‘Injustice’ of loss to the Springboks hurts Antoine Dupont
‘Injustice’ of loss to the Springboks hurts Antoine Dupont

Dupont claimed he needed to rewatch the game to determine whether his feelings of unfairness were justified.”Injustice” of the Springboks defeat
He still seems to think that the match officials’ calls in France’s one-point quarterfinal loss to the Springboks sealed the deal.
“With fifteen minutes remaining, we were leading by twelve or thirteen points in 2019 when we were eliminated by one point as well, but I never watched the match again,” Dupont said to Bros.
“With this one, I needed to. I couldn’t sleep, so I watched the match the next day. You always have an impression on the pitch but sometimes, rewatching the match, it’s different. It was to see if this feeling of injustice was real or not.”
There is no getting over it
With all of France behind them, Dupont isn’t sure he will ever get over the feeling of coming up short.
“Maybe I will have the chance to win the World Cup, but we regret the outcome of the game,” he remarked.
“You keep playing it back to yourself, and the worse things get, the worse they get.” All you want to do is go to sleep and hope that it was only a nightmare when you wake up. Sadly, you will have to accept it and go on.
You have a taste in your mouth when you get home in the evening. That remains unchanged. One day you don’t want to experience that emotion once more.
“The more you think about it, the more you delve into it, the more it hurts. Because you realize the event, from where you were.”