Since Antoine Dupont broke a cheekbone in a tackle at the Rugby World Cup, France has been feeding crumbs of positivity about its talismanic captain. His rehab is on track, the tournament host team has told worried French supporters. The outcome of previous players who have suffered broken cheekbones suggests Dupont’s availability will be dicey even for the final at the end of the month. At least Dupont is still in the tournament. Many who have been hurt aren’t. South Africa has lost two of its 2019 champions. Australia captain Will Skelton has played only once. Slippery stairs and a spider bite knocked out two players. Georgia has had to replace five players during the tournament, Tonga four, and Romania three.
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Outside back Max Jorgensen was set to become the youngest Australian at 19 to debut at a Rugby World Cup, but after coming back from a season-ending torn MCL in May he broke his fibula in training in Lyon before getting a game.at the team hotel and was concussed out of the tournament. His replacement, Stuart McInally, who captained the Scots at the 2019 tournament and was due to retire after this tournament, suffered a neck injury after a training session and had to return home.
The Wallabies have finished their pool games but remain in France while they wait for Fiji to knock them out or not on Sunday. If they advance, though, they won’t have flyhalf Carter Gordon and lock Nick Frost, who are heading home with knee injuries.
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