The World Champion who compared Alex Mitchell to Antoine Dupont

The figure of Antoine Dupont He is so important worldwide that any good scrum half is immediately compared to him. It was not the exception of Matt Dawsonformer England player and champion in the World Cup in his country 2003who had the luxury of relating to Alex Mitchell with French. All rugby, in Disney+.

“Six or seven years ago, I remember that Paul Grayson He told me to see that boy (Mitchell) that I was going to love. He was absolutely right, he plays with a style that I really like. There have been many scrum-half who from the outside did not agree with their decision, but cases like him and Antoine DupontI wished I had a little bit of his ability“Dawson said.

He also added: “Mitchell’s return could be the difference between taking England from losing to New Zealand and South Africa to beating them. His presence can make the team a much bigger threat to teams like the Springboks, who everyone is chasing at the moment.“

Finally, the former captain of La Rosa admitted: “England were definitely short at scrum-half for much of the year, for whatever reason. I think it’s pretty obvious that when you have someone like Mitchell out of the team, he’s going to make a difference whether it’s in Northampton or in England.“