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Joe Simpson: Maxime Lucu has the edge on Antoine Dupont in the France scrum-half battle

Joe Simpson weighs in on France’s scrum-half battle between Maxime Lucu and Antoine Dupont, England’s workload concerns, the Premiership’s entertainment challenge and the young No.9s to watch.
Maxime Lucu playing for France against Australia in the Nations Championship.

 

Joe Simpson – Former England, Gloucester and Wasps scrum-half
Maxime Lucu is a better scrum-half than Antoine Dupont for me.
That will probably sound controversial because Dupont is clearly one of the best rugby players in the world, and has been for a number of years, but I think there is a distinction between being the better rugby player and being the better scrum-half.
Dupont, below, can do things with a rugby ball that very few players in any era have been capable of.
His ability to break the line, create something from nothing and influence matches individually is extraordinary.

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