RUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

THE sainted Antoine Dupont might be on a sabbatical but France enjoyed a Dupont moment last weekend when Nolann Le Garrec unleashed his extraordinary 40 yard reverse spin pass to a distant Thomas Ramos.
France were leading just 20-17 in the 32nd minute when the young Breton produced his sublime moment of virtuosity and for me that’s when you knew that France would put their patchy form behind them and march to victory over Wales.
That’s the thing about such moments. Generally they lift a team’s mood and confid...