Cian Tracey: Antoine Dupont and Jamison Gibson-Park will showcase beauty in the land of beasts
Box-office battle of the world’s two best scrum-halves will have a major say in Saturday’s Champions Cup final between Toulouse and Leinster
Toulouse captain Antoine Dupont. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
James Lowe threw the cat among the pigeons in the immediate aftermath of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi-final win over Northampton by declaring that Jamison Gibson-Park is “probably the best nine in the world.”
In fairness to Lowe, he did caveat his bold statement by saying that the only other scrum-half comparable to Gibson-Park on current form is Antoine Dupont.