XV of France: Shield of Benaud

Antoine Dupont was named player of the year at the last 6 Nations tournament, and he remains a Frenchman named player of the autumn tour. Not the Blues captain who was sent off in the second match against South Africa and thus suspended for the third match against Japan, but Damien Benaud. The Clermont winger (26, 37 caps, 21 tries) has shone in the blue jersey this fall, scoring the winning try against Australia at the Stade de France from 30 metres, and two more tries against Japan in Toulouse.which allows him to be already in the top 10 scorers in the history of France XV (Drouet and Rougerie are ahead of him, with 23; Blanc is the leader, with 38).

𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐃 is your best player in#years ’22!

I voted for @employee A star after his key role in this year’s undefeated Les Bleus campaign 🇫🇷

Encourage, @employee 👏#PlayerOfTheSeries | #AutumnNationsSeries

– Autumn Nations Series (autumnations) December 1, 2022

Savea and Capuzzo on the podium

Damien Benaud was elected by the fans, after a pre-selection of three players made by a panel of journalists. He is ahead of New Zealander Ardi Savea (four wins and a draw for the All Blacks during the Autumn Tour, a try for Savea) and Italian Ange Capuzzo (two wins and a loss for the Squadra Azzurra team during the Autumn Tour). Three articles by Capuzo. Calibration chance, these three players will find themselves in the same group for next year’s World Cup in France. Last year, Irishman Caylan Dorris took the MVP of the Autumn Tour, ahead of, in particular, the French Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack (there were six candidates at that time). In 2023 there will be no Autumn Tour, but Damien Benaud is ready to trade in the trophy he picked up on Thursday for the World Cup Player of the Year award. This undoubtedly means that France has become the world champion …