The influential No 9 could miss the host nation's pool game against Italy, but also the World Cup quarter-finals on the weekend of October 14-15.
France captain Antoine Dupontin the record victory over Namibia, but has not yet been ruled out of the World Cup, the French federation announced Friday.
Media reports said Dupont would be sidelined for a month, meaning the influential scrumhalf would miss not only the host nation’s game against Italy, but also the World Cup quarter-finals on the weekend of October 14-15. France kicked off their World Cup with a morale-boosting 27-13 tournament-opening win over New Zealand before a largely second-string side laboured past Uruguay 27-12.Prop Cyril Baille said Dupont’s injury had completely overshadowed a dominant French performance over a Namibian team ranked 22nd in the world and yet to win a World Cup match after 25 matches in seven tournament appearances.
The third scrumhalf in the 33-man squad is Bordeaux-Begles’ Maxime Lucu, who won the man-of-the-match award in France’s second pool match against Uruguay, bossing the team sufficiently in the second-half to victory over the South Americans.
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