“We make him eat Buitoni pizzas”… The Castrese method to stop Antoine Dupont

Promised, even if La Rochelle had been opposite, “it would have been identical in terms of motivation and preparation” for Castres, assured his coach Pierre-Henry Broncan, this Thursday at a press conference. Only, Toulouse has subdued the maritime club in the barrage of the Top 14, and it is the big neighbor that the CO will challenge in the semi-finals, this Friday in Nice. And who says Stade Toulousain says Antoine Dupont, untenable, once again, last weekend.

So, how to muzzle the best player in the world, who discovered professionalism in Castres before joining the regional capital in 2017 (where he rubbed shoulders with Broncan for a season, then in the stadium staff)? “We make him eat Buitoni pizzas just before the meeting and it will be fine,” said Broncan in a joke, before returning to more classic: “We will see Friday evening. »

For those who have lived in a cave in recent months, Buitoni is at the heart of a health scandal, with products contaminated by the bacterium Escherichia coli. Many cases of kidney failure have been reported since the beginning of the year in children and adolescents, two of whom have died.