And, at 7 p.m. this Tuesday, September 26, jubilation took over the crowd in front of the town hall square in Aix-en-Provence. During a welcoming ceremony for the Blues organized by the city, some players from the French XV, to the cheers of the public, were once again able to taste this popular fervor which has accompanied them everywhere since the start of this World Cup.
He doesn’t know it yet, but this audience has another reason to rejoice. Thirty minutes earlier, a few meters away, the coach of the French forwards, William Servat, announced that he had “few doubts” about the ability of his captain Antoine Dupont to resume competition for the possible quarter-final of the Blues , probably October 15.
