France destroys Namibia 96-0 but loses captain Antoine Dupont to injury
A facial injury to captain Antoine Dupont took the gloss off France’s highest-ever score, a 96-0 romp against hapless Namibia at the Rugby World Cup on Thursday.The Rugby World Cup’s seventh highest score was marred by Dupont’s game-ending injury, after he was in a head-on-head collision with Namibia captain Johan Deysel in the 45th minute. Deysel was yellow-carded for the dangerous upright hit while Dupont walked off to tears.
Deysel’s yellow card was upgraded to red by a bunker review. By coincidence, Namibia’s only previous Rugby World Cup red card was to Jacques Nieuwenhuis in 2007 also against France, which went on to achieve its previous record test score, 87-10. The other try scorers in the Marseille mauling were lock Thibaud Flament, replacement scrumhalf Baptiste Couilloud, replacement fullback Melyvn Jaminet and a last-gasp penalty try.
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