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PARIS — After fearing his Rugby World Cup campaign might be over France captain Antoine Dupont will start in the quarterfinal against defending champion South Africa on Sunday having recovered from a broken right cheekbone. The star scrumhalf has been selected to play at Stade de France after he was allowed to resume full contact training on Monday. Dupont will wear a scrum cap at his surgeon's request. He was green lit on Monday by the surgeon who repaired the cheekbone that was fractured by a head-on-head tackle on Sept. 21 against Namibia. His absence from France's final pool game against Italy last Friday wasn't a problem, as Les Tricolores won 60-7. Dupont was red carded when France beat the Springboks 30-26 last December.
