Antoine Dupont: The Secret to His Inside Line | Rugby Analysis | Toulouse Munster Clermont
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- So, what's the secret to the Antoine Dupont Inside Line? It's not uncommon for players to run cheat lines on the inside of the ball, in fact most players will do so at some point, but not like Dupont!
This video looks at Toulouse v Munster and Toulouse v ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Heineken Champions Cup, and France v Wales, France v Italy, and France v England in the Six Nations. Each example demonstrates that his success isn't down to guess work. He's like a chess player, carefully analysing his actions!
I've tried my best to pronounce French words as best I can, hopefully that comes across ok?!
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So, what do you think of the Dupont inside line? Will it become more and more difficult for him?
He will be always closely watched, but that may create opportunities for outside support or oponents may get penalties or even yellow cards it they tackle him whithout the ball.
Cancoriet immediate defense is good for the first seconds; the Welsh tactic to keep someone on him seems also good for afterwards, but I think the number 9 should be the one to follow Dupont, as Dupont's acceleration is quite something and a second row would not keep up, imho.
Great video, and explains it well to us non-experts like me in the US😊
Well done again Geraint! You and the Squidge do rule the RUclips Rugby channels world! One request though: please do not inflate the hype too much about "our" jewel N°9. we need and want to preserve him for 2023 🙏
Glad you liked it, Stephane! He’ll do just fine leading to the World Cup I’m sure, but it’s going to get tougher!
Great video as always Geraint... There's a video about the contact coach I think, in which he analyses a try where Ali Price man marks a player when there's a lineout... and France does a movement to get than man out of his position and then play an inside ball for the wing to the place Price was...
I believe that the next time France or Toulouse play against a team that tries to do this kind of man marking they could do a wrap around with either Kolbe as 15 or Dulin and then play it to the inside winger on a flat line and see if they can get a line break. So basically the answer would be asking much more questions to the defense until they collapse lol.
Thanks for taking a look, Maria! Really pleased you enjoyed it. I agree that future strategies will possibly involve bluffs and double bluffs! No doubt that both Toulouse and France are looking at it already!
A surprising answer. I think Toulouse have tried him at outside half where he has more room and is just as devastating.
When I hear Brian O'Driscoll say last week that he always runs ahead hoping for the best I had to make this to show that there's a bit more to it! I'd love to see him at 10 too!
Love watching DuPont play. Such an intelligent player.
The way the teams play is really well suited to him. He’s good enough to build tactics on in fact!
Great analysis GDD. For his next evolution, DuPont comes back in 2022 after a belated growth spurt and starts playing openside.
Thank you for taking a look & commenting 🙌
Now that would be quite the evolution! He’d be good at that too!
He is an absolutely devastating player with such a high rugby IQ for is age and considering he’s come back from a very bad injury he’s amazing to watch, I honestly can wait to see how this young French team progresses over the years, it’s been a depressing 10 years as a French fan 😂🇫🇷
His ability to read the game is next level! I really wanted to capture just how much thought goes into his positioning & that it’s not just left to chance!
Yes I was in a bad spot with the French team too, I love our national XV since being a kid and it was a tough long time, now I can't wait for the next game of le XV de France, we have a team we love and are proud of!! As for Dupont, as you say he's so intelligent, mixed with amazing strength. Defences are reading him better but still doesn't stop him from scoring tries like the one against Munster. Like Geraint Davies says here, you'd need to be in between the ball carrier and him to stop these inside line runs to be a threat...and good luck to any defender for doing this all the time!!!
@@nicolaskluzek He'll still score plenty of tries no doubt. Class will always shine through!
@@GeraintDaviesGDD Great video here and channel, fair play Sir! :-)
That’s very kind of you, thank you!
He sleeps, eats, breaths rugby. He's one in a million.
Yes indeed! He’s quality to watch 👍🏻
Very dangerous running near the ruck too,like faf. Also amazing job of the teams that play their way. Great video, keep it going!
He’s a real threat isn’t he. Him and faf will have a great battle soon hopefully!
@@GeraintDaviesGDD Faf is great in his style but in term of running threat, Dupont is two or three class above Faf.
As I like to say, put Faf or A.Smith at 10, centre or wing and you would probably barely notice either of them (ok perhaps not Faf only because of his haircut 😁).
Put Dupont in those positions and he would probably still be world class and perhaps even better than at 9 in some positions (I actually firmly believe this guy would be even better at centre than at 9)
To me, Dupont is more like a super Horan or BOD playing at 9 than a truly world class scrummie in the usual qualities you associate to a SH (passing, speed of ejecting the ball from the ruck, box kicking)
Impressive analysis. The AB also tried to box Dupont.
Quality stuff again Geraint 👍
Thanks, Franklin! 🙌
Brillantes analyses. Merci, from Clermont ;)
Merci pour regarder 🙌
Could you do a video on skills for fly Half's with ball in hand from rucks and scrums. That would be very helpful and I love watching your analysis because it really helps me.
That is something I’d like to do for sure. Glad you find the content useful 👍🏻
Great analysis. Glad I found your videos. I'm trying to find these running lines in games now.
Any chance of a breakdown of a forward?
For sure, I’m currently working on a forward video, just taking me longer than hoped to find the time!
TJ Perenara is also great at this.
I love your videos mate, dont stop making them!
That’s very kind of you, thank you! I’ll do my best to keep making!
Really insightful stuff this! Thank you!
A pleasure, thanks for watching!
As my son plays scrum half this is very useful , more analysts of this position would help a lot. Thank you.
Hope he finds it useful, Ian 👍🏻 I’ve done a few scrum half videos so it’s worth having a look through my channel!
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Thank you, I will
This is so good
Very good job. Smart video
Merci, Andres! Thank you for taking a look 👍🏻
He's been blocked in french championship recently, by agressive defenders as soon as he takes the ball. I think he's gonna change and introduce some solutions to regain his 'freedom'.
I fear the extra scrutiny now. Even in the last 2 games of the 6N he was disturbed the same way than vs Clermont. By the way his only real "weakness" is his kicking game.
It is going to become harder & harder but I back him to adapt!
I actually think his kicking is coming on nicely. He’s got a massive boot & will develop the tactical accuracy too!
Yeah only thing missing is a precise kicking game for high balls, other than that he’s on another level
Reminds me of Aaron Smith running lines
He too is pretty good at it. 2nd best in the world I reckon!
Le MINISTRE de l'Intérieur.
I’ll need to work on my accent to manage that!
My question : why don’t other half scrum do the same ?
Cutting a short line is something that all scrum halves do, but it takes an ability to read the game to know when to shoot & when not to, how close to get, when to sprint into action etc. Dupont nails reading the game!
Aaron Smith always worked so hard in a similar supporting fashion, running optimistic lines often (that said, it was easy to be optimistic with the backline he was working with!). Don't think Smith had the same magic offloading game though.
Yeah very much so. I did a video looking at Aaron Smiths support lines during the World Cup. I do think Dupont reads things better though & positions himself differently in the line!
@@GeraintDaviesGDD there is another major difference, it's that Dupont is much harder to get tackled and is much faster than Aaron is or ever was.
The running threat he presents to defense is at an entirely different level to any current scrummie and actually to 99% of any back.
PS: it definitly will become more & more difficult. The proud Scots did manage to neutralize him...
Scotland did a grand job of doing so. The challenge for defences is that it might expose them as they’re so focussed on Dupont!
Pls can I remind everyone faf still exists so DuPont is not the best by a long way he is only best by a bit
Faf remains a quality player. It'll be great to see him back in Bok colours soon too!
It is funny, there are better analysis of Dupont's play in english (your Welsh accent is great, no problem at all to understand what you say) than in french.
There’s a massive opportunity for a French speaking analyst to cover French rugby! Despite trying to learn it’s going to be years before I can do a video in French (unless someone can translate my script!)
@@GeraintDaviesGDD The best French analysis of ONE action I found on a quich search: ruclips.net/video/1OCtLlpZjLY/видео.html How many would you plan to do in French (if someone would translate your script)?
I’d love to be able to do a French focussed Video once per month ideally!
@@GeraintDaviesGDD Once per month, about 300 words, I can do that, are you on FB?
@@jean-pascalesparceil9008 It would be incredible to at least try one to see how it went! Yes I'm on Facebook as 'GDD Coaching and Analysis' and also on Twitter @DaviesGDD
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just Class u dnt understanding coz u r rednglishhh hehe
I’ve no idea what that means I’m sorry. I’m also not rednglishhh.
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Sorry about that Geraint. Sometimes some of our football "supporters" comes and try to troll rugby videos...
@@jadawin10 there’s always a few unpleasant comments but fortunately they’re in the minority!