The mystifying qualities that made France's 'alien' Antoine Dupont the best in the world

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By common consent the best player on the planet, Dupont looks set to star again in the Six Nations. With the help of the France star's teammates, Harry Latham-Coyle explains what makes the glorious gifts and brilliant basics that make the scrum-half so good

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