On Monday evening, Antoine Dupont was awarded the ‘Best Top 14 Player’ and ‘Best French International Player’ titles at the prestigious ‘Nuit du Rugby’ awards.
This was a record third time Dupont collected the top awards, after scooping them the previous year and in 2021. Despite being only 27 years of age, Antoine Dupont has already built a metaphorical trophy cabinet to hold more than 20 awards, so far.
Meilleur Joueur #TOP14 ✨
Félicitations Antoine Dupont pour ce nouveau titre de meilleur joueur TOP 14, le 3ᵉ après celui de 2021 et de 2022 !
En association avec @paramourdurugby et @assurementrugby#NuitDuRugby pic.twitter.com/eGAjzVAg95
— TOP 14 Rugby (@top14rugby) September 23, 2024
Speaking about the pride of the awards, Dupont said: “You have to measure how lucky you are to win trophies, be that as a team or individually,” Dupont said at Monday’s ceremony in central Paris.
“It’s always nice to have nights like this … We were lucky to feel incredible emotions, be that with Toulouse or the Olympic medal.
“We’ve realised that we’ve done something great this year.”
Elsewhere there was a well-deserved ‘Try of the season’ award given out to Peniasi Dakuwaqa for his wonder try against Racing 92.
Plus Bel Essai de la saison ✨
Ce trophée, c’est vous qui l’avez décerné grâce à vos 15 000 votes… et c’est Peniasi Dakuwaqa qui l’emporte pour son essai en solitaire lors de la J16 contre le Racing 92 👏
En association avec @Betclic, Andros et @De_Dietrich#NuitDuRugby pic.twitter.com/WjfnTTfSxv
— TOP 14 Rugby (@top14rugby) September 23, 2024
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