Antoine Dupont: Fears over ‘serious’ knee for France captain in Ireland Six Nations win
Dupont tried to steal the ball in the 28th minute and was challenged by Beirne, who then fell on Scrum-Half’s right leg when Irish prop Andrew Porter joined the game.
“We named the players (connected with Dupont), Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter, who should be before the Discipline Committee,” Galthie added.
“We wanted to explain, so we’ve named two players. We have to protect our players. There are means, there are rules. There are some anger.”
Ireland interim coach Simon Easterby said Dupont was injured, who was replaced by Maxime Lucu, following a “rugby incident”.
“Tad (Bain) cleaned up the person in front of Antoine Dupont and he was hit,” Eastby said.
“We’ve moved out and the players now have a real awareness of cleaning up the players’ lower limbs, which could cause the kind of damage that could happen today, but that’s not the case.
“He is fixing his ball and not making contact in Dupont. Unfortunately, the guy Tadhg hit was hit Dupont. Unfortunately, this is just one of them. This happens in the game.”
Champions leader France plays Scotland in Paris at the end of the season next weekend, while Ireland will hope to rebound with Italy in Rome.
