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Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team. [1] [2] Dupont has won the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year in 2024. He is the first French player ...
There are four backs: scrum-half, fly-half, centre, and wing. The scrum-half feeds the ball into the scrum. The other three players form the backline. Since play is much more open in sevens, with rucks and mauls generally kept to a minimum, most sevens players are backs or loose forwards in fifteen-a-side teams. [109]
Scrum-half 2 January 1987 (aged 37) 96 Harlequins: Alex Mitchell: Scrum-half 25 May 1997 (aged 26) 11 Northampton Saints: Ben Spencer: Scrum-half 31 July 1992 (aged 31) 4 Bath: George Ford : Fly-half 16 March 1993 (aged 30) 91 Sale Sharks: Fin Smith: Fly-half 11 May 2002 (aged 21) 0 Northampton Saints
A scrum in an England versus Scotland international. In rugby union a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement. It involves up to eight players from each team, known as the pack or forward pack, binding together in three rows and interlocking with the three opposing teams front row.
Ryan also creates rugby coaching videos on his YouTube Channel. [3] He and his wife set up De La Sports in 2019 on the Isle of Man and besides making videos, De La Sports offers rugby coaching, Multi sports sessions and rugby camps. Ryan De La Harpe is regarded as one of the finest scrum-halves to have played for Namibia.
Many fly-halves are also their team's goal kickers. The scrum-half is the link between the forwards and the backs. [53] They receive the ball from the lineout and remove the ball from the back of the scrum, usually passing it to the fly-half. [54] They also feed the scrum and sometimes have to act as a fourth loose forward. [55]
Numbered 7, the scrum-half or half-back is usually involved in directing the team's play. The position is sometimes referred to as "first receiver", as half-backs are often the first to receive the ball from the dummy-half after a play-the-ball. This makes them important decision-makers in attack.
Scrum-half 29 March 1985 (aged 28) 12 Northampton Saints: Ben Youngs: Scrum-half 5 September 1989 (aged 24) 35 Leicester Tigers: Richard Wigglesworth: Scrum-half 9 June 1983 (aged 30) 14 Saracens: Owen Farrell: Fly-half 21 September 1991 (aged 22) 19 Saracens: George Ford: Fly-half 16 March 1993 (aged 20) 0