France’s talisman and captain Antoine Dupont was set to undergo new tests on Friday after suffering a facial fracture in the win against Namibia that has jolted the host nation’s hopes of winning the Rugby World Cup for the first time.

Dupont, 26, will almost certainly miss France’s final pool game against Italy on October 6 and could be a doubt for a potential quarter-final against reigning champions South Africa or Ireland, the world’s number one-ranked team.

The French federation said the scrum-half had suffered a “maxillo-zygomatic fracture”, meaning a facial injury.

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