Nick Mallett’s theory on Antoine Dupont’s selection at fly-half: ‘It will help against the Springboks’

Nick Mallett has reacted to Fabien Galthie’s decision to select Antoine Dupont at fly-half amid an injury crisis in the position.

The French captain will don the number 10 jumper against the Springboks in the Nations Championship fixture at the Stade de France in Paris, starting at fly-half for the first time for France.

Injuries have robbed Galthie of the four candidates he would have likely turned to this November, with Matthieu Jalibert, Antoine Hastoy and Thomas Ramos all ruled out before this month’s Test matches kicked off, while Romain Ntamack sustained a shoulder injury in the victory over Fiji last