ANTOINE DUPONT INTERVIEW: The world's greatest player on Olympic glory, Louis Vuitton, Lionel Messi ...and a terrifying warning to his Six Nations rivals
ANTOINE DUPONT INTERVIEW: The world's greatest player on Olympic glory, Louis Vuitton, Lionel Messi ...and a terrifying warning to his Six Nations rivals
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Meetings with Lionel Messi and LeBron James, FaceTiming Zinedine Zidane and treading the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week dressed to the nines in Louis Vuitton. It is almost unheard of for rugby players to get these sorts of opportunities. But for Antoine Dupont, they are now almost a weekly occurrence.
![[The 28-year-old is the face of French rugby and widely regarded as the world's best player]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/15/94681651-14342347-The_28_year_old_is_the_face_of_French_rugby_and_the_world_s_best-a-92_1738252625788.jpg)
France’s iconic captain is one of the sport’s few true global superstars and as he prepares to lead his country into the 2025 Six Nations, the 28-year-old Toulouse scrum-half will do so not only in the prime of his career, but with a worrying message for his rivals.
![[Dupont was named 2024 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year after winning Olympic gold]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/15/94688557-14342347-image-a-93_1738252630214.jpg)
‘I can get better, for sure,’ the consensus best player in the world told Mail Sport. ‘I always have things to improve in my game – my skills, my defence, my leadership. I’m still young and still have space to learn. ‘I also have a lot of objectives left. We start the year with the Six Nations, but I want to win the Top 14 and the Champions Cup again.
![[Dupont's displays for his country's sevens team lit up their home Olympics last summer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/13/94681793-14342347-image-a-55_1738243450082.jpg)
'I’m very lucky because I play in teams that have that potential and who are very ambitious. They push me to be better day after day. Antoine Dupont poses at the Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week this month. The 28-year-old is the face of French rugby and widely regarded as the world's best player.
![[Dupont had just a few months to switch from 15-a-side to sevens but excelled in his new format]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/13/94681807-14342347-image-a-57_1738243456180.jpg)
Dupont was named 2024 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year after winning Olympic gold. ‘I think for the moment, I am managing my life pretty well. I enjoy a lot the different experiences I get to have outside of the rugby field – art, travel, culture.
![[The rugby star was chosen as France's flag bearer for the closing ceremony in Paris]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/13/94681781-14342347-image-a-56_1738243453775.jpg)
