Antoine Dupont may return to World Cup action in protective face mask

France eager to have their scrum-half availableWorld Rugby regulations could cause complications

Antoine Dupont is to explore the possibility of having a custom-made mask fitted this week in an effort to return to spearhead France’s World Cup campaign. Dupont had surgery last Friday after fracturing his cheek against Namibia but could return as early as the quarter-finals with the hosts desperate to have their talisman back in action.

According to reports in France, Dupont will see a specialist, who will attempt to design a protective mask in line with World Rugby regulations. The sport’s governing body allows players to wear thin face coverings but says that there must be no hard materials and that a player must not wear any item of which any part is thicker than 5mm when uncompressed or is denser than 60kg per cubic metre.

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