Six Nations 2025: Antoine Dupont to captain France against Wales

Antoine Dupont will return to captain France in their Six Nations opener against Wales on Friday.

Dupont, 28, missed the 2024 tournament in order to focus on rugby sevens before his home Olympics in Paris.

Such was his impact, Dupont helped France win the gold medal and was named World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year.

Dupont’s half-back partner Romain Ntamack is also back after suffering a serious knee injury which forced him to miss the 2023 World Cup and last year’s Six Nations.

France, who will be without the injured Damien Penaud, come into this year’s competition having won their three autumn internationals, against Japan, New Zealand and Argentina.

They will be looking to repeat their heroics of 2022, when they completed a Grand Slam.