Antoine Dupont wears 10 for France against world champions South Africa at the Stade de France on Friday night, as two of the finest back threes in the game set themselves for an evening of high-ball contests and set-piece battles.
James While previews a Nations Championship meeting that starts in the trenches and ends in the night sky.
The top line
The bare numbers are inescapable and tell you the tale writ large. France have lost nine of their last ten meetings with South Africa, including the last five at the Stade de France, and they go into Friday’s round-five clash
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