{"id":14947,"date":"2025-05-16T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.majorleague.rugby\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14947"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:27:00","slug":"antoine-dupont-joins-rugby-football-club-los-angeles-ownership-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.majorleague.rugby\/news\/antoine-dupont-joins-rugby-football-club-los-angeles-ownership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Dupont Joins Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Ownership Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 May 16, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Rugby Football Club Los Angeles (RFCLA) is proud to welcome Antoine Dupont and his company Ouest Coast into the ownership group of the franchise, currently competing in its second season in Major League Rugby.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Widely regarded as one of the very best players of rugby\u2019s professional era, Dupont will leverage his unparalleled success on the pitch and extensive marketing experience to guide RFCLA\u2019s enduring success in high performance, branding, and commercial development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dupont\u2019s decision to bring his on-field and oJ-field skills and global star power to RFCLA and Major League Rugby (MLR) represents a critical landmark in the development of rugby in the U.S. in the run-up to Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics and the U.S. playing host to the 2031\u00a0 Men\u2019s Rugby World Cup and 2033 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dupont\u2019s unique blend of skill, speed, strength, decision making, and leadership has captivated the hearts of his fellow Frenchmen and earned universal accolades from the global rugby community as the best player in the world and the only in history to excel at the highest levels of\u00a0 15s and 7s in the same calendar year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As national team captain, Dupont led France to the 2025 6 Nations title to add to an unprecedented string of achievements in 2024, including an Olympic Gold Medal in 7s rugby in\u00a0 Paris, championship runs with his club Stade Toulousain in the France Top 14 and European\u00a0 Professional Club Rugby competitions, and the HSBC SVNS title with France.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At only 28 years of age, Dupont was named the 2021 World Player of the Year and has helped establish Stade Toulousain as the premier club in Europe, with four Top 14 titles and two European\u00a0 Champions Cup titles during his tenure there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dupont shared his thoughts about the opportunity ahead: \u201cRugby is more than just a sport; it\u2019s a\u00a0 community with strong values. Beyond competitive success on the pitch for RFCLA, I am excited by the opportunity to grow rugby\u2019s popularity in the States and establish an energetic hub of rugby culture that attracts players, fans, teams, and partners from around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLos Angeles is a unique place, combining the best of sports, entertainment, fashion, and culture \u2013 I can\u2019t think of any other place that provides such opportunities for youth development, high\u00a0 performance, and commercial success to go hand-in-hand.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For RFCLA, this represents a new era.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe feel very privileged that Antoine has chosen RFCLA as the pathway to inspire new rugby players and fans and to join us in growing a global rugby brand. He is as dedicated to expanding the\u00a0 rugby community as he is to competing on the pitch ,and his vision for integrating the athleticism\u00a0 and core values of rugby will prove invaluable to building a bright future for rugby in LA and\u00a0 throughout the U.S,.\u201d said CEO Pete Sickle\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For media inquiries on RFCLA, please contact Olivia at: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">olivia@rugbyfcla.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14948,"template":"","news-categorie":[102,30,120,66,144,27],"class_list":["post-14947","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-categorie-headlines","news-categorie-highlights","news-categorie-in-the-news","news-categorie-mlr-news","news-categorie-rugby-fc-los-angeles","news-categorie-team-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Antoine Dupont Joins Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Ownership Group - Major League Rugby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.majorleague.rugby\/news\/antoine-dupont-joins-rugby-football-club-los-angeles-ownership-group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antoine Dupont Joins Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Ownership Group - Major League Rugby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Los Angeles, CA \u2013 May 16, 2025. 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