Jack Willis.<\/p>\n<p>Underhill, 27, was cut from Steve Borthwick\u2019s squad in July having starred in his \u2018kamikaze kids\u2019 double act with Tom Curry at the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted last month that he was \u2018gutted\u2019 to miss out but he has been handed a reprieve in unfortunate circumstances after Willis suffered a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kevin Sinfield said: \u2018Sam is a Test match animal and is a fantastic player. It is a like for like replacement. He brings some differences but many similarities and he\u2019s a great character as well. He knows what it is like to play well at World Cups. He has done it previously and he brings a great deal of experience too.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12607605\/Antoine-Dupont-medical-Paris-Monday-France-Rugby-World-Cup-quarter-final-South-Africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Dupont is set to undergo a medical in Paris on Monday to determine whether or not he can <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Dupont set to undergo medical on Monday - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/exclusive-antoine-dupont-set-to-undergo-medical-on-monday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Dupont set to undergo medical on Monday - 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