France captain Antoine Dupont will make the “good sevens participant”, says England scrum-half Danny Care.
He captained France of their residence World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa within the XVs sport in October.
“If anybody can go there and be one of the best participant in [sevens] it’s him,” Care instructed the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
“He’s the proper sevens participant and might be a joke. He might be unbelievable, individuals will not contact him. He’ll rating and arrange tries.
“He’s one of the best participant on this planet and it’s one thing meaning quite a bit to him and is a house Olympics so think about how particular that may be.”
The Toulouse scrum-half, who led France to a 2022 Six Nations Grand Slam, vowed to make “sacrifices” in pursuit of his Olympic dream which might end in a pause in his XVs profession.
Dupont will be a part of the sevens squad in January earlier than occasions in Canada and Los Angeles somewhat than build-up to the 2024 Six Nations.
He was named that event’s finest participant in 2020, 2022 and 2023 and has featured in each version since his France debut in 2017.
“He’s most likely going to play in one other 10 Six Nations, so it’s like ‘can I play in a house Olympics and win a gold medal?'” Care added.
“It’s a dream for each child who watched the Olympics. Think about beating everybody on this planet and doing it in your house nation the place everybody already loves you.”
Dupont follows two-time World Cup winner Sonny Invoice Williams, who featured on the 2016 Rio Olympics with New Zealand, in enjoying sevens straight after the XVs World Cup.
Former Springboks wing Bryan Habana additionally tried to compete on the 2016 Video games however was unnoticed of South Africa’s Olympic squad after making the preliminary coaching group.
Former Australia captain Michael Hooper introduced final week he additionally has made the swap to sevens.
The Six Nations takes place from 2 February to six March, whereas the Paris Olympics run from 26 July to 11 August.